For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have identified which emotion a person is experiencing based on brain activity. The study, which will be published in the journal PLOS ONE, combines functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and machine learning to measure brain...
Whether we're listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. For instance, Mozart's jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often...
Research team at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre has revealed how experiencing strong emotions synchronizes brain activity across individuals. Human emotions are highly contagious. Seeing others' emotional expressions such as smiles triggers often the corresponding emotional response in...
A human's self-awareness is controlled by a small region in the brain called the anterior insular cortex (insula). Within the insula lies a unique cell type - the von Economo neuron (VEN) - believed to be unique to humans, elephants, whales and great apes. Now, German researchers have found...
This question is serious, so anyone interested in giving me a stupid reply, just get out. I don't need you making me feel any more like an idiot.
I'm 20 years old. I still live at home, and my parents are harassing me. Get a job, go to college, get a job OR go to college, do this, do that...
ok its kind of a long story. 2 main things you have to know: I transferred to a new school about 2 years a go. and ive always been kind of paranoid about things. ok so at my new school i met my best friend Sara* and my ex bf Tyler*. anyway sara and tyler have been talking a lot lately. i dont...
lyrically than John Lennon? Really think before answering. Please don't answer if your not familiar with BOTH of their bodies of work. And preferably be a fan of both.
Researchers at The University of Nottingham are to investigate whether the therapeutic effects of clay modelling could help disturbed teenagers deal with their feelings of anger, anxiety and depression. Academics are teaming up with professionals in the NHS, Nottingham Contemporary art gallery...
...intense as those in a movie + BQs? We have a lot of films/movies out there, that are based off novels.
I wonder if a movie changes the immediacy of emotions a reader gets while reading a book. For me, emotions created while reading a story tend to be much more direct and intense, compared to...
...are merely equivalent to? animal instinct?
did you know that humans share the same brain chemistry as other mammals? why? because humans are mammals, and thus these animals share the same emotions we do.
when will you stop calling our emotions 'human emotions' and simply call them mammalian...
Hey everyone,
So I have a question which has been lingering on my mind for a really long time, ever since one of my friends (aspiring psychiatrist) pointed out that I'm "not in touch" with my emotional side.
I just don't cry very often. I do feel other emotions though, I get happy, I get...
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Okay heres the story:
My friedn introduced me to her best guy friend, I start liking him and he likes me too. He tells me he loves her, but also likes me and i guess it was my fault to let myself be drawn into this in the first place.. but we hang out and become really close and i start feeling...
I am NOT one of those people who ask people if they are gay. I honestly think it's really rude, because honestly, it's none of anyone's business unless he or she directly tells you. I am straight, happily, to be honest, and I'm only 14. But I stick up for people who get called gay that truly...
Alright. Throughout my life, I've been having these dreams. And in these dreams there's a boy, well... around my age. My age exactly. I can never see the exact structure and details of his face, but I can see him. His face is just always blurred. Sometimes his entire appearance will change, but...