Scholarly debates about the nature of human emotion traditionally pit biological and cultural
influences against one another. Although many existing theories acknowledge the role of …

Over the last decades, theoretical perspectives in the interdisciplinary field of the affective
sciences have proliferated rather than converged due to differing assumptions about what …

Despite the remarkable cognitive power, humans are not alien beings living in their isolated
universe but part of the Earth's biosphere–a dynamic, intelligent system. The working of the …

As COVID-19 escalated globally in 2020, mandated suspension of dine-in services was
instilled to control virus transmission. Restaurants lost billions of dollars, millions …

The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that an individual's experience of emotion is
influenced by feedback from their facial movements. To evaluate the cumulative evidence for …

How do our brains determine whether something is good or bad? How is this computational
goal implemented in biological systems? Given the critical importance of valence processing …

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the
American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from …

Why do people take revenge? This question can be difficult to answer. Vengeance seems
interpersonally destructive and antithetical to many of the most basic human instincts …

Moral psychology has long debated whether moral judgment is rooted in harm versus affect.
We reconcile this debate with the affective harm account (AHA) of moral judgment. The AHA …

Emotion research typically searches for consistency and specificity in physiological activity
across instances of an emotion category, such as anger or fear, yet studies to date have …