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Emotions

  • Language of love? Expanding our vocabulary can change how we understand relationships, emotions

    Language of love? Expanding our vocabulary can change how we understand relationships, emotions

    Georgi Gardiner, The Conversation
    · Feb 14, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • You know that warm, fuzzy feeling evoked by cat videos? There is a Sanskrit word to describe it

    You know that warm, fuzzy feeling evoked by cat videos? There is a Sanskrit word to describe it

    Alan Fiske, Aeon
    · Dec 28, 2019 · 01:30 pm
  • To know thyself, speak in the third person – it could make you wiser

    To know thyself, speak in the third person – it could make you wiser

    David Robson, Aeon
    · Aug 25, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • The rise of the emotional release industry: Countries are creating spaces for people to cry

    The rise of the emotional release industry: Countries are creating spaces for people to cry

    Kathy Hamilton, The Conversation Leighanne Higgins, The Conversation
    · Jun 02, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • Can artificial intelligence ever keep up with the complicated world of human emotions?

    Can artificial intelligence ever keep up with the complicated world of human emotions?

    Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere
    · Jan 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • From Alexa to Siri, modern AI is based on an old idea that all humans feel the same six emotions

    From Alexa to Siri, modern AI is based on an old idea that all humans feel the same six emotions

    Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere
    · Dec 17, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Why medical science needs to return to viewing the heart as an emotional object

    Why medical science needs to return to viewing the heart as an emotional object

    Sandeep Jauhar
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • That guilty look and other assumptions humans make about dog’s feelings

    That guilty look and other assumptions humans make about dog’s feelings

    Jan Hoole, The Conversation Daniel Allen, The Conversation
    · Aug 28, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • How the use of language can help early detection and treatment of depression

    How the use of language can help early detection and treatment of depression

    Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi, The Conversation
    · Feb 08, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • Cricket's famous 'legover' moment and why getting the giggles is so contagious

    Cricket's famous 'legover' moment and why getting the giggles is so contagious

    Sophie Scott, The Conversation
    · Aug 16, 2016 · 03:30 pm