Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

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Human emotions are among the most fascinating aspects of our psychology. One moment, we might feel energized and joyful, and ...

On the other hand, if a brain disorder causes the second wave of brain activity to decay too slowly or to accumulate excessive strength (perhaps due to differences in brain wiring or gene expression, ...

Get cut off in rush-hour traffic and you may feel angry for the whole trip, or even snap at a noisy child in the back seat. Get an unexpected smile from that same kid and you may feel like rush hour — ...

Get cut off in traffic and you might feel angry for the rest of the trip. The experience leads to an emotional response. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study of how this process may happen in the ...

A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain. The study is based on a randomised ...

How much do our emotions depend on our senses? Does our brain and body react in the same way when we hear a fearful scream, see an eerie shadow, or smell a sinister odor? And does hearing an upbeat ...

New brain-imaging research shows that soccer fans experience rapid shifts in reward and self-control circuits when their team ...