Emotions may reflect the brain’s predictions, not just reactions. Change happens when we stay with an experience long enough for the nervous system to update its expectations.

If you’re a parent or guardian, you’ve heard about the importance of respecting your child’s feelings. Teaching our kids can help them work through the negative emotions they experience as they grow ...

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response. Get ...

In a past article, we talked about how partners can support each other. While all kinds of support have their value, emotional support is by far the most important. In a successful marriage, we know ...

What is your relationship with your emotions on a daily basis? Some of us might deny that we’re influenced by our feelings at all. Others might try to leave our emotions behind when we move into ...

DEAR READER: It’s not a question of if, but when, your emotions emerge, how can you keep calm and carry on? If you’ve ever lost control of your emotions at work, you’re not alone. According to an ...

Can Emotions Make You Sick? Our thoughts shape our lives, but we often have no control over them. Let's find out what doctors have to say about this. What thoughts create illness? How Thoughts Affect ...

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...

LAWRENCE — Everyone has had a bad day at work when they decided not to express what they were truly feeling. New research from the University of Kansas explores how women in the public service sector ...