Lost Connections, It's Not Always Depression, How Emotions Are Made The Secret Life of the Brain 3 Books Collection Set

It's Not Always Depression explores the idea that emotions shape thoughts more than we are often taught. It suggests that, to understand our thoughts and our wider sense of self, we need to experience and pay attention to emotions. In this context, the book points to the importance of considering emotions alongside approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy or medication when addressing psychological suffering. In How Emotions Are Made , psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett revisits a long-standing view of emotion, tracing it back to Plato, and questions whether it is correct. Drawing on scientific evidence, she argues that common assumptions about emotions are out of date and may be harmful. The book presents emotions not as universally pre-programmed responses, but as psychological experiences constructed by each person, shaped by personal history, physiology and environment. Included titles Lost Connections</...