Emotion regulation isn’t just about coping skills. Research shows culture, avoidance, and bodily awareness shape how we ...

Previous posts in this series have considered emotional education and emotional competence, how they are based upon emotional communication during development, and how miscommunication can undermine a ...

The way people express emotions while helping others can influence whether their assistance is welcomed, resented, or reciprocated, according to new research. The way people express emotions while ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29, 2008 -- Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathy Miller Perkins, Ph.D. covers purpose-driven leaders and careers Picture a leader stepping into a conference space, ...

In the past decade, scientists have made the facial transplants a reality. Now, surgeons can give someone an entirely new, functioning face grafted from a deceased donor. But after these initial ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. This phenomenon known as emotional mirroring, where partners ...

In psychology, your "affect" refers to how you portray emotions – through gestures, your tone of voice, facial expressions, and the like. If you’re happy or upset, people usually can see it on your ...

Attachment anxiety shapes how people handle emotional conflict, and brief reminders of security or threat can shift that balance, according to research published in Cognition & Emotion. Everyday life ...

Human faces pop up on a screen, hundreds of them, one after another. Some have their eyes stretched wide, others show lips clenched. Some have eyes squeezed shut, cheeks lifted and mouths agape. For ...