5/30/2023 0 Comments Lisa barrett how emotions are made![]() Its repercussions are already shaking the foundations not only of psychology but also of medicine, the legal system, child-rearing, meditation, and even airport security. This new theory means that you play a much greater role in your emotional life than you ever thought. Instead, she has shown that emotion is constructed in the moment, by core systems that interact across the whole brain, aided by a lifetime of learning. Her research overturns the widely held belief that emotions are housed in different parts of the brain and are universally expressed and recognized. ![]() ![]() Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind and brain, and shedding new light on what it means to be human. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology-and this paradigm shift has far-reaching implications for us all. ![]() Scientists have long supported this assumption by claiming that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mindĮmotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience. ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments The green bone saga series![]() ![]() Eisner is represented by UTA and attorney Karl Austen. ![]() Kalstein is repped by Alex Goldstone at Anonymous Content and attorney Jeff Endlich.Įisner’s recent directing credits include horror thriller feature The Crazies and episodes of The Expanse. In 2018, he developed The King of Sting at Fox with eOne and Imagine Television producing and has also developed shows at CBS, Showtime, and NBC. He also served as co-executive producer on NCIS: LA for CBS, where he produced more than 25 of his own episodes. Last year he sold his CIA drama Quantum Spy to NBC. Kalstein most recently served as co-executive producer on USA’s Treadstone and ABC’s Quantico. Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio. Kalstein will executive produce with Eisner, who also will direct, and Georgaris. ![]() Set in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis reminiscent of 70s Hong Kong, jade holds mystical powers and our two warring families will fight to the end over its control. Written by Kalstein, Jade City is an epic saga of magic and martial arts where two rival clans will fight to the bitter end for love, honor and power. ![]() ![]() ![]() She’s got a past that she’s ready to bury, and she wants to start living life the way any other teenage girl would. If I Was Your Girl follows the story of Amanda, formerly Andrew, as she moves to live with her father. ![]() ![]() This is one of those books that matters because of what it talks about: in particular, the issues presented to teen trans girls in a world that isn’t ready for them. While I had some issues with this book, and at times found it a little predictable, it doesn’t much matter. This book review of If I Was Your Girl is special and the book itself is one of those that is very hard to forget. Things That Irritated Me in If I Was Your Girlīook Review – If I Was Your Girl Meredith Russo.About the Interesting Characters of If I Was Your Girl.Displays the Strength of Transgender Girls. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Waves of Reckoning by Terri Marie![]() ![]() In fact it was Arnold Toynbee the British historian who remarked “Stone Age Man’s most amazing tour de force was the colonization of Polynesia, including Easter Island.” ![]() Easter Island’s history is part of the complex tapestry of humanity and more relevant than ever. So why did they vanish and what can we learn from them in our own very fragile time? Navigators, whalers, pirates and explorers have wondered why the first inhabitants practically disappeared. It has been known for a while now that the early inhabitants had a strong hierarchy, complex ritual practices and many resources. The island was alive with celebrations, full of dancing torches igniting the spirit of the faithful on a bit of island that centuries before knew nothing of Christianity. Heading 2,300 miles west of Chile, over a wide azure sea on the edge of the world, we arrive at the most isolated island on Earth, Easter Island, coincidentally enough, on Easter Sunday. Often it takes a thousand years or more to understand what the ancient people were trying to express.” “The footprints in the sand are as small and delicate as a jewel, sometimes as grand as the pyramids. Katherine Routledge, “The Mystery of Easter Island,” 1919 “In Easter island …the shadows of the departed builders still possess the land…the whole air vibrates with a past purpose and energy which has been and is no more. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Sowande mustakeem slavery at sea![]() Mustakeem relates how this process, and related power struggles, played out not just for adult men, but also for women, children, teens, infants, nursing mothers, the elderly, diseased, ailing, and dying. As she shows, crewmen manufactured captives through enforced dependency, relentless cycles of physical, psychological terror, and pain that led to the the making–and unmaking–of enslaved Africans held and transported onboard slave ships. ![]() Mining ship logs, records and personal documents, Mustakeem teases out the social histories produced between those on traveling ships: slaves, captains, sailors, and surgeons. Sowande’ Mustakeem’s groundbreaking study goes inside the Atlantic slave trade to explore the social conditions and