Virgin Atlantic is investigating claims that an air stewardess repeatedly shouted “we're going
to crash” during a flight hit by turbulence. Passengers reportedly began to panic and cry as …

The emotions are at the centre of our lives and, for better or worse, imbue them with much of
their significance. The philosophical problems stirred up by the existence of the emotions …

Do respondents in different cultures appraise emotion-antecedent events differently? Are
similar appraisal profiles associated with the same emotions across cultures? These …

A major theme of recent research on emotion has been the recognition of the intimate
connections between feeling and thinking. Emotions have long been conceived of as arising …

The main purpose of this chapter is to portray the evolution of the author's own approach to
appraisal in respect first to psychological stress and then to the emotions. The author first …

Social referencing informs and regulates one's relation with the environment as a function of
the perceived appraisals of social partners. Increased emphasis on relational and social …

The notion that emotional expressions regulate social life by providing information is gaining
popularity. Prior research on the effects of emotional expressions on observers' inferential …

The present research aimed to assess how people use knowledge about the emotional
reactions of others to make inferences about their character. Specifically, we postulate that …

The affective connotations of environmental stimuli are evaluated spontaneously and with
minimal cognitive processing. The activated evaluations influence subsequent emotional …

At dusk recently, while walking in the woods, I (GC) was startled by an arresting sound. It
turned out to be a male deer announcing his presence with a loud snort. The realization that …