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·April 12, 2016·4 min read

Concussion Can Alter Parent-Child Relationships

A new study reveals the adverse effects of mild traumatic brain injury on the quality of relationships children have with their parents.

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·April 5, 2016·2 min read

Can Touching A Robot Elicit Physiological Arousal in Humans?

People show more emotional arousal when instructed to touch intimate areas of a robot's body than when instructed to touch more accessible areas, such as arms and legs, researchers report.

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·April 4, 2016·5 min read

Children With Autism Fixate More on Mouth Than Eyes During Emotional Conversations

A new study reports children with autism spectrum disorder fixate for longer on the mouth than the eyes during emotional conversations.

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·March 30, 2016·5 min read

How Functional Connections in the Brain Change Over Time

Researchers apply a new approach to explain how functional neural connections are dynamic.

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·March 28, 2016·7 min read

Not That Face! Facial Expressions Act As Grammatical Markers

A single, universal facial expression is interpreted across many cultures as the embodiment of negative emotion, researchers report.

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·March 25, 2016·2 min read

Emotional Impact of Music Influenced by Acoustics of Concert Halls

A new study reports the emotional impact of music depends upon the concert hall's acoustics.

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·March 22, 2016·7 min read

Babies Make Quick Judgements About Adult’s Anger

Researchers reveal infants as young as 15 months can form generalizations about others and make attempts to appease adults they consider prone to anger.

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·March 18, 2016·5 min read

More Than a Feeling: The Anatomy of Pain

Researchers report pain is a multi-layered gradual event, consisting of sensation and emotion.

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·March 18, 2016·5 min read

Are We Hard Wired for Altruism?

Findings could point to a possible way to making people behave in less selfish, more empathetic ways.

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·March 17, 2016·5 min read

Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy Linked to Emotional and Impulsivity Problems in Kids

A new study reports mothers who were exposed to a common air pollutant during pregnancy have a higher risk for their child to develop emotional and behavioral problems later on.

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·March 14, 2016·5 min read

Social Robot Helps Kids Learn Through Personalized Interactions

Tega, a socially assertive educational robot is able to interpret emotional responses of students and create a personalized motivational strategy, researchers report.