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#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget

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#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget

The Knowledge Project

2020/09/15
The Knowledge Project

The Knowledge Project

2020/09/15
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Neuroscientist, psychologist and author, Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses the complexities of the brain, our emotions, improving ourselves and our relationship with others, making good decisions and giving yourself an existential break. -- Want even more? M...

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Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett challenges conventional views on emotions, revealing them as brain-constructed experiences rather than universal, fixed reactions. This conversation explores how our brains build emotions from past experiences, manage energy like a body budget, and blur the line between mental and physical health.
04:03
Emotions are constructed by the brain, similar to thoughts
07:35
Emotions are not fixed types but are constructed by the brain.
23:32
Emotions are the brain's predictions for action
33:03
Sleep is the most crucial action to prevent this deficit.
42:00
The distinction between mental and physical illness is biologically unfounded.

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The surprising discovery that emotions have no universal physical signature
00:00
How your brain builds anger and fear like a species adapting to its environment
07:35
Learning to feel: how experience wires the brain for emotional concepts
17:02
Your brain's hidden job: running a body budget and why sleep is non-negotiable
26:58
Why the line between mental and physical illness is a biological myth
42:00

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Lisa Feldman Barrett: If you love something, you're reading something, or you're hearing something and, you know, on the news, maybe, or you're watching a YouTube thing or whatever, and you love it, whatever was just said validates some deeply held belief ...