Summary: Psychologist and neuroscientist <a href="https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/about/">Lisa Feldman Barrett</a> is the grand inquisitor of human emotions. Her book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0544133315/?tag=slatmaga-20"><em>How Emotions Are Made</em></a>, inspired a big chunk of the latest season of NPR’s <em>Invisibilia</em>. Barrett says scientific research shows that emotions are highly variable and utter creations of our minds. Some of her resulting conclusions may surprise you. <br>In the Spiel, Mike goes there: white privilege and rape culture.
