Second That Emotion




Big Picture Science show

Summary: <p>So you weep at sappy commercials and give drivers the bird. Have no regrets: emotion is what makes us human! Discover the survival value in feeling disgust … why humans are terrible liars … and how despair fuels creativity.</p> <p>Also, mis-firing emotions and the emotional consequences of facial paralysis. And why E.T. will need to feel fear and joy to survive. </p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.rachelherz.com/">Rachel Herz</a></strong> – Psychologist, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393076474/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=arweal-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0393076474">That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0393076474" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.paulekman.com/">Paul Ekman</a></strong> – Psychologist, professor emeritis, University of California, San Francisco</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://tufts.academia.edu/KathleenBogart">Kathleen Bogart</a></strong> – Psychologist, Tufts University</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://gordyslack.blogspot.com/">Gordy Slack</a></strong> – Science writer</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.jonahlehrer.com/">Jonah Lehrer</a></strong> – Author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547386079/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=arweal-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0547386079">Imagine: How Creativity Works</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0547386079" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style=""></i> </li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-secundando-a-la-emocion/">Descripción en español</a></strong></p>