Naming the Mind

This book by Kurt Danziger was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lisa Feldman Barrett. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, relationships. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of psychological reality′. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin theoretical and empirical work in modern psychology - and yet these concepts have only recently taken on their contemporary meanings. This fascinating work is a persuasive explanation of how modern psychology found its language.

• “there's a wonderful book A little it's a fairly small book called naming the Mind by Kurt danziger who's a historian of psychology everybody in my lab reads both of these books”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a wonderful book”
  Lisa Feldman Barrett · Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 202002:05:07

  Said during "Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140". The episode features Lisa Feldman Barrett: A neuroscientist at Northeastern University and one of the most cited psychologists in the world, known for her theory of constructed emotion. She is the author of How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Lex Fridman for a freewheeling talk on love, brain evolution, free will, and consciousness.