Facial expressions of emotion—such as the joyful smile you might display when encountering a friend or your angry frown when being cut off in traffic—are powerful social signals that are able to evoke ...

century BC, Aristotle coined a term that would change intellectual life forever. Its root, pathos, was an ordinary Greek word that meant suffering. But Aristotle used its plural form, pathe, to cover ...

Emotion dysregulation has been identified in research as a transdiagnostic risk factor for mental ill-health, including depression and anxiety. Luckily, such research also demonstrates that this ...

The term “emotional labour” is applied to an array of home-based activities — from keeping mental to-do lists, to remembering to call your in-laws on their birthdays. Some advocate the need to teach ...

A server smiles and soothes an angry customer who wasn’t happy with his meal. A mom gently coaxes her toddler out of a tantrum when dad can’t deal with it. A woman visits her ill father-in-law in the ...

The way we carry ourselves, our body language, tone and even unspoken thoughts can influence our environment, shaping interactions and relationships more than we realize. You may have experienced ...

Have you ever felt like walking outside would be dangerous so you decide to stay in? Or, have you ever thought that a friend who hasn’t texted you has suddenly stopped liking you, when in reality they ...