Sleep loss does not numb a person's response to emotional situations, but it can result in difficulties in regulating emotional response.
Autistic children often misjudge the feelings of others because they do not use contextual cues to identify underlying emotions.
Brain connectivity at birth may impact emotional processing and social development later in childhood, especially in children born preterm. Researchers found children born preterm with a weaker uncinate fasciculus, the white-matter tract that connects brain regions associated with emotional processing, were more likely to interpret situations in a negative light.
A new study reveals sex differences in the way those with alcohol use disorder process facial emotions. Men with AUD showed greater activation in frontal brain areas when processing facial emotions. The increased activation was not seen in women with AUD.
Specific brain regions respond in opposing ways when exposed to emotional stimuli associated with loneliness and wisdom.
Researchers investigate how laughter improves both mental and physical well-being.
Area 32, a region of the anterior cingulate, balances activity from cognitive and emotional areas of the primate brain.
Compared to typically developing children, those with disruptive behavioral disorders, characterized by antisocial behaviors and aggression, had less gray matter in the amygdala and hippocampus.
A new study reveals the relationship between attentional state and emotions from pupillary reactions. Visual perception elicits emotions in all attentional state, while auditory perception elicits emotions only when attention is paid to sounds.
Study reveals liberals and conservatives feel certain violations of moral concerns, such as loyalty and purity, in different areas of their bodies.
Three key components have been identified, which allow for the rapid processing of emotion to assess whether someone is a potential friend or foe.
The initial reaction of the brain is independent of the facial emotional expression we see. It is only after the eye movement is completed that the brain shows strong responses to the emotional expression of a face.
