Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind.
-Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.-—The Wall Street Journal
-A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.-—Scientific American
-A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.-—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness
The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead,
