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Earth on Nautilus: The Strange Blissfulness of Storms

Emotion classification - Wikipedia

Emotion classification, the means by which one may distinguish or contrast one emotion from another, is a contested issue in emotion research and in affective science. Researchers have approached the classification of emotions from one of two fundamental viewpoints:that emotions…

An Extensive List of Human Emotions and Their Meanings - Psychologenie

When we are feeling something, we don't really stop to define that emotion or think about the exact emotion that we are experiencing. We just feel and go through it; may it be sadness, anger or happiness. As human beings, we experience a plethora of feelings and emotions in our…

The Ultimate List of Emotions and How to Control Your Emotions | Science of

Could you make a list of all the emotions you feel in a day? Emotions play a fascinating

Emotional Intelligence: The Social Skills You Weren’t Taught in School

How well do you recognize and understand your emotions? What about the emotions of those around you?

Why the French Don’t Show Excitement

Not only is ‘Je suis excité’ not the appropriate way to convey excitement in French, but there seems to be no real way to express it at all.

I Now Suspect the Vagus Nerve Is the Key to Well-being

“Stimulating” it leads to calmness, but how and why?

Why wonder is the most human of all emotions | Aeon Essays

One emotion inspired our greatest achievements in science, art and religion. We can manipulate it – but why do we have it?

On Humility and Making Better Decisions

Dr. Daniel Kahneman features on the latest Farnam Street podcast and it’s a surprising episode. Kahneman wrote Thinking Fast and Slow. I admire Kahneman a great deal. Not for his Nobel or for his work, which are both impressive, but for his humility. Some of the key tenets of…

The fast track to a life well lived is feeling grateful

Being ‘good’ need not take years of ethical analysis: just a few moments of gratitude can set you on the path to virtue

To Persuade Someone, Look Emotional

Look like you‘re trusting your gut and others will trust you.

The value of shame

Immanuel Kant held that moral education is hydraulic: shame squashes down our vices, making space for virtue to rise up

What can psychopaths teach us about AI?

What happens when machines learn to manipulate us by faking our emotions? Judging by the rate at which researchers are developing human-like AI agents, we’re about to find out. Researchers around the world are trying to create more human-li

The Science Behind “Blade Runner”’s Voight-Kampff Test - Facts So Romantic

Is Rick Deckard a replicant, an advanced bioengineered being? The jury concerning the character in 1982’s Blade Runner is still out. Harrison Ford, who plays Deckard in the film, thinks he’s human. Ridley Scott, the film’s director, is adamant that he’s not.* Hampton Fancher…

Why we buy the things we buy

The mysteries of consumer behavior, explained by ice cream and independent bookstores.

100,000 happy moments

What makes people happy? A huge database is making it possible to discern the answer at last.

When personalities go from bad to good

Brain injury does not always result in an undesirable personality change, finds Christian Jarrett.

Anger is temporary madness: here’s how to avoid the triggers | Aeon Ideas

Anger is temporary madness: to avoid the triggers, follow the Stoics’ advice and achieve a kind of serenity

Being Empathetic Is Easier when Everyone’s Doing It

Research is revealing the key to motivating empathy—and making it stick