Feeling angry? Write down your thoughts then throw them away

There are many ways to manage your emotions but researchers out of Nagoya University have discovered a simple, but effective, strategy to help with anger management. Writing down your thoughts on the cause of your anger and then throwing that piece of paper away can be an effective way to neutralize your negative feelings. The…

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Digital Devices Can Hinder Kids’ Emotion Regulation Ability

All parents of young children know how challenging it is when your child throws a tantrum. But think again before you reach for a mobile phone or tablet to soothe them. New research entitled “Cure for tantrums? Longitudinal associations between parental digital emotion regulation and children’s self-regulatory skills” suggests that doing so may damage a…

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The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Emotion Recognition

A recent study published in Scientific Reports studied the association between childhood trauma and emotion recognition. Their results showed that childhood trauma alone was significantly associated with emotion recognition accuracy when exploring stimuli intensity, modality, and emotion. Furthermore, when researchers controlled for psychopathy and alexithymia, childhood trauma was significant only when exploring the emotion portrayed. The…

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ICYMI: Nonverbal Communication Podcast Episodes

In case you missed it, here are a collection of nonverbal communication podcast episodes featuring Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto. Enjoy! Reading Nonverbal Behavior A conversation with world-leading researcher and expert in emotion, body language, facial expressions, behaviour and deception – Dr. David Matsumoto. This conversation was broadcast live to EIA students completing their studies…

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