Humans are highly social animals, and successful interactions with other humans are closely linked to personal success. Understanding how others feel and think is crucial to successful interactions ...

The film Black Swan (2010) is the journey of a dancer seeking perfection. However, this leads her to dance a downward spiral, in which reality becomes increasingly distorted. The concept of reality is ...

The philosophy of emotion and perception investigates how our emotional responses and perceptual experiences inform and shape our understanding of the world. This field interrogates the distinct ...

Daniel Goleman, in the Harvard Business Review, proposed that IQ and technical knowledge are mainly “threshold capabilities” and simply exist as entry level requirements for key positions. The key is ...

The tricky thing about emotional intelligence is that despite being widely agreed to be a positive attribute, experts don’t agree on what it is. One explanation is that emotional intelligence is the ...

We live in uncertain times, when people have to be equipped with an arsenal of psychological tools and skills to be able to navigate unexpected changes, especially under the intense conditions of war.

My recent book, Making Sense of Emotion, views emotional intelligence as "emotional literacy." This perspective on emotional intelligence suggests a new theoretical framework that breaks down ...

This past holiday season when students watched their relatives opening presents, they looked at more than just their faces to gauge their reactions, according to University psychology professor ...

Are you good at reading your partner's emotions? Your perceptiveness may very well strengthen your relationship. Yet when anger or contempt enter the fray, little is to be gained and the quality of ...

Anger easy to see during an argument, but sadness easily hidden. May 23, 2012 — -- Had a recent spat with your mate? Chances are he or she knew you were angry, but didn't realize you were also ...