Dr. Marc Brackett

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800 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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What are we talking about here?

So in my work, I talk about five reasons why emotions matter.

The first is that emotions drive our attention, memory, and learning.

Now, you're looking at me now as a tenured professor of psychology.

I grew up in northern New Jersey.

I was terribly abused as a kid.

I had terrible bullying as a kid.

I was a failing student.

I didn't realize until I was in graduate school that I was in fight-flight mode all day long.

How could I learn when I'm getting punched in the face on the bus or made fun of in school?

My brain was in survival mode, not learning mode.

Emotions drive our attention, period.

The second, emotions drive our judgments.

Mel, have you ever made a bad decision?

Oh my God, is my name Mel?

I mean, we all make decisions.

What we don't like to own is that how we feel

oftentimes drives the choices we make.

I'll give you an example.

So in my research, we do studies where we ask people to think about a good day versus a bad day.

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