Lund University invited me to deliver a named lecture series, the Pufendorf Lectures, in May 2024. The topics range from psychology to neuroscience to philosophy, and they are targeted to a general audience. Constructing Emotion Constructing the Mind Relational Realism View all three lectures on YouTube.| Lisa Feldman Barrett
In March 2024, I delivered a series of four lectures on philosophy and neuroscience at Ruhr University. They were part of a named lecture series called the Carnap Lectures. Lecture #2 is for a general audience. The other three were attended mostly by philosophy faculty. Three Lessons about Emotion Concepts as Tools for Living Three […]| Lisa Feldman Barrett
Today I launched a TikTok channel, professor.lisa, to bring neuroscience ideas to a younger audience. Check out the first five videos, created by filmmaker Van Yang.| Lisa Feldman Barrett
Recently, the magazine BBC Science Focus asked a number of scientists (including me) to address four “big questions” in our fields. Here are mine from psychology and neuroscience: What actually are emotions? How many senses do we have? Can we recreate a brain on a computer? How much of psychology can we trust? Social […]| Lisa Feldman Barrett
I read a lot. Usually several books at the same time. It’s an occupational hazard. Here are some great titles that are currently stacked next to my bedside table in various stages of being read and marked up with marginalia. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, by Peter L. […]| Lisa Feldman Barrett
Many books and videos explain the brain, but they are of varying quality. Here are some I especially recommend. They expand upon some of the essay topics in my new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Recommended books These are all scholarly books, so they’re more challenging reading than Seven and a […]| Lisa Feldman Barrett
Social reality powerfully affects our actions, our health, our genetic evolution, and ultimately our survival.| Lisa Feldman Barrett
Scientific knowledge is driven by consensus. We’re seeing a fundamental erosion in the authority of scientific experts.| Lisa Feldman Barrett
A virus, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is biological invader. Invisible to the naked eye, it floats through the air from body to body, attacking our cells, stealing our breath…| Lisa Feldman Barrett
What we do with our collective minds affects ultimately translates into how long and well we live. It even influences our genetic evolution as a species.| Lisa Feldman Barrett