Not every emotion is a pleasant experience. Because of how difficult some emotions can be—especially shame, anger, fear, and sadness—many people try to suppress them. Suppression may seem appropriate ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in the fall, Michelle Shiota noticed she wasn't feeling like herself. Her mind felt trapped. "I don't know if you've ever worn a corset, but I had this very tight, straining feeling in my mind," ...

Why would the cold logic of theoretical physics benefit from emotion? Physics’ theories are expressed in mathematics, which is governed by a set of rules. But physicists don’t just study existing ...

Over the past few months, one thing has become clear: As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect nearly every facet of daily life, entrepreneurs everywhere are facing some of the toughest ...