[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. A wrecking ball almost tore
Here tonight in celebration of her book how emotions are made a is distinguished professor of psychology in Northeastern University she received a national of institutes of Health Directors pride in your award for her Ground Breaking research with the motion in the brain and to be elected member of the Royal Society of canada. In a review Library Journal says to present a new era scientific explanation that there were swayed by feelings and fax and also has an intuitive theory that does not only against a popular understanding of Traditional Research emotions do not arrive rather reconstruct them on the flight furthermore theyre not universal or located in specific bear the brain regions the results from girl that works Scientific American calls the of book remarkable in the wall street journal calls a fascinating. And another star reviewed touse day the selfie of the brain is brilliant please help me to welcome lisa feldman barrett. [applause] it is very special for me to be here to t
Via text or video or post it to our facebook page. Facebook. Com book, on twitter, book tv0 email us book tv chan cspan. Org. Lisa felledman barrett is here in celebration of her book how emotions are made the secret life of the brain. She is University Distinguished prefer of psychology at Northeastern University with a appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in psychiatry and radiology. She received a National Institutes of Health Directors pioneer award for heir groundbreaking research on emotion in the brain. She is an elected member of the Royal Society of canada. Heres a sampling of the praise. In review Library Journal says barrett presents a new neuroscene tick explanation of why people are more swayed by feeling than facts. She offers intuitive theory that goes against in the popular understanding and that of traditional research. Emotions dont arise, rather, we construct them on the fly. Furthermore, emotions are neither universal nor located
University with appointments at Harvard Medical School in massachusetts and General Hospital in psychiatry and radiology. She received a National Institutes of Health Directors pioneer award for her groundbreaking research on emotion in the brain. She is an elected member of the Royal Society of canada. Heres a sampling of the phrase for her and her book. In a review, Library Journal says, she presents a new neuroscientific explanation of why people are more swayed by feelings than fax. She offers an intuitive theory echoes against out on the popular understanding but also that of traditional research. Emotions dont arise, rather, we construct them on the fly. Furthermore, emotions are neither universal nor located in specific brain regions. They vary by culture and result from dynamic neuronal networks. Scientific american calls the book remarkable for its freshness of its ideas and the wall street journal calls it fascinating. In another star review, booklist says quote that secretiv
Pretense at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and psychiatry radiology. She received a National Institute of Health Directors pioneer award for the groundbreaking research on emotion in the brain. Shes an elected member of the society of canada. Heres the sampling. In the star review of the Library Journal says it presents a scientific explanation of why people are more persuaded by feeling they in fact. She offers and unintuitive theory that goes against not only the popular understanding but also that of traditional research. He motions dont rise. Furthermore they are neither universal or located in specific regions. They vary by culture and result from dynamic networks. They called the book remarkable for freshness of its ideas and the wall street journal calls it fascinating. In another review of the booklist says it is brilliant. [applause] thank you for that introduction. Its very special for me to be here to talk about the book this evening because this i