Lisa Feldman Barrett

You want to manage your anger better. Your brain wants you to stay alive. Here’s how you can do both.

Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? If we better understand how emotions differ from one another, we’ll be…

by Molly Callahan February 21, 2019

You think you can read the facial expression on the teenager in the MAGA hat? You can’t.

“You can’t look at someone’s face and know how they feel. The evidence is very clear on this,” said Lisa Feldman Barrett, a University Distinguished…

by Molly Callahan January 22, 2019

Scientific studies leaving you dazed and confused? These psychology professors want to change that.

Northeastern psychology professors Lisa Feldman Barrett and David DeSteno are working with scientists like themselves to demystify complex research for mainstream audiences.

by Khalida Sarwari January 22, 2019

What made this TED talk one of the most watched of 2018?

A talk by Northeastern psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett about how our brains control emotions amassed more than 3 million views last year.

by Khalida Sarwari January 15, 2019

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…

by 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…

by 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…

by 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…

by 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…

by 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…

by Greg St. Martin February 17, 2017