Decoding Emotions via Hidden Brain We like to think that all humans are born with the same core  emotions: anger, fear, joy, sadness and disgust. But what if that's not  true? This week, psychologist Batja Mesquita offers a different model of  emotions — one that can help us to better understand our own feelings  and ... "We like to think that all humans are born with the same core  emotions: anger, fear, joy, sadness and disgust. But what if that’s not  true? This week, psychologist Batja Mesquita offers a different model of emotions — one that can help us to better  understand our own feelings and those of the people around us. Books: Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions, by Batja Mesquita, 2022. Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language, by Eva Hoffman, 1989. Research: Emotion Semantics Show Both Cultural Variation and Universal Structure, by Joshua Conrad Jackson et al., Science, 2019. Emotions in Collectivist and Individualist Contexts, by Batia Mesquita, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001. Cultural Variations in Emotions: A Review, by Batja Mesquita and Nico Frijda, Psychological Bulletin, 1992." Hidden Brain : NPR Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world-– and themselves.  Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain's host Shankar Vedantam  reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, the biases  that shape our choices, and the triggers that direct the course of our  relationships. The “hidden brain” is a term Shankar created to describe a range of influences that manipulate us without our awareness.  Some aspects of the hidden brain have to do with mental shortcuts or  heuristics, others are related to errors in the way memory and attention  work. Some deal with social dynamics and relationships. Shankar Vedantam - NPR Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.