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How emotions are made: the new science of the mind and brain

By BARRETT , Lisa Feldman

Book information

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year
2016
ISBN
9780544133310, 9780544129962, 0544133315
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
12 MB (12100897 bytes)
Pages
xv, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Brain;Emotions;Neuropsychology

Description

A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. Emotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience. Scientists have long supported this assumption by claiming that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology--ans this paradigm shift has far-reaching implications for us all. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind and brain, and shedding new light on what it means to be human.

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