BCIA Continuing Education Posts

Barrett challenges misconceptions about the brain's functions and explores our neural machinery's evolutionary history and true role.

Our interpretations of animal emotions are deeply influenced by human perception and cultural constructs.

Barrett offers valuable insights into how emotions are constructed and how they can be effectively managed.

Barrett argues that emotions are not innate reactions to stimuli but are constructed by the brain using basic psychological ingredients.

Barrett challenges the idea that emotions like fear or anger are universally recognized and expressed in similar ways.

Barrett argues that emotions are not hardwired responses but are actively constructed by the brain.

Barrett aims to dismantle the conventional wisdom that emotions are hardwired and universally expressed.