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Dec 4
End of an Era — Reflections on 11 Years of The Psychology Podcast w/ Annie Murphy Paul
After 11 years, 478 episodes, and countless conversations exploring the depths of human potential, this episode marks the final chapter of The Psychology Podcast in its current form. In this deeply meaningful farewell episode for Scott, he sits down with acclaimed science writer ... Show More
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Nov 20
How Mindsets Shape Reality w/ Dr. Alia Crum
This week, Scott sits down with his longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Alia Crum—one of the world’s leading researchers on the science of mindsets. Dr. Crum’s groundbreaking work investigates how our subjective beliefs and interpretations can produce real, measurable changes in b ... Show More
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Nov 6
The Gentle Power of Sisu w/ Dr. Elisabet Lahti
This week, Scott welcomes Dr. Elisabet Lahti—educator, applied psychology researcher, and founder of the Sisu Lab. Dr. Lahti is the world’s leading expert on sisu, a Finnish concept that embodies extraordinary courage, resilience, and determination in the face of adversity. Toget ... Show More
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Apr 2021
Your Brain Is Not What You Think It Is, with Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD
What if the way you think about your brain and how and why it functions is just plain wrong? Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of the book “7 ½ Lessons About the Brain,” discusses myths about the brain and her theory that i ... Show More
38m 39s
Oct 2023
How to Understand Emotions | Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
In this episode, my guest is Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University who is a world expert in the science of emotions. She explains what emotions are and how the brain represents and integrates signals from our body and ... Show More
2h 36m
Mar 2021
479: Lisa Feldman Barrett | Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
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Nov 2022
Can You Really Trust Your Feelings? | Lisa Feldman Barrett & John Dunne
<p>A common idea in the west is that our feelings or emotions should be viewed with suspicion, superseded or overridden by rational thought, and that your mind is a battleground between emotions and rationality. But on the show today, guests Lisa Feldman Barrett and John Dunne ar ... Show More
46m 14s
Apr 2021
Lisa Feldman Barrett on Lessons About the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School an ... Show More
1h 2m
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Whole Brain Living, Psychology + Neuroanatomy + Spirit with Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor (164)
Join our online community! Using neuroanatomy and her experience having a massive stroke that took her self-conscious mind, Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor and Sue Marriott discuss the 4 skill subsets in the brain that help us relate to ourselves and the world. Her TED Talk was the first o ... Show More
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Nov 2021
Best of the Archives: How Your Emotions Are Made | Lisa Feldman Barrett
<p>Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is at the forefront of understanding human emotions: what they are, why humans evolved to have them, how they're different from feelings, and what science says about how to manage them. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at North ... Show More
1h 7m
Apr 2022
BS 195 Neuroscience of Emotion with David Anderson
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Jan 2021
Best of: We don’t just feel emotions. We make them.
How do you feel right now? Excited to listen to your favorite podcast? Anxious about the state of American politics? Annoyed by my use of rhetorical questions?
These questions seem pretty straightforward. But as my guest today, psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, points out there ... Show More
1h 33m
Aug 2023
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell to bioelectrical activity in the brain? How can anything physical give rise to nonphysical, subjective, conscious states? Christof Koch has devoted much of his career to bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between ... Show More
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We’re re-releasing one of our favorite episodes from the past year with Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She also holds appointments ... Show More
<p><strong>Lisa Feldman Barrett</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/lfeldmanbarrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@lfeldmanbarrett</a>) is among the top one percent most-cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. H ... Show More
<p>This month's episode is an interview with <a title="wikipidia" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Anderson" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">David J Anderson</a> from Cal Tech. We talk about his new book <a title="amazon link" href= "https://amzn.to/3IgpySO" target="_ ... Show More
