How does your body respond to feelings of moral outrage? Depends on your politics
Study reveals liberals and conservatives feel certain violations of moral concerns, such as loyalty and purity, in different areas of their bodies.... Read More...
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Music helps researchers find link between prediction and pleasure
Exposing subjects to music composed in an unfamiliar scale, researchers test whether reward can be derived solely from newly formed predictions.... Read More...
Siblings of children with intellectual disabilities score high on empathy and closeness
The relationship between typically developing children and siblings with intellectual disabilities is more positive than the relationship between typically developing siblings. ... Read More...
Link between emotion and addictive substance use explained
Sadness, but not all negative emotions, heighten cravings to smoke and increases the likelihood of relapse.... Read More...
Ooh là là! Music evokes 13 key emotions. Scientists have mapped them
Researchers discover how people from the US and China respond to different genres of music and translate the data into an interactive audio map. Findings suggest there are 13 overall categories of experience preserved across cultures that correspond with specific feelings.... Read More...
Evolutionary changes in brain potentially make us more prone to anxiety
Evolutionary changes in neurotransmitter uptake of VMAT1 may be responsible for higher levels of anxiety.... Read More...
Emotion concepts are not the same worldwide
Study reveals substantial variations in how different languages conceptualize emotions. The findings challenge assumptions about the universal nature of emotional semantics.... Read More...
Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy
Positive interaction with direct eye contact between mother and infant enhances the ability to synchronize brain waves.... Read More...
The empathy option: The science of how and why we choose to be empathetic
Is empathy really on the decline, as a recent study suggests? Researchers investigate how and why people chose to be empathetic, or to avoid empathy, in their daily lives.... Read More...
Cats’ faces hard to read, except for ‘cat whisperers’
People can infer a cat's affective state from subtle aspects of their facial expressions.... Read More...
How our dreams prepare us to face our fears
Study identified the neural correlates of fear during dreaming and reports similar areas are activated when experiencing fear during wakeful states.... Read More...
Turning to turkey’s tryptophan to boost mood? Not so fast
Research examines the myths and science behind how the amino acid tryptophan, associated with turkey, affects mood.... Read More...