When the Bee Gee’s opined, “It’s just emotion that’s taking me over,” they weren’t exaggerating—emotions affect us in powerful ways, impacting our behavior and our relationships. So, it’s important we ...

When it comes to secondary emotions, we do not have clear ontological nor biological arguments to help us create new categories.Secondary emotions are often perceived as deriving from primary emotions ...

Have you ever caught yourself saying "I shouldn't feel this way" or "Just get over it already"? Society has trained us to view certain emotions as weaknesses, inconveniences, or problems to solve. But ...

Citations: Cuddy, Amy, Mindi Rock, Michael Norton. 2007. Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Inferences of Secondary Emotions and Intergroup Helping. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

"Physical actions and body states, like plants, exist in nature. But the status of these physical changes as instances of anger, sadness, or fear (or even as instances of some other psychological ...