Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social signal that strengthens bonds and elicits care.

You can’t fight for what’s right if you’re so emotionally decimated that you’re living your day-to-day in fight-or-flight ...

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 ...

Large language models can write poetry, solve complex math problems, and even help diagnose diseases. But can they really understand emotions? New research from the University of Bern and the ...

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 ...

Emotions function like a compass, signaling rewards and threats in the environment. However, this compass is far from infallible. In fact, it is relatively easy for it to point us in the wrong ...

Alcohol can make you feel anxious or irritable the next day. We asked experts what causes this — and how to manage it. Ask Well Alcohol can make you feel anxious or irritable the next day. We asked ...

These days, emotions like anxiety, anger, regret, and self-reproach visit people’s minds more frequently than joy. Some emotions linger in a corner of the mind all day, while others suddenly burst in ...

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Take this self-reflective quiz to explore how connected you are with your emotions. No matter your results, there is always room to learn, grow, and strengthen your connection with yourself. Knowing ...