Lisa Feldman Barrett

What if people from different cultures and economic backgrounds have different brain wiring?

A new theory of human development challenges the belief that humans are born with an intricately wired social brain that has been developed through millions…

Bill Ibelle August 6, 2018

Northeastern professor named president-elect for the Association of Psychological Science

Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, research in the field of affective neuroscience has upended conventional wisdom on the nature of emotions, has been named President-Elect…

Allie Nicodemo May 11, 2018

Northeastern professor Lisa Feldman Barrett elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Barrett, who has dedicated her career to redefining our understanding of emotions, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Something…

Allie Nicodemo April 18, 2018

Scientists have long believed humans' physiological reaction to emotions to be uniform. This study says they’re wrong

For hundreds of years, psychologists have operated under the notion that each emotion category-anger, sadness, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise-has its own physiological fingerprint. And that…

Allie Nicodemo April 17, 2018

Rigorous science upends the mind-body myth

New research led by Northeastern’s Lisa Feldman Barrett reveals the system in the brain where basic feelings originate. The findings could help solve mysteries regarding…

Thea Singer May 16, 2017

Northeastern hosts budding scientists from across the nation

Some 00 high school students from across the nation spent Thursday meeting faculty members, touring labs and research facilities, and seeing science in action at…

Greg St. Martin February 17, 2017

The science of fear

Feelings of fear “often have to do with uncertainty,” says Northeastern’s Lisa Feldman Barrett, “particularly uncertainty around whether something is alive or not.” Take a…

News@Northeastern November 1, 2016

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…

Jason Kornwitz August 24, 2016

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…

Thea Singer August 10, 2015

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.

Joe O'Connell June 2, 2015