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When you feel anxious, angry, happy or surprised, what is really happening inside you? Many scientists believe that emotions come from a specific part of the brain, triggered by the world around us, and that experiences such as the thrill of seeing an old friend or the fear of losing someone we love arise automatically and uncontrollably. In this book, pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett draws on the latest scientific evidence to challenge this long-standing view. Emotions are not universally pre-programmed in our brains and bodies; rather, they are psychological experiences that each of us constructs from our personal history, physiology and environment. This new understanding has serious implications for judges, police officers and doctors, who may all rely on the assumption that emotions are hardwired into us. Revising this conception, Barrett argues, is not only good science but vital to our well-being and the health of society.
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Author: Feldman Barrett Lisa
Language: English
Publication date: May 1, 2018
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Psychology in english, Non-fiction literature in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 442
ISBN/EAN: 9781509837526