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Music For the Senses
The type of music you choose can influence your heart rate, breathing, emotions and even brain power. (Photos.com)Have you ever wondered why you were drawn into a clothing shop when you had no...
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Vivid Memories Created by Emotional ‘Flashbulb’ Effect
Coffee mug with and without visual noise. (Rebecca Todd/University of Toronto) When we look at images that have emotional meaning, we actually see and remember them more clearly than neutral ones, new...
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Goose Bumps Reveal People’s True Feelings
People usually get goose bumps when they experience cold or strong emotions. (CreativeDream/Photos.com) People tend to get goose bumps when they experience cold or strong emotions, and the response is...
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Got Anger? Get Help.
Why do our children make us angry? Why do we react to their anger with our own? Why can’t we reliably respond with loving kindness, teaching our children to handle their emotions well? One big reason...
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Love Problems? There’s a Pill for That, but Plato Offers a Wiser Cure
We take pills and potions for everything from a bad back to depression. Why shouldn’t we adopt the same approach to love and the miseries it may cause? Oxford ethicist Brian Earp has proposed that we...
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How Well do You Know Your Own Feelings?
A patient screamed, “I’m not angry.” Another on finding out about their partners infidelity claimed “I’m not jealous, just disappointed.” And they believed it, at least in the heat of the moment. But...
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Work-Family Conflict Can Make Employees Lash Out
People whose family life regularly gets in the way of their work are more likely to become emotionally exhausted and, in turn, verbally abusive to coworkers and loved ones, a new study suggests. The...
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Do Emotions Like Shame Botch Psych Research?
Thomas Scheff would like psychologists to talk about emotion—not just to share feelings, but to advance science. According to Scheff, intuition could be the catalyst that lets psychology progress in...
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Pixar’s Amazing ‘Inside Out’: From Talking Cars to Little Emotion-People Who...
Ladies and gentleman—Pixar’s back, telling toon-tales for tots and tweens, with tech skills nobody else can touch! The wonderfully inventive “Inside Out,” Pixar’s latest, is about the human emotions of...
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Can’t Tell a Smile From a Scowl? Get More Sleep
If you have trouble distinguishing friend from foe, you might not be getting enough sleep. A new study shows that sleep deprivation dulls our ability to accurately read facial expressions. The deficit...
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Family Farms Pay Less Money, More Pride
After long hours harvesting forage, managing livestock, and milking cows, family members who work on the family dairy farm make $22,000 less annually than comparable hired managers. But beyond money,...
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Bigger Screens Can Change How Much We Trust Ads
The screen size of a smartphone can change how much we trust advertisements, which could influence what we purchase, researchers say. “While people are using smartphones—and these days, smartphone...
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What Is the Chinese Violin?
NEW YORK—A soul-stirring tune penetrated the silence of a tawny November forest in upstate New York. It was distinctly Chinese. The sound came from a two-stringed Chinese violin called the “erhu.” And...
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Do Fish Have Feelings? Maybe…
The question of whether animals other than humans can think and feel has been debated for centuries. Most of us would agree that humans have a level of consciousness, loosely defined as an ability to...
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Got Anger? Get Help.
Why do our children make us angry? Why do we react to their anger with our own? Why can’t we reliably respond with loving kindness, teaching our children to handle their emotions well? One big reason...
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Love Problems? There’s a Pill for That, but Plato Offers a Wiser Cure
We take pills and potions for everything from a bad back to depression. Why shouldn’t we adopt the same approach to love and the miseries it may cause? Oxford ethicist Brian Earp has proposed that we...
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How Well do You Know Your Own Feelings?
A patient screamed, “I’m not angry.” Another on finding out about their partners infidelity claimed “I’m not jealous, just disappointed.” And they believed it, at least in the heat of the moment. But...
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Work-Family Conflict Can Make Employees Lash Out
People whose family life regularly gets in the way of their work are more likely to become emotionally exhausted and, in turn, verbally abusive to coworkers and loved ones, a new study suggests. The...
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Do Emotions Like Shame Botch Psych Research?
Thomas Scheff would like psychologists to talk about emotion—not just to share feelings, but to advance science. According to Scheff, intuition could be the catalyst that lets psychology progress in...
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Pixar’s Amazing ‘Inside Out’: From Talking Cars to Little Emotion-People Who...
Ladies and gentleman—Pixar’s back, telling toon-tales for tots and tweens, with tech skills nobody else can touch! The wonderfully inventive “Inside Out,” Pixar’s latest, is about the human emotions of...
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