Emotions fulfill an eminently adaptive function in human development, strongly influencing higher-order psychological processes, such as motivation, ...

How do emotions work? Are we born with them or do we learn them, like we do the names of colors? Based on years of research, early emotion scientists gravitated towards a theory of universality: ...

Further information about the poster "Human recognition of emotional valence and arousal in zoo animals" in the European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare (EVCBMAW) in ...

Many of us these days experience some pretty intense emotions when we’re in some very passive states: Our hearts race as we fear for the well-being of a fictional character on a movie screen, while we ...

Many people agree that it’s healthy to be in touch with your feelings. Whether they regularly do so is a different matter. But what about being in touch with emotions? Despite the words being used ...

Emotions can influence how well you remember events. Strong emotions can potentially sharpen your focus on key details, while stress can affect both memory storage and recall. Your emotional state can ...