Why You Want to Eat This Baby Up: It’s Science
One night back in the 1990s, I dreamed that I’d been stabbed in the stomach. When I bolted awake, pain… More
Emotional Control
From Fruit Fly To Stink Eye: Searching For Anger’s Animal Roots
For comedian Lewis Black, anger is a job. Black is famous for his rants about stuff he finds annoying or… More
Got Anger? Try Naming It To Tame It
Over the past three years, I’ve had one major goal in my personal life: To stop being so angry. Anger… More
Another Mass Shooting? ‘Compassion Fatigue’ Is A Natural Reaction
Roger Chui first learned about the mass shooting that killed 12 people in a packed bar Wednesday night in Thousand… More
Can You Quantify Awe?
The state of awe is an unusual and complex emotion, mixing emotions that don’t tend to go with each other… More
New Research From Psychological Science
New research exploring overlap between self- and other-oriented brain responses among altruists, spatial interference from linguistic cues, and brain structure and function in relation to action control… More