Previous posts in this series have considered emotional education and emotional competence, how they are based upon emotional communication during development, and how miscommunication can undermine a ...

The rise of emoji culture signals a significant shift in how we express emotions. These small, colorful symbols have evolved from simple digital accessories to become primary vehicles for emotional ...

Why are emotional social media posts ineffective? A new study shows that viewers find emotional political expressions ...

If you've poured your heart out on social media about a political issue, it might have felt cathartic—but likely was not persuasive, Cornell research finds. Americans are skeptical of emotional ...

By dropping the no-swearing rule, I found a calmer, more connected home — and fewer unnecessary arguments with my kids.

This post is part 2 of a series. The emotion-focused couples therapist guides clients to first fully connect with and understand their emotions, and then create new responses and interaction patterns ...

Credit: Getty Images. Visits were shorter when the clinician’s responses explicitly focused on the patient’s affect. A new study 1 suggests that if clinicians respond to the emotions expressed by ...

Whether at a birthday party in Brazil, a funeral in Kenya or protests in Hong Kong, humans all use variations of the same facial expressions in similar social contexts, such as smiles, frowns, ...

Great apes copy facial expressions of other apes with exact detail, a behavior that may reveal how human communication first ...