Word of the Day – Schadenfreude: Schadenfreude is trending as searches spike during celebrity scandals and political ...

Music that evokes an emotional response may influence the specificity of memory recall, new research suggests. Investigators found that participants who were shown a series of images of everyday items ...

New research by UCLA neuroscientists shows that listening to music after an experience or activity can make it more memorable if you have just the right amount of emotional response while listening to ...

Emotional numbing symptoms, in particular, are known to intensify this pattern of reacting sharply to negative stimuli and then shutting down emotionally. So, while it feels as though numbing is ...

Spoken words, news headlines, sounds, facial expressions, and even scents can trigger intense emotional reactions, including anxiety, annoyance, or anger. These types of stimuli are called “emotional ...