Lisa feldman barrett

Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. She is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. She also holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where she is Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior.

In addition to the books Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain and How Emotions are Made, Dr. Barrett has published over 240 peer-reviewed, scientific papers appearing in Science, Nature Neuroscience, and other top journals in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, as well as six academic volumes published by Guilford Press. She has also given a popular TED talk with over 6 million views.

Dr. Barrett received a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award for her revolutionary research on emotion in the brain. These highly competitive, multimillion dollar awards are given to scientists of exceptional creativity who are expected to transform biomedical and behavioral research. She also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019, the APS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, and the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award in Psychology in 2021.

Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Barrett has testified before Congress, presented her research to the FBI, consulted to the National Cancer Institute, appeared on Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman and The Today Show with Maria Shriver, and been a featured guest on public television and podcast and radio programs worldwide. She is also an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada.

EDUCATION                                                          

2004    Fellow, National Science Foundation Advanced Training Institute in Immersive Virtual

    Environment Technology and Social Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
2000    Fellow, American Psychological Association's Advanced Training Institute in Functional

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Boston.
1995    Fellow, National Science Foundation Training Institute for Cardiovascular Approaches to

    Social Psychophysiology, State University of New York, Buffalo.
1992    Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Waterloo
1992    Clinical Internship, University of Manitoba Medical School
1986    B.Sc., Psychology, with honors, University of Toronto

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2013-    University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
2010-2013    Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
2003-2010    Professor of Psychology, Boston College
1999-2003    Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston College
1996-1999    Assistant Professor of Psychology, Boston College
1992-1996    Assistant Professor of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University

OTHER POSITIONS                                                 2015-present   Neuroscientist, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital 2012- present       Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

2008-2015       Associate Neuroscientist, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital 2007-present      Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

2007-2012       Associate Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital 2000-2007 Assistant in Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital 2000-2007          Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School

HONORS

2014            Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

2014            Elected Fellow, Mind and Life Institute

2013            Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, The American Psychological Association
2013    Elected Fellow, The Society of Experimental Psychologists
2012    Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
2012    Excellence in Research Award, Northeastern University
2010    Education All-Star Award (to IASLab), Boston Museum of Science
2010    Arts in Academics Alumni Award, University of Waterloo
2009    Elected Fellow, Society for Experimental Social Psychology
2009    Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2008    Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, Frontiers of Science
2007    NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
2007    American Philosophical Society Fellowship
2007    James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowship
2006    Career Trajectory Award, Society for Experimental Social Psychology
2006    William James Distinguished Lecture, Association for Psychological Science
2005    Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association
2005    Elected Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
2003    Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
2002    Independent Scientist Research (K02) Award, NIMH
2000    Distinguished Junior Research Award, Boston College
1998    Elected member, Society for Experimental Social Psychology
1992    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
1992    Graduate Research Award, University of Waterloo
1992    Sheps Research Award in Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
1990    University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship
1987    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
1986    Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1986-1987
1986    Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Research

    Fellowship
1985    Robert S. Lockhart Graduation Award in Psychology, University of Toronto
1985    Rhea V. Scott In-Course Scholarship for Academic Excellence, University of Toronto
1984    McNab Undergraduate In-Course Scholarship for Academic Excellence, University of Toronto

RESEARCH INTERESTS & CURRENT PROJECTS                                                                
An active inference approach to brain:mind mapping using constructionist principles
The nature and dynamics of affective processing (including the structure of affect, the neurobiology of the affect system and how it changes with age and disease, individual differences in affective reactivity, and how affect supports cognitive performance and perception)
Redefining the function of limbic cortices in the broader dynamics of the brain
The conceptual system for emotion (including how emotion knowledge is represented and structured in the mind and the brain).
How language and conceptual knowledge about emotion shape the experience and perception of emotion.
Sex differences in emotion