Even a brief, basic image -- an object or a face -- could ignite emotion-related activity in the visual cortex of the brain. And different kinds of emotions lit up different regions. "This shows ...

When Paul Ekman was a grad student in the 1950s, psychologists were mostly ignoring emotions. Most psychology research at the time was focused on behaviorism—classical conditioning and the like.

Getty Images Charles Darwin popularised the view ... But since she was on a date, her brain instead constructed an entirely different emotion – a genuine feeling of romantic attraction ...

He then computer-analyzed each of the 5,000 images, breaking them down ... otherwise different people would use different muscles to show the same emotion.” The results dovetail with recent ...

"The aim is to evoke emotions that correspond to different forms of evaluation," explains Dr Leitão. "Rather than viewing simple images, participants play a video game that puts them in ...

And similar patterns were sometimes revealed in tears provoked by different emotions. I often thought of these tear images evoking a sense of place, like aerial views of emotional terrain ...

Unlike the image most of us conventionally have of ... He believes Alter 3 can feel strong and completely different emotions from ours because of its embodiment—the way it physically interacts ...

Emotions developed over time. Wikipedia summarizes this well: “According to evolutionary theory, different emotions evolved at different times. Primal emotions, such as love and fear ...

Emotions are how you respond to the world around us. They’re an important part of your daily functions and help shape you into who you are. They also contribute to the quality of your life.