Aesthetic chills or “goosebumps” are a pleasurable sensation that people experience while listening to their favorite music, watching a powerful film, or observing classic art. New research shows that it’s not just a temporary feeling; it can also have a deeper impact on our beliefs and self-image, as well as serve as a potential treatment…
Emodiversity describes the variety of emotions we experience on a daily basis. Research shows that emodiversity can often be a better predictor of physical and mental health than the raw calculation of “positive” vs. “negative” emotions….
Don’t like the way you look in photographs? New research published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology may have some good news for you. In a recent study, psychologists showed participants faces in the form of photographs and videos. They then had participants rate how attractive each face was. What they found was that we...