Episode · Huberman Lab · 2026-04-06
Books mentioned on Cultivating Awe & Emotional Connection in Daily Life | Dr. Dacher Keltner
Dr. Dacher Keltner, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a leading expert on the science of emotions and human connection.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Variations of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 1
The Variations of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume 1 by Charles Darwin is a detailed scientific exploration of how selective breeding alters biological organisms over generations.
Discussed“Darwin's expression of emotion in man and animals is in my view and we're just publishing a paper on this on everything that he said about human emotion. 53 emotions annotated with eight modalities of expressive behavior. I wrote it with Darwin scholar Frank Sulloway”
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin is a foundational 1872 scientific work that explores the evolutionary origins of emotional expression across different species.
Discussed“Darwin's expression of emotion in man and animals is in my view and we're just publishing a paper on this on everything that he said about human emotion. 53 emotions annotated with eight modalities of expressive behavior. I wrote it with Darwin scholar Frank Sulloway”
Where to get it
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A Fighter's Heart
A Fighter's Heart: A Prizefighter's Journey Through the Ranging World of Fighting by Sam Sheridan is a firsthand exploration of various martial arts disciplines, combat sports, and the psychological realities of physical confrontation.
Recommended“And what brings that to mind is there's a a really good book, one that I like, anyway, um called The Fighter's Heart by a guy named Sam Sheridan. His wife actually wrote that movie Monster”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled Protocols, an operating manual for the human body. This is a book that I've been working on for more than five years”