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You probably don't realize it, but the words you choose when texting a friend, chatting with a colleague, or posting on ...

Emotional word processing is a multidisciplinary field that examines how the brain deciphers, evaluates and integrates the affective content of language. Research in this area leverages event-related ...

Neuroscientists identified a specific neural mechanism in the human brain that tags information with emotional associations for enhanced memory. The team demonstrated that high-frequency brain waves ...

In an unprecedented new study in the journal Cell Reports, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are active during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing ...

People with aphasia have more trouble coming up with words they want to use when they're prompted by images and words that carry negative emotional meaning, new research suggests. People with aphasia ...

If you watch and listen to some psychopaths long enough, you may see an animated person with a flamboyant style. You might even notice theatrical facial expressions and enthralling hand gestures. It ...