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Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.
Known for: Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life
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Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson explores the science of love as a dynamic emotional experience that broadens our awareness and builds our capacity for connection. Draw...
Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life
In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson reveals how positive emotions—such as love, joy, and gratitude—can transform our lives. Drawing on decades of research, she explains th...
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Love through the Lens of the Broaden-and-Build Theory
My foundational research on emotions began with a simple question: why do positive emotions matter? The answer unfolded into the broaden-and-build theory, which demonstrates that positive emotions—such as joy, gratitude, and love—broaden our momentary awareness and build enduring personal resources....
From Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
Micro-Moments of Positivity Resonance: The Real Face of Love
If love is not a permanent state but something that lives in moments, where should we look for it? The scientific answer lies in what I call ‘micro-moments of positivity resonance.’ These are brief, shared experiences of positivity, synchrony, and mutual care that occur when two people genuinely con...
From Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become
The Broaden-and-Build Theory: How Positivity Expands and Strengthens Us
When I first proposed the ‘broaden-and-build’ theory, I was addressing a gap in psychological understanding. While negative emotions such as fear or anger narrow our attention — helping us to focus on immediate threats and action — positive emotions work in exactly the opposite way. They broaden our...
From Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life
Evolutionary and Biological Foundations of Positive Emotions
For much of psychology’s history, positive emotions were treated as mere epiphenomena — pleasant but not terribly useful. Evolutionary theory seemed centered on survival instincts: fear, anger, disgust. Yet, as I looked deeper into human behavior and biology, the evidence told a richer story. ...
From Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life
About Barbara L. Fredrickson
Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D., is a leading researcher in positive psychology and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on emotions, resilience, and human flourishing, and she is known for developing the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
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