#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (book): https://amzn.to/2Sp5ar9
How Emotions Are Made (book): https://amzn.to/2GwAFg6
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OUTLINE:
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00:00 - Introduction
06:35 - Are we alone in the universe?
08:03 - Life on Earth
12:55 - Collective intelligence of human brains
21:43 - Triune brain
27:52 - The predicting brain
35:48 - How the brain evolved
41:47 - Free will
50:40 - Is anything real?
1:03:13 - Dreams
1:09:00 - Emotions are human-constructed concepts
1:34:29 - Are women more emotional than men?
1:43:05 - Empathy
2:14:46 - Love
2:18:40 - Mortality
2:20:16 - Meaning of life