Latest Emotions Stories
Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which in turn activates a brain protein that plays an important role in fear and anxiety behavior.The study, published in the Nov. 25 issue of the journal Cell, offers new possibilities for understanding the biological basis of panic and anxiety disorders in general and may...
Women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, according to a new study published in the online version of the journal Neuropsychologia. As part of the investigation, Olivier Collignon and a team from the Université de Montréal Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition (CERNEC) demonstrated that women are better than men at processing auditory, visual and audiovisual emotions.While women have long been thought to outperform men in...
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Shame can prompt changes that protect the fabric of society, but some individuals can become paralyzed by shame and withdraw, a Canadian researcher said. It's important to emphasize that shame is essential and has value, Jessica Van Vliet of the University of Alberta in Edmonton said in a statement. The problem is when people get paralyzed with shame and withdraw from others. Van Vliet said her research shows people debilitated by shame tend to internalize, over-personalize the situation...
If you find yourself more concerned about highly publicized dangers that grab your immediate attention such as terrorist attacks, while forgetting about the more mundane threats such as global warming, you're not alone.And you can't help it because it's human nature, according to a new study led by University of Colorado at Boulder psychology Professor Leaf Van Boven. That's because people tend to view their immediate emotions, such as their perceptions of threats or risks, as more intense...
Male juvenile delinquents often misinterpret facial expressions of disgust as anger and this may cause their aggressive behavior, researchers in Japan say. Wataru Sato of Kyoto University and Naomi Matsuura of the Tokyo University of Social Welfare worked with a team of researchers to compare the ability of 24 male adolescent delinquents incarcerated in Japan with that of their peers without conduct problems to recognize emotional states. The adolescents were shown 48 photographs of faces...
Juvenile delinquency may be a result of misunderstood social cues. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that male juvenile delinquents frequently misinterpret facial expressions of disgust as anger, providing a possible cause for their aggressive behavior.Wataru Sato from Kyoto University and Naomi Matsuura from the Tokyo University of Social Welfare worked with a team of researchers to compare the ability of 24...
It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life.Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms or their own standards. From being intoxicated in front of one's peers and superiors to failing an important test at school or being rejected at the school dance, shame can be an internal alarm that ensures that we know when we are at risk of finding ourselves outside the lines of societal acceptance and desirability.University of...
Whether it's down the block, on the other side of the city or across the ocean, changing schools can be a difficult adjustment for kids of all ages, according to experts at Baylor College of Medicine."Anxiety is a typical reaction in these types of situations," said Dr. Leng Bang, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at BCM.Many children are afraid of whether they will make new friends and fit in at school. Pressure to perform at a certain level in school can...
People from East Asia tend to have a tougher time than those from European countries telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versus angry, and now a new report published online on August 13th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, explains why. Rather than scanning evenly across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fixate their attention on the eyes."We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial...
