Almost a third of American adolescents have anxiety disorders. Researchers in developmental neuroscience are figuring out that how the brain matures over time may be part of the reason why.
Articles on Emotions
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Managing your feelings takes more than just turning that frown upside down.
Hiding feelings can cause distress in children too.
What a group of ancient Roman philosophers can teach you about how to live in the 21st century.
An emphasis on the autonomy of people with learning disabilities has put distance between care workers and the people they support.
A growing body of evidence points to how animals are aware of death, can experience grief and will sometimes mourn for or ritualize their dead.
Dogs have the same hormones and experience the same chemical changes that humans do.
Missing a meal can certainly push you toward a bad mood. But new research identifies in what kind of situations hunger is most likely to tip toward hanger.
Ethical decisions deliver less emotional impact when presented in a second language, study finds.
Positive emotions, such as passion, have an established foothold in airport books on great leadership and executive coaching seminars. However, overemphasising “positive” emotions can be problematic.
Synaesthesia – a rare experience where the senses merge – comes in many different forms.
2001: A Space Odyssey’s sentient computer will only ever be a work of science fiction, says a cognitive neuroscientist.
Imagine a collaboratively-designed smartphone app that could provide cues to an autistic individual – about the emotional state of people they are communicating with.
Anger can help you in negotiations but it might get you fired if you don’t learn your triggers and how to control it.
It has long been known that colour and emotion are linked – so could colour could be used as a language to express how we feel?
People who see themselves as conscientious consumers often buy items made by companies that violate their values because it’s hard to keep that information in mind.
Some people believe different drinks make them feel differently. But the effect alcohol has on your mood depends on factors like where you are drinking it and how you’re feeling at the time.
Whether we’re happy or sad, it doesn’t take much to turn on the waterworks. But how and why do humans cry?
With levels of political discourse reaching new lows, some might say the country could use a dose of shame and humility. At the same time, social media have unleashed a torrent of online shaming.
According to new research, the way you respond could determine whether or not you’ll repeat the same mistake in the future.
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