Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett

@lisafeldmanbarrett.com

Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain" (an Amazon "Best Book") and "How Emotions are Made." LisaFeldmanBarrett.com

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This video is dedicated to the brilliant scientist Barbara L. Finlay, my long-time collaborator and friend, who passed away last month. Her research "transformed the scientific understanding of how brains evolve, develop, and scale across species." www.lansingfuneralhome.com/obituaries/b...

lansingfuneralhome.comBarbara Laverne Finlay Obituary Sep 12, 2026 - Lansing Funeral HomeView Barbara Laverne Finlay's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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These movements are key input for learning about emotions. We find that infants rarely see stereotypical expressions, like frowning in sadness. Instead, infants must learn more complex, many-to-many mappings between facial movements and categories of emotion. 2/3

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How does your #brain turn light waves, air pressure, and racing hearts into sights, sounds, and emotions? By generating categories. @quantamagazine.org explains our recent @nature.com paper and why it matters. With @earlkmiller.bsky.social. www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-framew...

quantamagazine.orgA New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World | Quanta MagazineAn updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet.
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How does your brain know that a cat is a cat? Your brain is a category generator. A conversation with @earlkmiller.bsky.social about our new paper in Nature Reviews: Neuroscience. In Nautilus @nautil.us (thanks Kristen French!). nautil.us/how-does-you... #neuroscience @nature.com

nautil.usHow Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?How Does Your Brain Know a Cat Is a Cat?: A conversation with renowned neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Earl Miller about categories, “folk psychology,” beginner’s mind, and thinking fast and ...
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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

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: oreil.ly/responsible-...

oreil.lyResponsible Software EngineeringToday'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]
Lisa Feldman Barrett
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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.

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

eagleman.comWhat are emotions?Are emotions something that happen to you, or are they bodily signals we interpret? Does everyone show emotions in the same way — that is, are there particular markers of the face or the body…
David Eagleman@davideagleman.bsky.social

Can we capture emotions in a few universal categories? It seems intuitive...but join me on the Inner Cosmos podcast with guest Lisa Feldman Barrett (@lisafeldmanbarrett.bsky.social) to find out why this textbook model of emotions is the wrong way to think about it. eagleman.com/podcast/86 #emotion

Lisa Feldman Barrett
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The democratization of #science: India "will grant 18 million students, researchers, and faculty members free access to nearly 13,000 journals." www.newsx.com/world/global...

newsx.comGlobal 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...
Lisa Feldman Barrett
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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.

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