Is There a Culture Binding Concept of Emotions?

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Lisa feldman barrett says that the naming or categoriation of emotion is culture dependent. She thinks there are no conceptually universal emotions in human nature, if i'm characterizing that right? And so and that that supports her belief tat these categoriations are somewhat artificial, right? Well, kawit. The original, like darwinian idea was that these categories themselves are hard wired into our brain so that we will have the same expression for each person. But lisa does not believe in that. She thinks that there's a millions, or an infinite amount of rent kinds of fear. So that it's really a question of how universal they can be

xtraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking. In this conversation, Shermer and Mlodinow explore the new science of feelings.

Journeying from the labs of pioneering scientists to real-world scenarios that have flirted with disaster, Mlodinow shows us how our emotions can help, why they sometimes hurt, and what we can learn in both instances.

Shermer and Mlodinow discuss: the difference between emotions and feelings/moods/drives/passions; how the scientific understanding of emotions has changed; thought vs. feeling; system 1 vs. system 2 cognition; mind-body connection: how does our physical state influence what we think & feel?; the neuroscience of emotions: how the brain constructs emotions; Lisa Feldman Barrett challenge to Paul Ekman’s theory of universal emotions; Schachter-Singer theory of emotion; the effects of social context on emotions; and more…