Lisa Feldman Barrett - Your Emotions Aren't What You Think
Mind & Life
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The Self Is Not a Single Thing?
The self is a construction that your brain makes to make sense of your sense data. Our physical body is always changing and expanding or changing in some way, and our brains are having to accommodate to that. One constellation of features that is unchanging over time is that you're constantly using your memory. And when people develop all timeers, they they lose their sense of self because they're losing their memory.
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