Interdisciplinary Affective Science Lab

We study emotions: what they are & how they work. We use experiential, behavioral, psychophysiological, + brain-imaging techniques. Tweets by @joseph_fridman.

[Interdisciplinary Affective Science Lab @affectivescilab]

@LFeldmanBarrett @learn_optimized You may also enjoy https://t.co/wOs0TM9ryf

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN: Best Books 2020 (Amazon + Barnes & Noble), Starred Review (Kirkus), "Must-read" (Discover Mag), "Beautiful writing" (@DavidEagleman), "Remarkable insights" (@DanielPink). The world's first neuroscience beach-read. https://t.co/1d3aqs3UED

[Good Athlete Project @coach4kindness]

“In short, your brain’s most important job is not thinking. It’s running a little worm body that has become very, very complicated…”
—
Been waiting on this for months, and it’s as good as I expected! Thank you, @LFeldmanBarrett

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

@HarvardBiz Looks like @HarvardBiz needs to keep up to date on the scientific literature. Outdated articles like this one are so unfortunate. https://t.co/vey8Q7LKoL

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

David Brooks' (@NYTDavidBrooks) column today is a beacon for engaging with others in these polarized times. https://t.co/22I6YxS9Bf

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Thank you for the book review, @BookPage! https://t.co/jNAZQk8gNs

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Podcasts on the science of mind & brain. (Lots of new ones.) https://t.co/rp702TQ2aj

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Shout out to @HarvardBooks, one of my favorite local independent bookstores, for featuring "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain" in on their (virtual) new release bookshelf. https://t.co/KsMXbHIeQF

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Author George Hammond ("Conversations With Socrates") and I will be livestreaming a conversation about the brain, hosted by the Commonwealth Club (online) on Tuesday, December 1! Topic: "7-1/2 LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN." Registration is required. https://t.co/giXB6zBv68

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

In case you missed Round 1... https://t.co/pnR10L1Jcw

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Lex (@LexFridman) asked me back on his show for "Round 2" of our in-depth conversation about mind, brain, and the meaning of life. https://t.co/eCX67kCiRd

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

Nice write-up in the @BostonGlobe by @AnnieMurphyPaul.
https://t.co/UzCp9Z1Dfu

[Boston Globe Opinion @GlobeOpinion]

From @anniemurphypaul in @GlobeIdeas: @Northeastern professor of psychology @LFeldmanBarrett shows how emotions don't get in the way of thinking — they enhance it. https://t.co/2gtNfjxkCE

[Lisa Feldman Barrett @LFeldmanBarrett]

So happy! https://t.co/1yvA4wKkrj

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Are you looking for advice about applying for graduate school? @NYUPsych faculty and PhD students have made a news series of short videos with advice for all elements of your application: https://t.co/gBtKFzOtCw

Here are my tips on crafting your CV: https://t.co/F4fJzsNyVJ

[Boston Globe Ideas @GlobeIdeas]

Much of what you think you know about the brain is wrong, writes @anniemurphypaul. @LFeldmanBarrett's work can change that — and to help you make your life better in the process. https://t.co/jM0EpW413h

[Society for Affective Science @affectScience]

More research is necessary to clarify these findings! The authors end by discussing all the different, exciting future directions we can take as affective scientists to improve our ability to answer these questions!

[Society for Affective Science @affectScience]

The authors discuss 2 potential explanations for these outcomes that require future study - either our methods for assessing emotion have flaws, or our emotion categories are not equally useful for understanding biological signals across individuals/contexts

[Society for Affective Science @affectScience]

Overall, above-chance classification accuracy was seen in the supervised clustering methods - emotion categories are telling us *something* about these signals. However, the unsupervised analyses did not correspond with emotion category labels across datasets

[Society for Affective Science @affectScience]

Using machine learning, they studied the correspondence of emotion labels with fMRI BOLD, autonomic nervous system, & self-reports of experience data, comparing supervised (using emotion categories) vs. unsupervised (no pre-assigned labels) clustering methods