Answers to the question “What are human emotions for?” have stimulated highly productive
programs of research on emotional phenomena in psychology and neuroscience in the past …

Emotions are a defining aspect of the human condition. They pervade our social and
professional lives, influence our thinking and behavior, and profoundly shape our …

Although recent research has shown that social cognition and emotion engage overlapping
regions of the brain, few accounts of this overlap have been offered. What systems might be …

This article discusses contemporary social psychological approaches to (a) the social
relations and appraisals associated with specific emotions;(b) other people's impact on …

Current emotion research and theory generally assume that emotions are adaptive and
functional, with a strong focus on their functionality at the biological or individual level. This …

ABSTRACT The term Emotion Regulation refers to the neurocognitive mechanisms by which
we regulate the onset, strength, and the eventual expression of our emotions. An important …

Emotions play an important role in coordinating social life. In the last decade, traditional
research on the intrapersonal effects of emotions has been complemented by a growing …

In recent years, scholars have come to understand emotions as dynamic and socially
constructed—the product of interdependent cultural, relational, situational, and biological …

In our daily lives, we constantly engage in reciprocal interactions with other individuals and
represent ourselves in the context of our surrounding social world. Within social interactions …

Emotions are at the heart of how we understand the human mind and of our relationships
within the social world. Yet, there is still no scientific consensus on the fundamental nature of …