Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social ...

Emotions may reflect the brain’s predictions, not just reactions. Change happens when we stay with an experience long enough for the nervous system to update its expectations.

Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala -- a brain region important for simple forms of ...

Historically, emotions have been viewed as irrational, unstable or primitive—hardly the stuff of sound decision-making. Enlightenment thinkers like Descartes and Kant privileged reason as the highest ...