Emotion words are handy things. They help you put your experiences into neat little boxes–wrap them up into packages you can give others to share your perspective. Telling a friend you feel “sad” may ...

We've all felt it —the nagging of an unpleasant emotion that is difficult to name or explain. Maybe you chalk it up to feeling "off" or "upset." But did you know that finding more precise labels for ...

In an unprecedented new study, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are released during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing new insights into how ...

A paper by a psychologist at the University of Kansas examines how language shapes our emotional experience of the world. Katie Hoemann, assistant professor of psychology at KU, has published her ...

Researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are released during the processing of the emotional content of language. The research provides new insights into how people interpret the ...

Though previous research has found that emotional stimuli can improve performance by people with aphasia on auditory comprehension, reading and writing, and repetition tasks, this is one of the first ...