Most of us feel that our emotions are reactions to those outside of us. Someone cuts us off in traffic, and we say that the other driver made us upset. A friend brings over food when we're sick, and we say the friend offered us comfort. But psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett argues that our feelings are not, in fact, responses to the world ... Show More
Feb 16
Why You're Smarter Than You Think
From the time we're schoolchildren, we're ranked and sorted based on how smart we are. But what if our assumptions about intelligence limit our potential? This week, we revisit a favorite 2022 conversation with cognitive scientist Scott Barry Kaufman, who proposes a more expansiv ... Show More
1h 34m
Dec 2018
You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway? For the past 25 years, psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has mapped facial expressions, scanned brains and analyze ... Show More
18m 37s
Oct 2021
Notre cerveau est-il sensible à l’absence d’émotion ?
Joie, tristesse, colère… en observant simplement le comportement ou la gestuelle d’une personne il vous arrive peut-être de réussir à en déduire son état émotionnel. En effet, de nombreux travaux scientifiques ont montré que notre cerveau avait la capacité de lire le langage corp ... Show More
2m 8s