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The New Science of Awe || Dacher Keltner

The Psychology Podcast

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Awe: The Feeling of Vast Mystery

The etymology of the word awe traces back to the eighth and ninth century fear and dread. There are about 20 emotions in this complicated space, there's a good deal of cross-cultural overlap. In almost every way that we study awe from self-report to facial expression, the vocalization, it's really different from fear.

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