Scans of 24 adults found the brain's face and voice areas each carry the other's emotional signal, and three regions use one ...

Learn more about the shared neural code the brain uses to recognize emotions in different ways.

Communicating effectively with others involves recognizing emotions from faces and voices. How does the brain process and ...

For decades, scientists thought that in order to read other people's emotions, the brain processed sensory information from faces and voices in separate areas. But new research shows otherwise—seeing ...

For decades, scientists thought that in order to read other people’s emotions, the brain processed sensory information from faces and voices in separate areas. But new research shows otherwise—seeing ...

Yale scientists have uncovered how the stress hormone cortisol helps the brain turn emotional experiences into stronger, ...

Young women with higher natural levels of the hormone progesterone tend to show less distinct brain activity patterns when ...

On the other hand, if a brain disorder causes the second wave of brain activity to decay too slowly or to accumulate excessive strength (perhaps due to differences in brain wiring or gene expression, ...

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

Emotions guide our actions. They help us decide whether to start, maintain, shift, or stop what we are doing—based on our current bodily state, the surrounding context, and the meaning we give to both ...

"I can't stop the tears over little things..." 💧 "Sudden, intense emotions overflow, and I can't control them..." ⚡️For ...