Psychologist and Neuroscientist

Lisa Feldman Barrett

Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a leading researcher on emotion, known for the theory of constructed emotion and her work on predictive processing.

Known For

Theory of constructed emotionHow Emotions Are Made (2017)Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (2020)

Canon

Predictive Processing: The Brain as a Prediction Machine

Curious

Books

■How Emotions Are Made(2017)

■Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain(2020)

Episodes

##413 ‒ The neuroscience of emotion: challenging conventional theories of emotion, how the brain predicts and constructs our experiences, and gaining greater control over how we feel | Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.Oct 26, 2026