The Science of Self Care - Lisa Feldman Barrett [267]
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Why do emotions feel automatic and uncontrollable? Does rational thought really control emotion? How does emotion affect disease? The brain is so amazingly complex and still largely a mystery. My conversation with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, who is among the top one percent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience, provides a deeper understanding of the mind and brain, answering these questions and so much more.


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  1. Emotions aren't happening to you, your brain makes them as you need them.
  2. Practicing a skill provides your brain with experience to use to predict automatically in the future.
  3. Our bodies develop metabolic illnesses as a result of running on a negative body budget for too long.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is professor of Psychology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University. She is the author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. She also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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