Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain ...

In the most recent Inside Out movie, the main character Riley enters puberty, and several new emotion characters enter the space. These include anxiety, envy, embarrassment, ennui, and spot ...

Emotion work begins with adopting the mindset that at any given moment, we experience a feeling or set of feelings. The emotional experience is wave-like, with one feeling following another ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

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.

It is not a compliment to call someone “emotional.” We incorrectly see emotion as the opposite of the “rational” or “effective,” even though neuroscientists have long known that emotion is what drives ...

Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own and other’s emotions. People who are high in EI tend to have more satisfying personal and professional ...

Emotions can influence how well you remember events. Strong emotions can potentially sharpen your focus on key details, while stress can affect both memory storage and recall. Your emotional state can ...