human costs embedded in the world of maritime slavery. Expanding the gaze even more deeply, the book centers how the oceanic transport of human cargoes–infamously known as the Middle Passage–comprised a violently regulated process foundational to the institution of bondage. This book reveals for the first time how it took critical shape at sea. “Most times left solely within the confine of plantation narratives, slavery was far from a land-based phenomenon. Mustakeem, Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Monster hunter correia![]() ![]() Everyone seemed more mellow than in previous books, which might have something to do with the events from Legion. ![]() All of the regular cast of characters makes an appearance, though some are fairly brief. Monster Hunter Siege doesn’t waste any time getting right into the action. On top of that, the portal to the Nightmare Realm is located on a remote island off the northern coast of Russia, so politics are involved. The mission must involve hundreds on monster hunters from around the globe to even stand a chance of being successful, so differences must be put aside. After finding out some of them may still be alive, Owen plans a rescue mission. MHI is still reeling from losing some of their people in the Nightmare Realm. Not that Larry Correia has been twiddling his thumbs the whole time, because he hasn’t, but it’s nice to get back to the main series with Monster Hunter Siege. Cover of “Monster Hunter Siege” by Larry Correia.It’s been a little over three years since the last book in the main Monster Hunter series was released. ![]() ![]() Wagner wove gothic horror elements into this pre-medieval landscape, taking Kane on fantastic sagas involving war, romance, triumph and tragedy. ![]() Kane’s adventures take place in a visceral world steeped in ancient history, with bloody conflicts and dark mysteries. Famed fantasy painter Frank Frazetta even illustrated several covers.įantasy icons Conan the Barbarian and Elric of Melnibone were clear influences, which is not a surprise, as Wagner, on top of being an author, was an editor and a publisher, putting out Conan collections as well as gothic horror and pulp volumes. Met Gala 2023: Rihanna Closes the Carpet in a Cape of Iconic Chanel Camellia Flowersįirst appearing in 1973 and going on to appear in 20 short stories and three novels, Kane falls squarely into the epic fantasy sphere that proved influential to the geek crowd of that time, and 4 million copies have been sold. ![]() ![]() ![]() As journalists Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald recently said in their review of the book on Shameless podcast, at first your ‘ eyeballs’ may not do it justice. Told from the perspectives of three characters Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi, his granddaughter August, and nineteenth-century missionary Reverend Greenleaf, the unique structure of this novel requires concentration at first. A forewarning: persist and your patience will be rewarded. Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch delivers a profound, heart-wrenching story of a people dispossessed in her acclaimed novel The Yield. We don’t have to be giyal-dhuray anymore, we don’t have to pass that down anymore.” The old ones, the young ones too, are ready to heal. We’ve been singing our pain into a solid thing. See, pain travels through our family tree like a songline. It’s become part of the dictionary we think we should carry. “ ashamed, have shame –giyal-dhuray I’m done with this word. We rate this 4/5 but note: readerly patience is required. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments Deceived No More by Doreen Virtue![]() From there, I found a literary agent and started writing self-help books for major publishers. I went to Chapman University in California, where I earned degrees in psychology and became a professional therapist. To the extent that we studied Scripture, we only cherry-picked verses or read them out of context. ![]() I was taught to ignore the “negative” parts of the Bible, such as the fall of humanity and the crucifixion of Jesus. I grew up in the false church of Christian Science, although my mom always said that we were Christians. For all my New Age seeking, there were answers I could never find. Yet despite this worldly success, I was hardly at peace. We would stay in penthouse suites at swanky hotels and rub elbows with celebrities. ![]() ![]() My publisher treated me like a rock star, flying me and my husband first class to give sold-out workshops across the globe. At the time, I enjoyed a phenomenally lucrative lifestyle. As recently as five years ago, I was the world’s top-selling New Age author. ![]() ![]() The Ballad of Perilous Graves is the debut of a cosmic storm of talent.”―Victor LaValle Set in a fantastical version of New Orleans, a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song. Music is magic in this vibrant and imaginative debut novel from Alex Jennings. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. ![]() ![]() Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat, and without them, Nola will fail. So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry realizes trouble is afoot. In a world of everyday miracles, Perry might not have a talent for magic, but he does know Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. ![]() To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. ![]() |