Researcher and author Joshua Freedman has arrived at a conclusion that sounds simple but changes everything: emotions themselves are not inherently ‘bad,’ though some responses to them may be ...

Picture Gigi, having a chat with her boss, when the meeting takes a sharp turn. Gigi’s boss tells her that her work has been ...

Emotion regulation refers to an individual’s ability to evaluate and manage their experience and expression of emotions. The ability to do this effectively is key to psychological wellbeing and social ...

Emotions have a powerful impact on how we see the world and ourselves. A generous dose of happiness or humor can help us get through days that feel a bit darker. In fact, it would be easy to assume ...

Your movements,” the neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett told me, “whether it’s on your face or in your body ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

Stress is a pervasive part of life, and we all respond to it differently. How stress is managed during adolescence greatly matters for long-term mental health. For example, we may care a lot about our ...

Emotion words are handy things. They help you put your experiences into neat little boxes–wrap them up into packages you can give others to share your perspective. Telling a friend you feel “sad” may ...

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...

Have you ever heard of emotion artificial intelligence (AI)? Emotion AI, or affective AI, is a field of computer science that helps machines gain an understanding of human emotions. The MIT Media Lab ...