The Book of Human Emotions: 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel
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Adolphs calls it a great book, describing it as a dictionary of emotion words that exist in other languages but not English.
Why it came up
- Adolphs calls it a great book
- A dictionary of emotions other languages have words for and English does not
- Light enough to dip into, unlike the academic texts around it
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- The Huberman LabsNeuroscience of Emotions & Tools for Improving Emotion Regulation| Dr. Ralph AdolphsAug 17, 2026Guest
“There's a great book, Tiffany Watts Smith has a book... the book of human emotions”
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