Neuroscience
Resources: Neuroscience
‘Generate Joy’ Programs synthesise exciting ideas from a variety of overlapping disciplines: Neuroscience, Psychology, Arts, and Education.
We invite you to engage your curiosity and consider new ways of seeing and being yourself, as you explore our Resources pages.
Workshop Related Resources
Workshop: Sensory Escapades to ‘Generate Joy!’
This workshop introduces a variety of ‘Positive Affect Interventions’ to brighten your everyday life. The Neuroscience resources below help with your ‘Me-search’ and deepen you delight in your amazing body!
Positive Affect Intervention: The ‘Affect Circumplex’
Neuroscientist, Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett, shows how we can use the ‘Affect Circumplex’ to become more aware of the physiological foundations of our emotions.
Positive Affect Intervention: The ‘Physiological Sigh’
Neuroscientist, Prof Andrew Huberman, explains and demonstrates a simple breathing exercise called the ‘physiological sigh’. You can use it to calm yourself and move from your Sympathetic Nervous System to your Parasympathetic Nervous System.
Positive Affect Intervention: Your brain on music
Neuroscientist and musician Alan Harvey takes us on an interactive journey showing live on stage what music does to our brain waves…
Foundational ‘Theory of Constructed Emotion’
Dr Lisa Feldman Barrett is a leading neuroscience researcher who developed the groundbreaking ‘Theory of Constructed Emotion’. Learn more about her powerful theory.
Introductory TED Talk: You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions (TED Talk) | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Recommended books & digital collateral:
Short, non-academic: Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
Longer, more academic: How Emotions are Made,
Webpage: Lisa Feldman Barrett | Neuroscientist, Psychologist, and Author
For a clear and thorough overview of the ‘Theory of Constructed Emotion’, watch the video below: