Understanding our own emotions as elicited by daily events allows us to appropriately adjust and regulate mood and respond to mood swings. These adjustment abilities depend on how accurately we can ...

The words "tick-tock," "hiss" and "screech" are examples of onomatopoeia because they imitate the sounds they represent: the ...

Music has the capacity to express and evoke a wide range of emotions 1,2,3. Listeners can identify emotional connotations after only a few seconds of music (“perceived emotion”), whereas it takes ...

Music helps us step past our rational mind and get in touch with the emotional life we often keep hidden. Music is remarkable ...

“Don’t let your joy get the best of you.” “Be careful: You might become a joyous person.” “It’s OK to feel joy sometimes; you just have to manage it.” You’ve probably never heard people say any of ...

The way we carry ourselves, our body language, tone and even unspoken thoughts can influence our environment, shaping interactions and relationships more than we realize. You may have experienced ...

There are times when my emotions really get in my way. When I perform on stage, fear of failure makes my heart race and throat clench. Or when a friend says something hurtful to me, I can’t stop ...

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 ...

When I was a teenager, I declared that I did not like my grandma. My mother excoriated me not just for saying such a thing but for feeling it. That, in her eyes, made me a terrible person. She ...

As today's workforce evolves, the skills needed to be a successful leader are also changing. In addition to professional experience and technical skills, the importance of emotional intelligence in ...

In a previous article, How To Make A Video Go Viral, I mentioned research that shows videos that evoked the emotion of hilarity, inspiration, astonishment, and exhilaration tended to be shared the ...