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The science (and neuroscience) of your emotions

Leadership
Your Emotions at Work

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on April 28, 2016

Your emotions don't just turn off when you turn your car into the commuter lot. How you handle workplace emotions can impact your enjoyment and productivity.

Your emotions don't just turn off when you turn your car into the commuter lot. How you handle workplace emotions can impact your enjoyment and productivity.

Fantasies
How Fiction Could Save Us All

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on March 5, 2016

If exposing artificial intelligence to fiction can help them understand human values, could reading fiction similarly make us better people?

If exposing artificial intelligence to fiction can help them understand human values, could reading fiction similarly make us better people?

Career
Is Your Team Effective?

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on July 14, 2015

What scientists helping NASA prepare for a Mars Mission can tell you about running an effective team—whether a workgroup, a Girls' Scouts troop, or a family.

What scientists helping NASA prepare for a Mars Mission can tell you about running an effective team—whether a workgroup, a Girls' Scouts troop, or a family.

Stress
Newsflashes from Emotion Science

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on April 13, 2015

A few reflections on the themes that emerged from the second annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, a new society dedicated to understanding our emotional lives.

A few reflections on the themes that emerged from the second annual meeting of the Society for Affective Science, a new society dedicated to understanding our emotional lives.

Mindfulness
The Mindful Educator

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on January 28, 2015

From the halls of academia to the shelves of Barnes and Noble, interest in mindfulness is at a peak. Might this ancient practice hold some lessons for the classroom?

From the halls of academia to the shelves of Barnes and Noble, interest in mindfulness is at a peak. Might this ancient practice hold some lessons for the classroom?

Health
Manage Your Emotions

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on September 25, 2014

Many psychologists are tackling the question: what are the healthiest ways to manage our emotional lives? This post reports on some of the newest, most intriguing research on how people manage their emotions and the relationship this has to psychological health.

Many psychologists are tackling the question: what are the healthiest ways to manage our emotional lives? This post reports on some of the newest, most intriguing research on how people manage their emotions and the relationship this has to psychological health.

Education
Harnessing the Power of Emotion in Education

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on June 17, 2014

The lay assumption seems to be that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts, and historically we have constructed our classrooms and working environments with this assumption in mind. But I argue that we learn – and work – at an optimal level when our emotions are fully engaged.

The lay assumption seems to be that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts, and historically we have constructed our classrooms and working environments with this assumption in mind. But I argue that we learn – and work – at an optimal level when our emotions are fully engaged.

Emotion Regulation
Emotions in the Wake of Disaster

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on March 7, 2014

A new study of people living in Tokyo, Japan during the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis reveals important relationships between how you respond to emotion and measures of psychological health.

A new study of people living in Tokyo, Japan during the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis reveals important relationships between how you respond to emotion and measures of psychological health.

Friends
Your Brain on Friendship

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on May 30, 2013

New research by social neuroscientist Jim Coan suggests that our friends are deeply embedded in how our brains process the world, and sheds light on how friendship yields emotional and physical health benefits.

New research by social neuroscientist Jim Coan suggests that our friends are deeply embedded in how our brains process the world, and sheds light on how friendship yields emotional and physical health benefits.

Anxiety
Dealing with Death

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on March 20, 2013

Death represents one of our greatest emotional challenges. Which emotion may provide a buffer against death-related despair?

Death represents one of our greatest emotional challenges. Which emotion may provide a buffer against death-related despair?

Relationships
Taming Love With Science

Sarah Rose Cavanagh Ph.D. on February 4, 2013

What do psychologists know about the what, how, and who of passionate love? Can we use the tools of science to unpack this mysterious emotion?

What do psychologists know about the what, how, and who of passionate love? Can we use the tools of science to unpack this mysterious emotion?