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"How Emotions Are Made" Quotes
Lisa Feldman Barrett's "How Emotions Are Made" argues that emotions are not universal biological responses but are constructed by our brains based on individual experiences and cultural concepts.
psychology | Published in 2017
Quotes
Emotions are not built into your brain at birth. They are just not there.
Your brain constructs the world you experience.
We are the architects of our own experience.
You are not at the mercy of mythical emotion circuits buried deep inside your brain.
Emotions are not reactions to the world; they are your constructions of the world.
Your brain is a prediction machine, not a reaction machine.
You experience the world with your whole brain, not just some special part for emotions.
Concepts are the glue that holds your mental life together.
Words are a powerful tool for shaping emotion.
Your culture wires your brain for emotion.