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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The classical view of emotions sees them as hardwired into our brains.
Chapter 3: Scientific evidence does not support the classical view of emotion and money is wasted researching it.
Chapter 4: Emotions are generated spontaneously and simultaneously, grounded in our individual experiences.
Chapter 5: A predictive system governs the body’s internal state, including how we experience emotions.
Chapter 6: Our interoception system manages a body budget that allocates our physical resources.
Chapter 7: Emotion concepts are culturally shaped beliefs about what feelings mean.
Chapter 8: From birth we absorb cultural emotion concepts, and we can always learn more.
Description
How Emotions Are Made (2017) challenges everything you think you know about emotions. From learning how our brain registers anger, fear and joy to how we think about these emotions culturally, you’ll come away with a new understanding of the ways in which emotions are created and how their scope is determined by society at large.
Who Should Listen
- People interested in psychology and neuroscience
- Those who want to better understand and control their emotions
- Students of cultural studies and languages