Forget the conventional thinking that humans are complex creatures with a wide range of emotions. New research suggest we only have four. The widely held scientific assumption is that we have six ...

According to Charles Darwin—famous for his revolutionary theory of evolution and natural selection—a small number of basic, universal emotions have evolved in humans and animals because emotions help ...

Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in your heart? It turns out that the anatomical connections we make with certain emotions and feelings — what researchers ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to permeate many facets of the human experience. AI is not just a tool for analysing data — it’s transforming the way we communicate, work and live. From ChatGP ...

Tomorrow, the much-anticipated sequel Inside Out 2 premieres in theaters, making it a perfect time to revisit the science behind the original 2015 Pixar hit that brought psychological research into ...

Ready for a robot that not only looks human but also acts and reacts like one, expressing emotions like shyness, excitement or friendliness? Disney Research, the innovation powerhouse behind The Walt ...

The AI field has made remarkable progress with incomplete data. Leading generative models like Claude, Gemini, GPT-4, and Llama can understand text but not emotion. These models can’t process your ...

In a recent study published in the journal Communications Psychology, scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University of Bern (UniBE) put common large language models (LLMs) like ...

People rated cats as having a more positive emotional state when shown indoors rather than outdoors, even those who believe ...