Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala -- a brain region important for simple forms of ...

Xiaowei Gu and Joshua Johansen at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered key circuitry in the rat brain that allows the learning of inferred emotions. The study reveals how the ...

Rather than a single hyperactive area causing emotional instability, recent research points to network-wide communication. Scientists found that neuroticism involves tight connections between the ...

This is Part 3 of a four-part series on: What Actually Are Emotions? “Emotions are not what we think they are. They are not universally expressed and recognized. They are not hardwired brain reactions ...

It is well established in psychology that humans conceptualize emotions by features known as valence (the degree of pleasantness or unpleasantness) and arousal (the intensity of bodily reactions, such ...

Emotions may reflect the brain’s predictions, not just reactions. Change happens when we stay with an experience long enough for the nervous system to update its expectations.

According to a study published on ScienceDirect, emotional suppression is associated with negative effects such as anxiety, ...

A new study shows macaque species with more tolerant social systems have larger brain regions linked to emotions and social signals.

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.

In a new study, researchers were able to predict a person’s response to emotionally charged scenes using brain imaging and computer modeling alone—gauging not only whether the person’s reaction was ...

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. Countless parents across the country recently dropped their ...

Cartoon showing an example of how inferred emotions are learned. A child often watches wasps fly in and out of their nest in the woods near her house. One day she is stung by one of the wasps for the ...