A new study of the Turku PET Center in Finland has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world.
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2024
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New research led by Western Sydney University has found that perceptions of major and minor chords and melodies—what Western culture commonly thinks of as "happy music" and "sad music"—may not be universal and is likely ...
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2022
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Two studies by researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and their collaborators from the US, UK, France and China, show that six- to nine-month-old infants demonstrate ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2017
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(Phys.org) —Too busy to vacuum your living room? Let Roomba the robot do it. Don't want to risk a soldier's life to disable an explosive? Let a robot do it.
Robotics
Sep 17, 2013
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The use of words with emotional content in books has steadily decreased throughout the last century, according to new research from the Universities of Bristol, Sheffield, and Durham. The study, published today in PLOS ONE, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2013
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A new study shows that horses can differentiate between expressions of joy and sadness displayed by humans through facial movements or voice tones. Horses were more attracted by the facial expressions of joy than sadness ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2023
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Leaders often believe that they should show anger to make subordinates more compliant, thinking they will then be seen as more effective at work or within their organization. They also feel it is bad if they show emotions ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2016
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Men are almost as likely as women to want children, and they feel more isolated, depressed, angry and sad than women if they don't have them, a new study says.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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Medically, crying is known to be a symptom of physical pain or stress. But now a Tel Aviv University evolutionary biologist looks to empirical evidence showing that tears have emotional benefits and can make interpersonal ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2009
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Susan Cain prefers to poke around the less-examined corners of can-do America. In 2012 she published "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking," which became a phenomenon and made the congenitally ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2022
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