Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D. is among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience, having published over 240 peer reviewed papers. She is a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University with appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Barrett was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in neuroscience in 2019, and she is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Barrett has received a prestigious NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for transformative research on the neurobiological basis of emotion.  She has testified before the US Congress. And she has given a popular TED talk that has been viewed over 5.8 M times. She is also the author of How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. 

Learn more:

  1. Website: Lisa Feldman-Barrett
  2. Ted Talks: You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions - your brain creates them
  3. Book: How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain 
  4. Book: Handbook of Emotions, Fourth Edition
  5. Book: Emotion and Consciousness 

More from Neurohacker:

  1. Podcast: HomeGrown Humans - Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D. - Neurochemistry - Hosted by Jamie Wheal
  2. Blog: Explaining Neurochemistry & Emotions: An Interview with Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.