Lisa Feldman Barrett All Experts
University Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Lisa Feldman Barrett In the Media
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The New York Times
When is speech violence?
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NPR
The making of emotions, from pleasurable fear to bittersweet relief
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The Guardian
How ‘superagers’ stay sharp in their later years
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The Verge
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how emotions are made
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Buzzfeed
The color you see “the dress” might depend on when you wake up
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Financial Times
Smile if you think robots can read our emotions
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Wired
How emotions are ‘made’: why your definition of sadness is unlike anyone else’s
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Forbes
Smiling is not a universal sign of happiness, according to modern neuroscience
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WBUR
Professor explains ‘how emotions are made’
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The New York Times
The law’s emotion problem
Lisa Feldman Barrett for Northeastern
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Healthy aging: Can we turn back time?
Northeastern researchers touched on that question this week in a series of talks that examined renewing tissue function, improving and restoring motor control, and the…
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How humans bond: The brain chemistry revealed
Research led by Northeastern professor Lisa Feldman Barrett found, for the first time, that the neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in human bonding, bringing the brain’s…
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Psychology expert offers advice for less stress, more joy during the holidays
The holidays are billed as a time of joy, but they can also be a time of increased stress for many people. We asked psychology…
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3Qs: Advice for handling strong emotions post-election
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett provides perspective on the intensity of our emotions this election season, how the campaign might affect us psychologically over the…
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Chew on this: How we believe our meat is raised can influence how it tastes
New research from Northeastern psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett shows that our beliefs about how farm animals are raised—whether on “factory farms” or in more…
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Comfort dogs bring healing in times of tragedy
Twelve golden retrievers recently arrived in Orlando to bring comfort to the survivors and those grieving after the mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse.
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Failure to reproduce results is ‘a normal part of how science works’
Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, says that there is “not a cause for alarm” after a new paper revealed that many psychology…
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3Qs: How we feel what we feel
Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern, explains why misconceptions about emotion persist, how our emotional brains change as we age, and…
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Researchers pinpoint epicenter of brain’s predictive ability
In recent years, scientists have discovered that the human brain works on predictions, contrary to the previously accepted theory that it reacts to outside sensations.
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Your face says it all? Not so fast
New research from University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Lisa Feldman Barrett’s lab refutes a decades-old belief in emotion science—that emotions are universally recognized across people…
