Lisa Feldman Barrett
Psychologist and neuroscientist
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Northeastern University who studies emotion. She wrote How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain.
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Born in Toronto, Canada
About Lisa Feldman Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett was born in Toronto and is a Canadian-American psychologist. She is a distinguished professor at Northeastern University, and she is also affiliated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. Her work centers on affective science, the study of emotion, and she co-directs the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory. She is founding editor-in-chief of the journal Emotion Review, together with James Russell, and she founded the Society for Affective Science with James Gross. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (2021) and the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, and she has written popular science books including How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain.