Cannabis use can affect your ability to recognise emotion
Cannabis users showed a greater response to faces showing negative expression, particularly angry, than controls.
Mar 01, 2016, 12:39 PM IST
Adults above 60 more positive about feelings
The researchers found that older adults perceive emotion terms as most positive and more active than younger persons. Emotions overall may be more encouraging for older than younger persons.
Now, 'like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry' with Facebook's new 'Reactions'
The social media giant Wednesday rolled out its new expanded "reactions" feature which allows its users to express a range of emotions - "like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry."
Feb 24, 2016, 22:36 PM IST
What do loved ones do when a family member battles cancer?
More than three-quarters of participants searched online for information on a loved one's disease.
Feb 02, 2016, 16:24 PM IST
Experiencing mixed emotions shows emotional depth not indecision
People in various parts of Asia and Russia showed considerably more complexity in their emotions, the research indicated.
Jan 22, 2016, 13:49 PM IST
Increased rage attacks are linked to smaller emotional brains
If you have an aggressive nature than you should know that Neuroimaging studies suggest that frontolimbic regions of the brain, structures that regulate emotions, play an important role in the biology of aggressive behaviour.
Jan 13, 2016, 09:54 AM IST
You can train your brain to regulate negative emotions
Researchers are now claiming to change the brain's wiring to regulate emotional reactions with a simple computer-training task.
Jan 06, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
Emotions do affect brain's creative network
Emotional expression affects the brain's creativity network, says a new brain-scanning study of jazz pianists, adding that “happy” and “sad” music evoked different neural patterns in their brains.
Jan 05, 2016, 13:35 PM IST
Dogs can copy their pal's expressions
In an indication that dogs could possess basic levels of empathy, researchers have found that our canine friends, just like humans, are capable of imitating the expression of their play mates.
Dec 27, 2015, 17:34 PM IST
Now, computers can sense your anger
The way you move your mouse can tell a lot of about your mood, according to a new study.
Dec 15, 2015, 10:28 AM IST
Lack of sleep can make you feel grumpy: Study
Do you know what lack of sleep can do to you?
Dec 10, 2015, 14:36 PM IST
Lack of sleep can make your emotions go haywire
This is a bad news for adults who get less than six hours of sleep in night.
Dec 09, 2015, 14:06 PM IST
Stressed fish too run emotional fever
The experiment with 72 zebrafish has brought this view into question.
Dec 01, 2015, 13:05 PM IST
How our eyes process danger and emotions
The finding shows that in humans and other primates, information from the eyes is not only sent to the visual cortex for the complex processing that allows stereoscopic vision, but also could feed directly into deep brain circuits for attention and emotion.
Nov 20, 2015, 17:43 PM IST
How obesity spreads among members of social network!
Not just emotions but any information is "contagious" on social networks that can even trigger the spread of real-world human behaviour like smoking and obesity, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.
Nov 16, 2015, 18:16 PM IST
Early life stress linked to depression
Early life stress is a major risk factor for later episodes of depression.
Nov 08, 2015, 14:01 PM IST
Male and female brains work the same way: Study
The team examined findings from 76 published papers, involving more than 6,000 healthy individuals.
Oct 30, 2015, 14:36 PM IST
Listening to sad music won't improve mood
Music can have tremendous power over emotions, but listening to sad or aggressive music to improve the mood can backfire, suggests new research.
Oct 23, 2015, 16:04 PM IST
An emotional you will make Facebook richer
Getting users to feel strong emotions and empathise with one another online is the trade secret that all social networks share.
Oct 16, 2015, 15:48 PM IST
Why does `that look` make you swerve?
Emotions like anger, etc., when expressed causes others to look away.
Oct 09, 2015, 09:20 AM IST
