#129 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Counterintuitive Ideas About How the Brain Works
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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00:00 – Introduction<br />
06:35 – Are we alone in the universe?<br />
08:03 – Life on Earth<br />
12:55 – Collective intelligence of human brains<br />
21:43 – Triune brain<br />
27:52 – The predicting brain<br />
35:48 – How the brain evolved<br />
41:47 – Free will<br />
50:40 – Is anything real?<br />
1:03:13 – Dreams<br />
1:09:00 – Emotions are human-constructed concepts<br />
1:34:29 – Are women more emotional than men?<br />
1:43:05 – Empathy<br />
2:14:46 – Love<br />
2:18:40 – Mortality<br />
2:20:16 – Meaning of life</p>