Want to know how a Japanese person is feeling? Pay attention to the tone of his voice, not his face. That's what other Japanese people would do, anyway. A new study examines how Dutch and Japanese people assess others' emotions and finds that Dutch people pay attention to the facial expression more than Japanese people do.
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September 15, 2010
Perception of emotion is culture-specific
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September 6, 2010
New Data Reveals How Romantically Separated People Give Spoken Clues To How They’re Coping
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things - not so much by what they say but how they say it. In fact, data revealed that even complete strangers were able to figure out how people were coping with their emotions using relatively small amounts of information...
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August 4, 2010
Emotions help animals to make choices
A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or opportunity-laden their world is, and guide the choices that they make.
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July 20, 2010
Communication and Emotional Expression (Part 3): The Unorthodox Gift
When I think of emotions and emotional expression - I can't help but think of my stepfather. Although he was often a difficult man to read, there's no one in my life who's taught me more about diversity in emotional expression.He was a brilliant man - and loved to talk about intellectually challenging subjects. His most favorite subject was that on which he'd built his career: computers. Dinner c
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July 14, 2010
Health Professionals Believe There Is Inadequate Criteria For Certifying That An Illness Is Terminal
Research conducted at the University of Granada revealed that emotions play an important role when health professionals have to certify that a patient is in terminal stage. To the purpose of this research, a qualitative study was undertaken with a sample of 42 participants...
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March 5, 2010
Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a new study.
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March 4, 2010
Does Inability To Express Emotions Affect Outcome Of Coronary Angioplasty?
A French investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has explored the outcome in terms of physical functioning of coronary angioplasty...
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February 18, 2010
Happy, Enthusiastic People Less Likely To Develop Heart Disease
People with a tendency to experience positive emotions, such as being happy, enthusiastic and content, are also less likely to to develop heart disease than those who tend not to experience it, suggests a new American study: however the researchers said the findings should be confirmed via clinical trials before making any clinical recommendations...
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Don’t worry, be happy! Positive emotions protect against heart disease
People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a major new study.
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February 17, 2010
Rose-colored glasses have many shades: Shopping decisions and emotions
A proud consumer won't necessarily make the same purchase as a contented one, according to a new study.
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