![]() ![]() ![]() I was tempted to say, “It’s important to understand how the brain works.” We don’t ask people why it’s important to understand whether the Higgs-Boson exists. ![]() The editor kept asking why it matters if people assume the wrong theory of emotions. In 2013, I was interviewed for a feature article in Boston Magazine. ![]() How did you come to decide to turn your research into a book? Barrett argues that emotions aren’t rigid and hardwired, but instead constructed concepts.īarrett spoke with Inverse about her book, how it contradicts classical scientific thought, and what it means for the future. Barrett found, however, that this wasn’t a universal fact: Sometimes, people felt anxious, other times depressed, and many times, people couldn’t distinguish between anxiety and depression.īarrett was fascinated by our individual experiences of emotion, and years later it became the basis of her most recent book, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. When neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett was in graduate school, she spent three years attempting to replicate long-heralded findings on self-esteem that suggested people compared themselves to an idealized version when they came up short, they were depressed. ![]()
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