News tagged with negative emotional states

A computer system allows a machine to recognize a person's emotional state

The system created by these researchers can be used to automatically adapt the dialogue to the user's situation, so that the machine's response is adequate to the person's emotional state. "Thanks to this ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Perception of emotion is culture-specific

Want to know how a Japanese person is feeling? Pay attention to the tone of his voice, not his face. That's what other Japanese people would do, anyway. A new study examines how Dutch and Japanese people assess others' emotions ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Emotions help animals to make choices

To understand how animals experience the world and how they should be treated, people need to better understand their emotional lives. A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Meditative breathing may help manage chronic pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in the journal Pain offers support for the benefits of yoga-style breathing and meditation to help control chronic pain.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms

In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0