Even though it's been a few years since I listened to this one, it often resurfaces in my thoughts. In short, the theory of #emotion presented in this book is powerful because of its flexibility and its ability to explain: - how #reframing is even possible - how there can be such large #emotional differences between cultural groups - how it could have been possible that the way humans construct emotion has changed over the course of #history
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Sasu reviewed How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the …
Fascinating Theory with Practical Applications
5 stars
Even though it's been a few years since I listened to this one, it often resurfaces in my thoughts. In short, the theory of #emotion presented in this book is powerful because of its flexibility and its ability to explain: - how #reframing is even possible - how there can be such large #emotional differences between cultural groups - how it could have been possible that the way humans construct emotion has changed over the course of #history
Something we’re taught as physicians is that when talking w/ a distressed patient, you can’t meet #emotion with information
You have to meet emotion w/ acknowledgement & validation. Only then can the emotion fade & the brain receive information
Just thinking about this in context of the U.S. election
Maybe campaigns need to start employing experts on human emotion & behavior, not only information
Especially when #fascism harnesses that worst of human emotions (hate)