A new way to look at emotions – and how to master yours How could someone mistake the rush of an infection for the fever of love? A psychologist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, Barrett has spent her career examining the ways we construct emotions, culminating in a recent book – How Emotions Are Made – and her experience on that date is just one of many examples that […]
A new way to look at emotions – and how to master yours One day at graduate school, one of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s colleagues asked her out on a date. Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern Universtiy, didn’t really fancy him, but she had been in the lab all day and felt like a change of scenery, so she agreed to go to the local coffee shop. As they […]
A New Way To Look At Emotions When I was a kid, I noticed that sometimes fear and anticipation felt the same way. I’d get butterflies, a kind of queasiness in the stomach. To figure out what I was feeling, I came to realize, what was needed was not introspection, but attention to the context. According to Lisa Feldman Barrett, who directs […]
New York Daily News What is sociopathic disorder? Ariel Castro’s mental state could have been studied to prevent future predator attacks Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sociopathic-disorder-ariel-castro-condition-explained-article-1.1445248#ixzz2esISTNJZ “Millions of Americans, especially men, have antisocial personality disorders and they don’t kill anyone,” Dr. Jack Levin, a Criminologist and Co-Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University told the Daily News. “They may lie, physiologically they may cheat … but killing is just not their cup of tea.” Who fits the profile? […]
Boston Magazine About Face For half a century, one theory about the way we experience and express emotion has helped shape how we practice psychology, do police work, and even fight terrorism. But what if that theory is wrong? Forty-six years ago a young San Francisco–based cowboy of a psychologist named Paul Ekman emerged from the jungle with proof […]