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People in South Africa felt anxious and stressed during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Problems identifying and responding to emotions in others is thought of as a core feature of autism. But our research shows there may be minimal differences in this aspect of social interaction.
The term is often pejorative: to be hypersensitive is to cry over nothing, to feel things are “too much”, etc. But we now understand that this trait has real evolutionary and social benefits.
Contrary to society’s celebrations of family togetherness, the ‘ties that bind’ often become frayed or broken.
A researcher who studied family estrangement identifies the main reasons behind it and how people can find a path to reconcile and heal family rifts.
A survey conducted in early April reveals that, even in lockdown, fewer than 3% of people were feeling only negative emotions.
A neuropsychologist explains the underlying brain mechanisms which stop people managing their emotions.
Managing your feelings takes more than just turning that frown upside down.
Research suggests that the reason people may put off funding their 401(k) plans or managing credit card debt is because our perception of finance as ‘cold’ conflicts with our hot-blooded emotions.
New research highlights how the pain of a breakup can linger for years.
Trump is an ad-man’s dream, a candidate who reflects what the best advertisements possess.
To pose the question of whether we can love happiness feels a bit like asking whether the Pope is a Catholic. Most of us believe we not only can love happiness, but that we should!
The proliferation of webcams streaming live feeds has brought wild animals directly onto our screens, sometimes from thousands of miles away. Watching on the web in real time, we can peer into nests, hover…
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Lecturer, Bangor University
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, The Media School, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Advertising, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Stanford University
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Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Florida
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Hazel E. Reed Human Development Professor and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Cornell University
