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People Use Emotion to Persuade, Even When It Could Backfire
People tend toward appeals that aren’t simply more positive or negative but are infused with emotionality, even when they’re trying to sway an audience that may not be receptive to such language.
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Lisa Feldman Barrett: Can We Really Tell How Other People Are Feeling?
Identifying basic emotions in others — like fear, sadness or anger — seems instinctive, but psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett says we’re doing more guesswork than we think. Lisa Feldman Barrett is Professor of Psychology at
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Back Page: Redefining ‘Academic Superstardom’
Tilburg University methodology expert Angélique Cramer believes academia, much like a soccer team, should celebrate its stalwart defenders as much as its superstar strikers.
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‘Be Bold:’ Dacher Keltner highlights the importance of emotion and what it takes to be a leading psychologist.
The Beatles once said, “All you need is love,” but it doesn’t take long living a day in the life of a UC Berkeley student to realize that feelings are a lot more complicated than
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Emotions in Context: What We Know About How We Feel
Data from around the world show few differences in people’s day-to-day emotional experiences, but distinct cultural differences in the feelings they find most desirable, APS Fellow Jeanne Tsai has found. Tsai is among psychological scientists across the globe who are charting the depths of emotion research.
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Facebook Conceded It Might Make You Feel Bad. Here’s How to Interpret That.
Facebook published a quietly groundbreaking admission on Friday. Social media, the company said in a blog post, can often make you feel good — but sometimes it can also make you feel bad. Yes, I
