New study says we only have four: happy, sad, afraid/surprised, and angry/disgusted
Emotion
Microsoft’s Modern Day Mood Ring is Actually a Bra
The wearable technology measures women’s stress via smartphone app
The Selfish Reasons Behind Why We Give
Feeling good about our actions — not guilt or pity— motivates giving, according to the latest research.
Apps for Mastering Your Mood
“How do you feel?” can be a surprisingly difficult question to answer, but new apps are making it possible to track the ups and downs of your emotional weather as easily as EKGs graph heart rate.
Are You Happy or Horny? A Brain Scan Can Tell
What are you feeling? For the first time, a brain scan might be able to answer that question.
Can Tylenol Dissolve Feelings of Dread?
Thinking about death, fearing the unknown and worrying about the future aren’t traditionally considered sources of physical pain, but they may be susceptible to the same pain-killing treatments.
How to Terrify the Fearless
A rare genetic condition that leaves people unable to feel fear provides clues about which regions in the brain regulate the emotion — and which may not.
Toddlers’ Early Language Skills May Influence Later Anger Management
Communication may help toddlers cope better with emotions in pre-school
Understanding Why Music Moves Us
We dance to music, but to not paintings, or architecture, and the latest research hints at why.
To Really Read Emotions, Look at Body Language, Not Facial Expressions
We think we’re reading facial expressions, but most of us rely on body cues to understand emotion
Psychological Abuse: More Common, as Harmful as Other Child Maltreatment
Psychological abuse — including demeaning, bullying and humiliating — may be the most prevalent form of child maltreatment. Yet it’s among the hardest to identify or to treat
Got Money? Then You Might Lack Compassion
Are the rich really the unfeeling boors they’re made out to be? Studies suggest that the richer people are, the less compassion they show.
Rats Show Empathy and Free Their Trapped Companions
Rats may not be, well, such rats after all. In the first study of its kind, researchers show that rats engage in empathy-driven behavior, helping to free a trapped cagemate for no reward other than relieving its fellow rat’s …