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#92 Lisa Feldman Barrett: Balancing the Brain Budget

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Are Some People More Emotional Than Others?

So are some people actually more emotional than other people? Or do they just have a bigger deficit than other people? Yes, both. Why? Some people just differ in mood because their brains prepare them to expend energy just more frequently than other people. In babies, some babies are perturbed by every little thing, you know, and others not so much. For example, my husband is one of these people who floats in a sea of tranquillity Mostly i admire it but occasionally irritates the shit out of me,. But on the other end of the continuum, I don't react to every little thing, but my nervous system is a little on the nervous side. And then there's...

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