Category: Emotions

Study suggests training in compassion improves the well-being of relatives to people with mental illness

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From the Aarhus University press release: If relatives of people with mental illness become better at accepting the difficult emotions and life events they experience – which is what training… Read more »

Study suggests emotionally appealing ads may not always help consumer memory

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From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: In almost all successful advertising campaigns, an appeal to emotion sparks a call-to-action that motivates viewers to become consumers…. Read more »

Study suggests emotionally resilient people better at exercising sound judgment when things get chaotic

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From the University of California – Berkeley press release: The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and… Read more »

Study suggests covering faces around kids won’t mask emotions

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From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release: The proliferation of face coverings to keep COVID-19 in check isn’t keeping kids from understanding facial expressions, according to a new study by… Read more »

Study looks at interaction of personality and well-being during the pandemic

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From the University of Münster press release: During the corona crisis, neurotic people experience more negative emotions in their everyday lives, are more unstable emotionally and worry more about their… Read more »

Study suggests individuals with high ADHD-traits are more vulnerable to insomnia

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From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Individuals with high ADHD-traits that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis are less able to perform tasks involving attentional regulation or emotional… Read more »