Lisa Feldman
Barrett
University Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Lisa Feldman Barrett in the Press
The Algorithm Says My Nervous System is ‘Dysregulated.’ Here’s Why I’m Skeptical.
“When people online refer to the nervous system, they’re using a metaphor to talk about themselves physically, and they’re using a term that sounds science-y,” said Lisa Barrett, a distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University.
Science
ScienceAdviser: Heartbeats quietly shape your brain activity
“Heart function is never irrelevant to any task,” explained Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist whose research links emotion, prediction, and bodily regulation.
Science
Your heartbeat quietly shapes how your brain processes information
“Heart function is never irrelevant to any task,” says Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist at Northeastern University whose research links emotion, prediction, and bodily regulation.
The Terri Cole Show
839 You Can Raise Your EQ at Any Age. Here Is Where to Start.
Lisa Feldman Barrett at Northeastern University spent decades studying how we construct and experience emotion. And her research has shown something really striking.
Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
One chapter about the effects of social media and fabricated videos on teenagers attributes two quotes to “How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain,” by Lisa Feldman Barrett, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University.
‘We May Have a Crisis on Our Hands’: The Unregulated Rise of Emotionally Intelligent AI
Lisa Feldman-Barrett, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, says “social support from a trusted, reliable source can be beneficial.” If an AI can reduce distress in the moment, she says that’s a good thing.
Vogue Germany
How affirmations work – and why they are more than just positive thinking
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett teaches psychology at Northeastern University and is one of the most influential voices in modern emotion research. Her central thesis : Feelings do not simply arise from situations. They are actively constructed by the brain – with the help of experience, expectation , and language.
What If Our Ancestors Didn’t Feel Anything Like We Do?
How a particular brain assigns meaning has to do with a person’s prior experiences—what Lisa Feldman Barrett, the director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University and the author of How Emotions Are Made, calls its “concepts and categories.”
Huberman Lab
Essentials: Science of Building Strong Social Bonds with Family, Friends & Romantic Partners
Mentions Lisa Feldman Barrett, professor of psychology at Northeastern University.
Emotionally Intelligent People Use the 5-Minute ‘Handshake With Stress’ Trick for Greater Resilience
As Northeastern University psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett has explained, our emotions aren’t just experiences that bubble up involuntarily in our minds or bodies.
