Lisa Barrett Profile

University Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory, Northeastern University, with Appointments at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Rates among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience; Co-Author of two best-sellers for the public, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (2020) and How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain (2018); Co-Editor, The Handbook of Emotions (2016, 4th edition)