Lisa Feldman Barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett is a world-renowned neuroscientist and psychologist who studies emotions in the brain. One of the Top 0.1% Most Cited Scientists in the world, Lisa is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. Throughout her career, she has authored over 275 peer-reviewed that have been published in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other leading psychology journals. Lisa is now available to speak at events related to psychology, human behaviour, and neuroscience.

Lisa possesses a BS in Psychology from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Waterloo. She proceeded to pursue a career in academia as an Assistant Professor at Penn State University. Lisa has since served as a Professor of Psychology at Boston College, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Chief Scientific Officer at the Centre for Law, Brain & Behaviour at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Lisa’s work is focused on the nature of emotions studied from a psychological and neuroscience perspective but also adopts principles from anthropology, philosophy, and linguistics. She has also served as the President of the Association for Psychological Science from 2019 to 2020.

Lisa’s books have been published and translated into countless languages across the globe. Her book “How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain” is said to dismantle and reconstruct the readers’ understanding of their emotions. Her most recent book, “Seven and a Half Lesson About the Brain”, explains the constant battle between thoughts and emotions that we experience as humans. Often contributing to leading publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Scientific America, MIT Technology Review, and Time Magazine, Lisa’s knowledge of human psychology and her extraordinary research has positioned her to garner recognition from all over the world. She is a Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution in Psychology Award.

Her TED Talk “You Aren’t at the Mercy of Your Emotions - Your Brain Creates Them”, which has received traction of over 7 million, is a glimpse of Lisa’s exemplary work on mapping facial expressions, scanning brains and analysing numerous physiology studies to understand what emotions are. Having been invited to speak on countless podcasts such as the Huberman Lab, WHOOP podcast, the DNA of Work podcast, and Adam Grant’s ReThinking podcast, Lisa is a seasoned speaker. You may now hire her to speak at your next event, where Lisa will impart her esteemed research and knowledge of human behaviour and psychology. If you are looking for a seasoned speaker and psychology expert, look no further than Lisa Feldman Barrett.