Emotions are how you respond to the world around us. They’re an important part of your daily functions and help shape you into who you are. They also contribute to the quality of your life.

Emotions developed over time. Wikipedia summarizes this well: “According to evolutionary theory, different emotions evolved at different times. Primal emotions, such as love and fear ...

A fascinating map shows the human body's response to 14 different common emotions - from fear to love and shame. That feeling of utter bliss is shown as a wash of sensation that affects the entire ...

So we can’t and shouldn’t stop the waves. What do we do instead? We can learn how to surf those waves by using different strategies to better regulate our emotions. Emotion regulation, however, is ...

It is thought to be the first time researchers have been able to ascribe emotions to different facial expressions in mice. Changes in the facial expressions of mice can be hard for the human ...

Mesquita herself once accepted that, as she writes, “people’s emotional lives are different, but emotions themselves are the same.” Her research initially looked for the differences ...

In one study, Van Cappellen and her colleagues studied the role of body posture in expressing emotion in a pretty novel way. They asked a group of participants to pose miniature, faceless mannequins ...

Because of their unique bodies and physical interactions, robots could potentially be feeling “emotions” entirely different from ours—changing the way we bond to them, says this expert.

This weekend’s set of Northwest BachFest performances offers insight into a variety of emotions and relationships through a diversely distinguished repertoire and a unique group of guest musicians.