Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett

Where your actions are relating the two together in terms of your mood. But a lot of the time, we don't. We just experience mood as a property of consciousness. This is a delicious drink. That guy's an asshole. You're very trustworthy. The mood is embedded in the perception of the world. And when people, it's just like actually sometimes opioids have this effect also.

Where your actions are relating the two together in terms of your mood. But a lot of the time, we don't. We just experience mood as a property of consciousness. This is a delicious drink. That guy's an asshole. You're very trustworthy. The mood is embedded in the perception of the world. And when people, it's just like actually sometimes opioids have this effect also.

They are, they're mood altering, meaning they're, they are, if they're manipulating your mood, they are manipulating your metabolism. Right. And when people get addicted, they often get addicted because they're regulating their mood. They're attempting to reduce their suffering. The problem with, or a problem, I shouldn't say that problem because I don't know exactly how alcohol affects people.

They are, they're mood altering, meaning they're, they are, if they're manipulating your mood, they are manipulating your metabolism. Right. And when people get addicted, they often get addicted because they're regulating their mood. They're attempting to reduce their suffering. The problem with, or a problem, I shouldn't say that problem because I don't know exactly how alcohol affects people.

metabolism, my expectation is it's not just in one way. And also I do know there are context effects actually. So you can drink exactly the same amount of alcohol and it can have different effects in different contexts. That totally blew my mind when I saw that research. So I'm thinking it's not a simple relationship, but one thing I do know is that your predictions become sloppier

metabolism, my expectation is it's not just in one way. And also I do know there are context effects actually. So you can drink exactly the same amount of alcohol and it can have different effects in different contexts. That totally blew my mind when I saw that research. So I'm thinking it's not a simple relationship, but one thing I do know is that your predictions become sloppier

And you don't take in prediction error. You don't learn. You won't update any. And your behaviors are not necessarily well calibrated to the situation that you're in, which can have all kinds of downstream difficult problems. You can make things in the downstream worse for yourself and make it harder to do budgeting later.

And you don't take in prediction error. You don't learn. You won't update any. And your behaviors are not necessarily well calibrated to the situation that you're in, which can have all kinds of downstream difficult problems. You can make things in the downstream worse for yourself and make it harder to do budgeting later.

Well, yes and no. I think, you know, people smile when they're not happy too. People smile when they're angry. People smile when they're plotting the demise of their enemy. You know, people smile for all kinds. People smile when they're afraid.

Well, yes and no. I think, you know, people smile when they're not happy too. People smile when they're angry. People smile when they're plotting the demise of their enemy. You know, people smile for all kinds. People smile when they're afraid.

The meta-analytic evidence suggests that there is a slight effect, that there's a small... Yeah. Yeah. Crinkle your, if to crinkle, there you go. It's like putting, put a pencil between your teeth.

The meta-analytic evidence suggests that there is a slight effect, that there's a small... Yeah. Yeah. Crinkle your, if to crinkle, there you go. It's like putting, put a pencil between your teeth.

Now smile. Now crinkle. Okay. So it's like that. So what I would say is it's a minuscule effect size. Like it's very small.

Now smile. Now crinkle. Okay. So it's like that. So what I would say is it's a minuscule effect size. Like it's very small.

Do you? Yeah. But that's because I made you do something silly maybe? Maybe, yeah. Okay. But anyways, the point being that it's overblown as an effect. I think... There's a small, my recollection is that the last meta-analysis I read was that there was a small effect, but a small effect means it doesn't work for everyone and it doesn't work always.

Do you? Yeah. But that's because I made you do something silly maybe? Maybe, yeah. Okay. But anyways, the point being that it's overblown as an effect. I think... There's a small, my recollection is that the last meta-analysis I read was that there was a small effect, but a small effect means it doesn't work for everyone and it doesn't work always.

It's just really, really a very, very small effect.

It's just really, really a very, very small effect.

So my general response is the following, that people, there's a rise in people self-diagnosing and in using diagnosis as an explanation for behavior or for why people experience what they experience or whatever. Diagnoses are not explanations of anything. They're descriptions. They don't explain anything. And to treat a diagnosis like it's an explanation is a form of essentializing.

So my general response is the following, that people, there's a rise in people self-diagnosing and in using diagnosis as an explanation for behavior or for why people experience what they experience or whatever. Diagnoses are not explanations of anything. They're descriptions. They don't explain anything. And to treat a diagnosis like it's an explanation is a form of essentializing.