Psychology: emotions

Why your worst nightmares about watching horror movies are unfoundedFilms about chainsaw killers, demonic possession, and ghostly intruders make some of us scream with joy.

What is the biological function of daily mood variations?

The scientific study of emotion has long been dominated by theories emphasizing the subjective experience of emotions and their accompanying expressive and physiological responses.

This unique volume focuses on the relationship between basic research in emotion and emotional dysfunction in depression and anxiety.

In this volume, Alex Zautra illustrates how experience with difficult or stressful emotional situations can, contrary to popular belief, be beneficial; for example, our ability to adapt to stress can be improved by experiencing difficult moments on emotional intensity.

Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research.

Emotion is one of the defining forces in our lives.

Gut Reactions is an interdisciplinary defense of the claim that emotions are perceptions in a double sense.

Understanding the interplay between memory and emotion is crucial for the work of researchers in many arenas--clinicians, psychologists interested in eyewitness testimony, psychobiologists, to name just a few.

The concept of altruism, or disinterested concern for another's welfare, has been discussed by everyone from theologians to psychologists to biologists.

This book, a member of the Series in Affective Science, is a unique interdisciplinary sequence of articles on the cognitive neuroscience of emotion by some of the most well-known researchers in the area.

Does empathy felt while reading fiction actually cultivate a sense of connection, leading to altruistic actions on behalf of real others?

Much of what we take to be meaningful and significant in life is inextricably linked with our capacity to experience emotions.

Much of what we take to be meaningful and significant in life is inextricably linked with our capacity to experience emotions.

Wrongdoing and the Moral Emotions provides an account of how we might effectively address wrongdoing given challenges to the legitimacy of anger and retribution that arise from ethical considerations and from concerns about free will.

Wrongdoing and the Moral Emotions provides an account of how we might effectively address wrongdoing given challenges to the legitimacy of anger and retribution that arise from ethical considerations and from concerns about free will.

Emotional Development is a topic that embraces a range of disciplines, including, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.

Emotional Development is a topic that embraces a range of disciplines, including, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.

'The Orbitofrontal Cortex' explores a part of the brain that is important in human emotion, pleasure, decision-making, valuation, and personality.

Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature?

Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature?

There are myriad questions that emerge when one considers emotions and decision-making: What produces emotions?

The burgeoning science of ethics has produced a trend toward pessimism.

The burgeoning science of ethics has produced a trend toward pessimism.

Many people are drawn towards virtue ethics because of the central place it gives to emotions in the good life.

Many people are drawn towards virtue ethics because of the central place it gives to emotions in the good life.

Meditation techniques, including mindfulness, have become popular wellbeing practices and the scientific study of their effects has recently turned 50 years old.

Meditation techniques, including mindfulness, have become popular wellbeing practices and the scientific study of their effects has recently turned 50 years old.

Many young people rely on music to guide them through the good and bad times of their lives.

Many young people rely on music to guide them through the good and bad times of their lives.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination.

Philosophical reflection on the emotions has a long history stretching back to classical Greek thought, even though at times philosophers have marginalized or denigrated them in favour of reason.

We are living in a stressful world, yet despite our familiarity with the notion, stress remains an elusive concept.

Why do people go to the movies?

Why do people go to the movies?

The study of emotions has rapidly expanded in recent decades, incorporating interdisciplinary research on the genetic underpinnings and neural mechanisms of emotion.

The study of emotions has rapidly expanded in recent decades, incorporating interdisciplinary research on the genetic underpinnings and neural mechanisms of emotion.

Music is a tremendously powerful channel through which people develop their personal and social identities.

This volume offers a much needed shift of focus in the study of emotion in the history of philosophy.

How do we feel for others?

Depression is second after heart disease as the most damaging health condition in the world.

Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems.

Every day millions of people struggle with psychological and emotional problems.

In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "e;dark side"e; of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing.

In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life.

In the past two decades, the Internet has come to dominate every aspect of everyday life.

Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?

We are living in a stressful world, yet despite our familiarity with the notion, stress remains an elusive concept.

Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia.