Giggling at a funeral. Bawling at a wedding. These are both examples of incongruous emotional displays that are sometimes thought of as a little inappropriate. But are these behaviors just embarrassing slip ups? What psychological purpose could they serve? Dr. Oriana Aragon of Yale University and her colleagues suspected that such displays might actually play an important…
Read MoreCan Money Buy You Happiness?
It’s an age old question: can money buy happiness? It’s true to some extent: money does buy you happiness. People with higher incomes are, broadly speaking, happier than those who are struggling. But new research digs a little deeper and suggests that happiness is determined not by how much money one earns, but rather, how one…
Read MoreEmotions and the Brain
The Sentis Brain Animation Series takes you on a tour of the brain through a series of short and sharp animations. The fifth in the series explains what is happening in our brains as we experience emotions – both the helpful and unhelpful ones! This empowering animation demonstrates that while sometimes our emotions can ‘hijack’ our…
Read MoreWhy Do We Cry?
For past blogs related to tears and crying, see below Crying without tears Emotional Outpour Why Humans Like to Cry Emotion Overload: Crying on Planes