Emotional Intelligence: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and What the Evidence Says
Emotional intelligence is two different things sharing one name, and most confusion about it comes from mixing them up. In …
Emotions
Facial Expressions and Emotion: What Faces Really Show
Faces are the most studied channel of emotional communication, and the most overclaimed. The classic finding is that some facial …
Emotions vs. Moods: What’s the Difference?
Emotions and moods are both feelings, but they are different kinds of feeling. An emotion is a brief, intense response …
Emotion Regulation: How People Manage What They Feel
Emotion regulation is the set of processes by which people influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and …
Theories of Emotion: James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, Schachter-Singer, and Beyond
The theories of emotion disagree about a simple question: what comes first — the feeling, the bodily change, or the …
The Psychology of Emotions: What Feelings Are and Why They Matter
An emotion is a short, coordinated response to something that matters to you: a situation is appraised as relevant to …