Understanding our own emotions as elicited by daily events allows us to appropriately adjust and regulate mood and respond to mood swings. These adjustment abilities depend on how accurately we can ...

“Don’t let your joy get the best of you.” “Be careful: You might become a joyous person.” “It’s OK to feel joy sometimes; you just have to manage it.” You’ve probably never heard people say any of ...

The ability to make nuanced inferences about other people’s emotional states is central to social functioning. While emotion inferences can be sensitive to both facial movements and the situational ...

There are times when my emotions really get in my way. When I perform on stage, fear of failure makes my heart race and throat clench. Or when a friend says something hurtful to me, I can’t stop ...

Music helps us step past our rational mind and get in touch with the emotional life we often keep hidden. Music is remarkable ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own and other’s emotions. People who are high in EI tend to have more satisfying personal and professional ...

Emotional lability involves rapid mood changes when strong emotions occur. This may cause uncontrollable laughing and crying or increased temper or irritability without a clear reason. Emotional ...

In a previous article, How To Make A Video Go Viral, I mentioned research that shows videos that evoked the emotion of hilarity, inspiration, astonishment, and exhilaration tended to be shared the ...