What many people label as habitual overthinking often reflects a deeper psychological skill: the ability to analyze emotions, social cues and consequences with care.

Conversational AI is already shaping how people regulate emotion and prepare for difficult conversations. Research suggests ...

Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social signal that strengthens bonds and elicits care.

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

Researchers have developed a new way to recognize human emotions by combining fiber-based physiological signals with thermal ...

Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to ...