What would a comprehensive atlas of human emotions include? For 50 years, scientists
have sought to map emotion-related experience, expression, physiology, and recognition in�…

Much research has found that positive affect facilitates increased reliance on heuristics in
cognition. However, theories proposing distinct evolutionary fitness-enhancing functions for�…

The present research investigates whether and how mindfulness meditation influences the
guilt-driven tendency to repair harm caused to others. Through a series of eight experiments�…

Kawaii (a Japanese word meaning “cute”) things are popular because they produce positive
feelings. However, their effect on behavior remains unclear. In this study, three experiments�…

Romantic rejection causes a profound sense of loss and negative affect. It can induce
clinical depression and in extreme cases lead to suicide and/or homicide. To begin to�…

Although dozens of studies have examined the autonomic nervous system (ANS) aspects of
negative emotions, less is known about ANS responding in positive emotion. An�…

On the basis of the proposition that love promotes commitment, the authors predicted that
love would motivate approach, have a distinct signal, and correlate with commitment�…

W hich of these animals is not like the others: ants, bees, naked mole rats, chimpanzees, or
human beings? Each is unique in many ways, and Homo sapiens is certainly a remarkable�…

This study extends previous research into the relations among attachment style, emotional
experience, and emotional control. Questionnaire measures of these variables were�…

Although emotion theorists disagree about many things, most agree on the premise that
emotions are functional (Ekman, 1992; Lazarus, 1991; Shweder, 2000; Tomkins, 1984;�…