Synopsis
'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside down' – Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers
When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside of you?
Perhaps you thought of your emotions as automatic and reactive, a response to the world...
Details
08 February 2018448 pages
9781509837526Imprint: Pan
Reviews
How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood and turned my understanding upside downMalcolm Gladwell, author of Revenge of the Tipping Point
The definitive field guide to feelings and the neuroscience behind themAngela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit
A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since DarwinDaniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness
Meticulous, well-researched, and deeply thought out . . . For anyone who has struggled to reconcile brain and heart, this book will be a treasure; it explains the science without short-changing the humanism of its topicAndrew Solomon, bestselling author of Far from the Tree and The Noonday Demon
