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How emotions are made : the secret life of the brain / Lisa Feldman Barrett.

by Barrett, Lisa Feldman.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.

Emotions -- Sociological aspects.

Neuropsychology.

9780544133310 (hc.)

xv, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The two-thousand-year-old assumption -- The search for emotion's "fingerprints" -- Emotions are constructed -- The myth of universal emotions -- The origin of feeling -- Concepts, goals, and words -- How the brain makes emotions -- Emotions as social reality -- A new view of human nature -- Mastering your emotions -- Emotion and illness -- Emotion and the law -- Is a growling dog angry? -- From brain to mind : the new frontier -- Appendix A. Brain basics -- Appendix B. Supplement for chapter 2 -- Appendix C. Supplement for chapter 3 -- Appendix D. Evidence for the concept cascade.

"Emotions feel like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience, as if they are hardwired in the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett's theory of emotion overturns the widely held belief that emotions are housed in different parts of the brain and are universally expressed and recognized. She has shown that emotion is constructed in the moment, by core systems that interact across the whole brain, aided by a lifetime of learning. This means that you play a much greater role in your emotional life than you ever thought."--Provided by publisher.

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