Your brain isn’t built for endless stress. This overlooked emotion can hit the reset button. The northern lights, seen here over Tasiilaq Fjord, Greenland, in 2017, can trigger awe—a state scientists ...

Emotions have a powerful impact on how we see the world and ourselves. A generous dose of happiness or humor can help us get through days that feel a bit darker. In fact, it would be easy to assume ...

Emotion words are handy things. They help you put your experiences into neat little boxes–wrap them up into packages you can give others to share your perspective. Telling a friend you feel “sad” may ...

Many couples struggle not from a lack of love, but from a meta-emotion mismatch—where one seeks empathy while the other responds with logic, leading to emotional disconnection.

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have demonstrated that emotion enhances memory for contextual details, challenging the view that emotion impairs the ability to ...

In the 2001 film "Tortilla Soup," an argument between three sisters culminates in one smashing a plate on the kitchen floor. The abrupt, surprising action is an example of what psychology scholars ...

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain ...

Why would the cold logic of theoretical physics benefit from emotion? Physics’ theories are expressed in mathematics, which is governed by a set of rules. But physicists don’t just study existing ...