Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and other
symptoms, and has a substantial socioeconomic impact. Current biomedical and …

Suicidal behavior in older adults (65 years old and over) is a major public health issue in
many countries. Suicide rates increase during the life course and are as high as …

Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated
through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing …

This article presents seven principles that have guided our thinking about emotional
intelligence, some of them new. We have reformulated our original ability model here guided …

The motivation to avoid pain and injury is a fundamental instinct, crucial to the survival of
individuals and species. Yet, each year, millions of people purposefully and directly injure …

Social feelings have conceptual and empirical connections with affect and emotion. In this
review, we discuss how they relate to cognition, emotion, behavior and well-being. We …

Moving in synchrony leads to cooperative behavior and feelings of social closeness, and
dance (involving synchronization to others and music) may cause social bonding, possibly …

Background Child maltreatment is common and has long‐term consequences for affective
function. Investigations of neural consequences of maltreatment have focused on the …

Neuroscientific research has identified two fundamental components of empathy: shared
emotional representations between self and other, and self–other distinction. The concept of …

Stress is related to goals being thwarted. Arguably, protecting one's self, both in terms of
personal self-esteem and in terms of social self-esteem, is among the most prominent goals …