News tagged with social emotions

News narratives can heighten compassion, increase willingness to act

How the news media tell a story can make those who consume the story more compassionate and willing to act and help others.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Positive words: the glue to social interaction

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover links between Facebook profiles, personality and job success

(Phys.org) -- Employers commonly examine an applicant's resume, cover letter, references and personality to evaluate how well the potential new employee may perform. Now, the applicant's Facebook profile may play a key role ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children perceive humanoid robot as emotional, moral being

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robot nannies could diminish child care worries for parents of young children. Equipped with alarms and monitoring capabilities to guard children from harm, a robot nanny would let parents ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Online scams cost $485 mn in US in 2011: survey

Online scams including identity theft schemes, "advance fee" and "romance fraud" cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass

Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New research suggests key to happiness is gratitude -- and men may be locked out

With Mother's Day, Father's Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful—it's the best way to achieve happiness ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Researchers find a 'liberal gene'

Liberals may owe their political outlook partly to their genetic make-up, according to new research from the University of California, San Diego, and Harvard University. Ideology is affected not just by social factors, but ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (27) | comments 574 | with audio podcast

Feeling angry? Say a prayer and the wrath fades away

Saying a prayer may help many people feel less angry and behave less aggressively after someone has left them fuming, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 33 | with audio podcast

Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy

The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Our best and worst moments occur within social relationships, research shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

If you're happy, then we know it: Scientists build 'hedonometer'

In 1881, the optimistic Irish economist Francis Edgeworth imagined a strange device called a "hedonimeter" that would be capable of "continually registering the height of pleasure experienced by an individual." ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Believing is seeing, when it comes to emotions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Folk wisdom usually has it that "seeing is believing," but new research suggests that "believing is seeing," too - at least when it comes to perceiving other people's emotions.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers shed new light on connection between brain and loneliness

Social isolation affects how people behave as well as how their brains operate, a study at the University of Chicago shows.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Brain activity exposes those who break promises

Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 7