Fear and anxiety play a central role in mammalian life, and there is considerable interest in
clarifying their nature, identifying their biological underpinnings, and determining their …

While trait positive emotionality and state positive-valence affect have long been the subject
of intense study, the importance of differentiating among several “discrete” positive emotions …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

Emotions are one of the most apparent and important aspects of our lives, yet have
remained one of the most enigmatic to explain scienti cally. On the one hand, nothing seems …

Nonlinear Pedagogy is a powerful paradigm for understanding human movement and for
designing effective teaching, coaching and training programmes in sport, exercise and …

Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field,
however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolved function …

Rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts the
beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. Then, people often adjust their own …

Emotions are an elemental part of life-they imbue our existence with meaning and purpose,
and influence how we engage with the world around us. But we do not just feel our own …

Prior reviews have identified elevated trait anger as a risk factor for intimate partner violence
(IPV) perpetration. Given that 10 years have passed since the last comprehensive review of …

What is compassion? And how did it evolve? In this review, we integrate 3 evolutionary
arguments that converge on the hypothesis that compassion evolved as a distinct affective …