“Do you ever look at someone and wonder: What is going on inside their head?” Joy asks in the opening line of Pixar’s film Inside Out. Inside Out is the story of 11-year-old Riley and her emotions: ...

This story was originally published on June 14, 2024. We are republishing it on the occasion of Inside Out 2's arrival on Disney+ on Sept. 25, 2024. But don’t be fooled by the twinkles in Envy’s eyes ...

Our experience and expression of emotions result from changes in our physiological states, often felt as sensations in our bodies. We may, or may not, notice shifts in our heart rate, breathing ...

In the year 2014, cinema witnessed something familiar yet entirely unprecedented with Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar.’ While space epics such as Star Trek and Star Wars have long captured the ...

Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social ...

Tomorrow, the much-anticipated sequel Inside Out 2 premieres in theaters, making it a perfect time to revisit the science behind the original 2015 Pixar hit that brought psychological research into ...

Here’s a science-inspired and reflective tool to uncover the hidden emotional labor you do before you even say a single word.

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a ...

When I was a teenager, I declared that I did not like my grandma. My mother excoriated me not just for saying such a thing but for feeling it. That, in her eyes, made me a terrible person. She ...