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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · 20h

What’s happening beneath the surface when you feel anxious? New podcast episode: "How #Anxiety Is Constructed In The #Brain: Insights from #Neuroscience." On The Anxious Truth podcast. theanxioustruth.com/how-anxiety-...

How Anxiety Is Constructed In The Brain (Ep 327)

How is anxiety constructed in the brain? What creates that difficult internal experience? Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett is here to talk about that.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Sep 6

My husband @danieljbarrett.com has written a new book on responsible software engineering! It is full of advice and case studies gathered from over 100 #Google employees.

Daniel J. Barrett @danieljbarrett.com · Sep 5

My new book, "Responsible Software Engineering: With Real World Case Studies from #Google," is now published! Kindle is available now, and paperback will be available in 3-4 weeks. www.amazon.com/dp/1098149165/

It's also available on @oreilly.bsky.social's ebook platform:
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Responsible Software Engineering

Today's software applications need more than a friendly interface and correct algorithms. They also need to be responsible: to be beneficial for society and not cause harm. In an... - Selection from Responsible Software Engineering [Book]

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Aug 13

Both of my books have recently been published in Vietnamese.

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Bộ đôi sách về khoa học não bộ của Lisa Feldman Barrett

Bộ sách của tác giả Lisa Feldman Barrett mang đến những hiểu biết sâu sắc và mới mẻ về cách bộ não hoạt động và cách con người trải nghiệm thế giới cảm xúc.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Aug 13

"How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" has been published in Lithuanian and Croatian.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Aug 13

For a terrific conversation on emotion, mind & brain, thank you to The Aspen Institute! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM6f...

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

YouTube video by The Aspen Institute

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Jul 24

"Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain," Kindle edition, is on sale today for $1.99 (88% off). www.amazon.com/dp/B081TT1V8M/

Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain

Amazon.com: Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain eBook : Barrett, Lisa Feldman: Kindle Store

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · May 7

This cinematic lecture was created by filmmaker Van Yang in collaboration with my lab.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · May 7

New video! Can a gadget really detect your level of stress? When your heart pounds hard in your chest, what does it mean psychologically? It depends. Your everyday experience is constructed from interacting signals inside and outside you, an idea called "relational meaning." youtu.be/mpRoxR81lSU

How Your Brain Creates Reality

YouTube video by Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Apr 18

I hope you find the science in this video interesting and useful. Please keep in mind that I am relaying the current state of scientific discovery as I understand it and use it in my own life. I am not a medical doctor (I'm a neuroscientist) and these are not medical recommendations.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Apr 18

New podcast episode on "Diary of a CEO": learn about your predicting #brain, anxiety, depression, and meaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtv...

Anxiety Expert: Anxiety Is Just A Glitch In Your Brain’s Prediction System!

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO

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David DeSteno @daviddesteno.bsky.social · Feb 24

Are you a scientist, philosopher, or theologian looking to reach a wider audience? If so, there's 3 days left to apply for our next workshop led by NYT Opinion Editor James Ryerson. @lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social & I will also discuss how to manage doing this alongside your main research career 1/2

Beyond the Ivory Tower

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Jan 16

"Three Lessons About The #Brain": a recent talk at UC Irvine with one of the best audiences I've ever had (they were super engaged)! Presented as the 2024 McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on #Learning and #Memory. @ucirvine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYX...

2024 McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on Learning and Memory Featuring Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Jan 15

An interesting relationship between the theory of constructed emotion and art therapy. #ArtTherapy brooklynrail.org/2024/12/book...

How Emotions Are Made and Modernism, Art, Therapy | The Brooklyn Rail

Suzanne Hudson and Tanya Sheehan have assembled a series of essays by a diverse collection of authors that situate art therapy within a much more complex postmodern perspective, threading it through i...

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Jan 9

We really need a word for “the set of facial muscle movements that the classical view of emotion treats as a coordinated unit.” I use facial "configuration" instead of "expression," and emotion "perception" instead of "recognition" or "detection." These more neutral terms carry fewer assumptions.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Jan 8

What are emotions? Find out in David Eagleman's new podcast episode. ‬‪@davideagleman.bsky.social eagleman.com/podcast/86

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Dec 15

The myth of #AI #emotion recognition: Science or sales pitch? www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...

The myth of AI emotion recognition: Science or sales pitch? | CTech

Bold claims from Google and WaveForms AI reignite ethical debates, but the real question is whether the technology works at all.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Dec 9

How does your brain manage your body to keep you functioning at your best—even when you're under pressure? On the "Lives Well Lived" podcast at open.spotify.com/episode/5XHv....

Lisa Feldman Barrett on Resiliance

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Dec 6

That's right. If you're interested, here's an older research paper that directly challenged that view. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Of Mice and Men: Natural Kinds of Emotions in the Mammalian Brain? A Response to Panksepp and Izard

For almost 5 decades, the scientific study of emotion has been guided by the assumption that categories such as anger, sadness, and fear cut nature at its joints. Barrett (2006a) provided a comprehens...

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Dec 4

The democratization of #science: India "will grant 18 million students, researchers, and faculty members free access to nearly 13,000 journals."
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Global Praise For India’s One Nation-One Subscription Initiative: ‘India Is Doing Things Right’

India's One Nation-One Subscription (ONOS) plan, launching in January 2025, will provide 18 million students, researchers, and faculty free access to nearly 13,000 journals from major publishers, enha...

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 28

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is "Pie Day" in our household: 12 pies baked in 12 hours. Some are for Thursday's dinner and others are for our neighbors and friends. To all who celebrate Thanksgiving, my family and I wish a peaceful and delicious holiday.

Seven pies: two pumpkin, two pecan, and three apple

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 26

Toddler having tantrums? Maybe it's the Cranky Fairy. www.scarymommy.com/entertainmen...

This Neuroscientist’s Parenting Strategy Sounds Exactly Like A 'Bluey' Episode

Need proof that 'Bluey' is every bit as genius as you've suspected? Learn how a neuroscientist's parenting strategy was basically modeled by Bandit Heeler.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 21

For the original "Inside Out" in 2015, I wrote an op-ed that imagines how it might have been told with a more scientifically sound theory of emotion. www.wbur.org/news/2015/07...

Brain Scientist: How Pixar's 'Inside Out' Gets One Thing Deeply Wrong

"Inside Out" is an entertaining film but you shouldn't conclude from it that your brain has distinct circuits or regions for certain emotions, a neuroscientist argues: "The inner workings of emotions ...

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 20

Two enterprising teens interviewed me for their podcast "Hack Your Happiness." Topics: managing #emotions and how your #brain creates your reality. They call their organization "Small Bits of Happiness," smallbitsofhappiness.com.
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Top Psychologist Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett's Hacks For Managing Emotions

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 19

#Sports and the predicting #brain. theconversation.com/anticipation...

Anticipation in sports: why do some athletes seem to be one step ahead of their opponents?

Some athletes seem to have an ability to predict what’s going to happen in their sports but anticipation is an attribute anyone can develop.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · Nov 19

First post. Trying out a potential new home.🙂
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Welcome | Lisa Feldman Barrett

Hello — I’m Lisa Feldman Barrett. As a neuroscientist and psychologist, I’ve been studying the brain and mind for 30 years. If you’re new to my work, here is a quick path to learn about it.

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