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The Peter Attia Drive · 2026-10-26 · 154 min · 24,631 words

#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.

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Hey everyone, welcome to the Drive Podcast. I'm your host, Peter Atia. This podcast, my website, and my weekly newsletter all focus on the goal of translating the science of longevity into something accessible for everyone. Our goal is to provide the best content in health and wellness. And we've established a great team of analysts to make this happen.

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with additional appointments at Mess General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she co directs the interdisciplinary effective science laboratory. She's best known for her theory of constructed emotion, and she's the author of How Emotions Are Made. And seven and a half lessons about the brain. I wanted to have Lisa on because her work challenges some of the most basic assumptions we make. about emotions and the brain. Namely, her work challenges the idea that emotions like fear, anger, and sadness

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