New research answers critical questions in the study of human-nonhuman animal relationships A recent paper published in Scientific Reports by Aurélien Miralles, Michel Raymond & Guillaume Lecointre ...

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs.” Wei-Li Wu, a neurobiologist at National Cheng Kung University, ...

So, why do we do it? When we're already self-conscious, this involuntary response can feel like an added punishment. But evolutionary science suggests blushing may actually have social advantages. Let ...

Researchers in Finland have compiled the first authoritative atlas of "body maps" that detail where we feel emotions. We can now clearly see that happiness actually makes us feel tingly all over, that ...

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.