Why do we feel shame? Is it a useless emotion? Our guest, Daniel Sznycer (Oklahoma State) has been studying "self-conscious" emotions from a functional/evolutionary perspective. If you're curious about why we feel things like shame, pride, guilt, or how an evolutionary approach can she light on understanding our emotions, this episode is for you.  

More about Daniel Sznycer: 

https://sites.google.com/view/sznycerlab/sznycer-lab

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AKHl_vwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Other links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive#:~:text=For%20other%20uses%2C%20see%20Accentuate,film%20Here%20Come%20the%20Waves.