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·October 25, 2021·2 min read

Men and Women Ride the Same Emotional Roller Coaster

Contrary to popular myths on stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, researchers report. A new study reveals men's emotions fluctuate just as much as women's do.

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·October 19, 2021·3 min read

In Your Face: Children’s Expressions Tell the Story of Poor Sleep

For children, emotional facial expressions could reveal whether they had a good night's sleep. Researchers found emotional expressivity following sleep restrictions could also forecast later life social problems.

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·October 18, 2021·5 min read

Brain Circuitry Identified That May Be Responsible for Negative Emotional Aspects of Pain

A new rodent study uncovers a neural circuit in the brain that appears to govern pain-induced anhedonia. Altering the activity of this circuit restored motivation in pre-clinical models of pain.

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·October 11, 2021·5 min read

Sleep Loss Does Not Impact Ability to Assess Emotional Information

Sleep loss does not numb a person's response to emotional situations, but it can result in difficulties in regulating emotional response.

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·October 8, 2021·3 min read

Autistic Children Struggle With Hidden Emotions

Autistic children often misjudge the feelings of others because they do not use contextual cues to identify underlying emotions.

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·September 15, 2021·5 min read

Primate Mothers May Carry Infants After Death as a Way of Grieving

Studying 50 species of primates, researchers found 80% of the species studied performed corpse carrying behaviors as a way to process grief. Following the loss of an infant, some primate mothers carried the body for up to four months following death.

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·September 2, 2021·4 min read

Smiling Can Build Relationships Even After Someone Has Been Untrustworthy

When you've acted in an uncooperative or untrustworthy way, the way you smile could either help heal or hinder social relationships. Those whose smiles reflected reward, or a signal that they were happy, or a smile of dominance, which reflects a feeling of superiority, appeared to be untrustworthy and unlikely to change their deceptive nature. However, a smile of affiliation was perceived as an attempt to make amends, restoring levels of trust.

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·August 30, 2021·5 min read

Unease Beyond the Uncanny Valley: How People React to the Same Faces

A new study examines people's responses to cloned faces, which could soon be the norm for humanized robots.

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·August 29, 2021·4 min read

The Neuroscience of Why Hugs Feel So Good

Whether you hug to show affection to comfort a loved one in pain, researchers explore the neuroscience of why a cuddle feels so good.

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·August 21, 2021·4 min read

Heavy Drinking May Impair Men’s Ability to Recognize Facial Emotions

Men who are intoxicated with alcohol have impairments when it comes to correctly assessing emotional facial cues in others. Researchers speculate the findings may explain why alcohol use is often associated with harmful interpersonal and social interactions, such as aggression and domestic violence.

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·August 20, 2021·4 min read

Could Humor Be the Key to a Healthier Society?

Humorous interventions and conversations could be effective ways to influence people's behavior and intentions surrounding their health.

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·August 20, 2021·4 min read

Smells and Emotions Tug on the Brain’s Habenula

The habenula relays external information, such as sight and smell, along with internal states associated with emotion and learning to brain regions that govern adaptive behaviors.