emotions

So why should we keep using them?

Move over SSRIs, Advil is on the way.

Could your urge to check emails — instead of finishing that major project — be a response to an uncomfortable emotional state?

Among the variety of human screams, it is screams of terror that stand out most vividly.

Psychologists discover why people participate in scary attractions.

A review of the multifaceted questions we’ll ask to determine whether robots have a felt quality of experience — an “inner feel.”

Can a shift in the way we treat death and dying improve our lives while we’re still here?

Sleep deprivation leads to a shutdown in the production of essential proteins.

Discrimination against people because of their age is a real phenomenon.

Glenn Albrecht has ideas about how to cope with the effects of a changing world: Invent a new language.

A study at the University of Oregon puts a longstanding myth to rest.

What’s your “stress mindset”?

Math trauma can follow people beyond grade school to harm their prospects well into adulthood.

In his book, Earth Emotions, Glenn Albrecht coins “psychoterratic.”

Why would people rate certain names as being more extraverted or more agreeable?

Barbara J. King on animal emotions, anthropomorphism, and the future of the planet.

Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more “real,” according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.

Anxiety provoked by an unavoidable threat — like an electric shock in a lab — increases as the expected event draws closer.

If teachers weren’t taught to fear failure, could they see greater success in the mission of education?

Despite acceptance by many insurance companies, a number of studies don’t confirm its effectiveness.

When you combine feelings of resentment with the societal praise of leaving one’s mark, it forms a lethal cocktail.

Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.

Setting a simple intention and coming prepared can help you — and those around you — win big.

As tempting as it may be to run away from emotionally-difficult situations, it’s important we confront them head-on.

Learn how to redesign your job for maximum reward.

This modern therapy technique has been shown to be effective and easy to learn — could teaching it to students help cut off a growing mental health crisis?

The motivations behind this complex feeling.

Ever taken pleasure in someone else’s misfortune?

It turns out these little white lies serve a purpose.

Experts’ thoughts on this unique emotional state.