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April 09, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Puppet Show: Are emotions in the brain?
Luiz Pessoa's argument for the feedback between lower and higher brain function
How the regions of the brain evolved to interact
"The content problem" in the neuroscience of emotion and cognition
Are the common fears of snakes and spiders "hard-wired," and how?
What brain mapping fails to tell us about cognition
Rami's research on prosopagnosia (face blindness) and emotional cognition
May 15, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Are emotions cultural or physiological?
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett's argument for emotion-via-culture
Why social construct theory is all the rage today
Rami's thoughts on self-help psychology
Rami: Pets teach us that emotional connection predates language
What makes emotions adaptive to environment?
Stephen and Rami review the Jaak Panksepp Memorial Symposium
What neuroscientists say about the brain's unpredictability
August 25, 2017 — Robert Wright & Lisa Feldman Barrett
Emotions and the Brain
Lisa's new book How Emotions are Made
Can we truly feel an emotion before we can name it?
Is it true that the !Kung people feel no fear?
Fear in the body, the brain, and in concept
Do animals have emotions as we know them?
Lisa's advice for young scientists: Keep it empirical
January 10, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Stephen and Rami present: "The Evolution of Emotion" puppet show
How ancient societies managed their earthly impulses
The human anger displayed in Greek mythology
Marcus Aurelius's concept of the "wise man"
Hafez, the drunk Sufi poet
How does culture influence our core emotions?
Are animals capable of feeling anger?
Stephen on how horror plays on our most primal fears
March 08, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Puppet show: Why are human emotions unique?
Does self-restraint make us human?
Considering emotions as social constructs
Stephen: If you have emotions, you have consciousness
Artificial intelligence doesn't necessarily defer to it its creator
How insects are like robots
Does culture change how the brain reads emotion in faces?
June 14, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Where do culture, emotion, and cognition intersect?
Is altruism a fluke of humans' inherently selfish nature?
How Western individualism clouds our view of human nature
Stephen: The strongest cultural adaptations are shared unconsciously
An evolutionary explanation of Trump's cult of personality
Complicating the narrative on immigrant cultural values and success
Reactions to Stephen's new book, Why We Need Religion
February 09, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
This week's puppet show: How do emotions help us survive?
Darwin's attempts to understand the inner lives of animals
Can we really hide our feelings? Rami doubts it
The "seeking" drive that keeps us going
Angst: Fear without an object
How culture complicates finding a mate
Is there an adaptive function to recognizing beauty?
October 28, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Minding Emotions: music edition
The emotional shift between minor and major chords
Examining tonal dissonance in Western music
When melodies become "pregnant with meaning"
Why we find beauty in disharmony
Rami: Social class and culture imbue music with meaning, too
Is music hardwired in humans?
How practicing art and music hones the eye and the ear
December 06, 2017 — Noah Rasheta & Ellen Leanse
Emotions and the Brain
Ellen's new book The Happiness Hack as an owner's guide to the human brain
Distraction as a "dopamine hijack"
Conditioning the mind for happiness
The neurology behind self-inflicted emotional wounds
How to change happiness from "destination" to "journey"
Ellen's tips for "hacking into" contentment and purpose
August 22, 2015 — Robert Wright & Dacher Keltner
The Wright Show
How Dacher became a science adviser for Pixar's Inside Out
What science tells us about emotions and their function
How do you define an emotion?
The science behind the islands of personality in Inside Out
Do we remember our emotions accurately?
The (many) ways your emotions mislead you
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