CognitionAugust 8, 2024
The ‘Fight or Flight’ Idea Misses the Beauty of What the Brain Really Does
The brain’s primary job is to reduce uncertainty in an ever changing world
Stories by Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. She is the author of several books, including How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Follow her on Twitter @LFeldmanBarrett.
OpinionApril 27, 2022
Facial Expressions Do Not Reveal Emotions
The emotion AI industry, courts and child educators are unknowingly relying on a misunderstanding of Darwin’s ideas
BehaviorOctober 10, 2019
On the Nature of Fear
Experts from the fields of human and animal affective neuroscience discuss their own definitions of fear and how we should study it