Few of us use all–or even most–of the 3,000 English-language words available to us for describing our emotions, but even if we did, most of us would still experience feelings for which there ...

By analyzing words from nearly 2,500 languages, researchers have found that terms describing emotions—like anger and happiness—can have very different meanings depending on the cultures and ...

During tests, they tracked participants' emotions by measuring changes in facial muscles linked with smiling and frowning; The letter 'i' was linked with positive emotions, while 'o' was more negative ...