Summary & Analysis - How Emotions Are Made: Based On The Book By Lisa Feldman Barrett

SUMMARY & ANALYSIS

HOW EMOTIONS ARE MADE

BASED ON THE BOOK BY LISA FELDMAN BARRETT

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CONTENT

Introduction: The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Assumption and the Search for Emotion's "Fingerprints"

The Theory of Constructed Emotion

The Myth of Universal Emotions

The Origin of Feeling: Interoception and the Body Budget

Concepts, Goals, and Words

How the Brain Makes Emotions: Prediction and Categorization

Emotions as Social Reality

A New View of Human Nature and Mastering Your Emotions

Emotion and Its Broader Implications (Illness, Law, Animals, and the Mind)

General Analysis

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

"How Emotions Are Made" by Lisa Feldman Barrett presents a groundbreaking exploration of human emotions, venturing beyond conventional understandings. The book delves into the brain's intricate processes, revealing how our experiences of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear are actively constructed rather than being innate and universally expressed. It examines the crucial role of concepts, language, and context in shaping our feelings and perceptions. By challenging the long-held belief in distinct emotional circuits, the author offers a new perspective on the relationship between our brains, bodies, and the social world in the creation of our emotional lives.

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Release date

Audiobook: March 26, 2025