Facing emotions: Generative modeling of dynamic neural data makes it possible to more fully describe the brain areas and connections that underlie facial emotion processing, according to a new preprint. To characterize network activity, investigators collected magneto- and electroencephalograms from people responding to happy or angry faces. They parsed these data into six modes of […]
Welcome to Normal Have you ever been so angry you’ve literally seen red? Or so frustrated that you could scream? Maybe so sad or stressed that curling up in a ball on your bed is the only activity you think you can handle? Guess what? Welcome to being normal! Everyone gets knocked down by emotions […]
Illustration by Laurenne Boglio Welcome to the first monthly edition of Null and Noteworthy. We’ve doubled the newsletter’s frequency to deliver more notable null results and replications direct to your inbox. Thanks, as always, for your feedback, and please continue to send your thoughts, ideas, interesting studies and cat photos to laura@spectrumnews.org. Let’s dive in. […]
It’s time of crisis. I know because my heart rate is high. A lump forms in my throat. My muscles feel tense and alive. I hear words but it’s part of the blur around me as I’m hit by a thousand stimuli at once. My mind races as I consider possible escape routes and threats. […]
By Cathy Jameson Greeted by the most peaceful wintry scene last Monday morning, our Christmas vacation was now extended at least one more day. With all five kids home, including my oldest who was home from college, my Mommy heart was happy. My heart would go through a range of emotions over the next few […]
You are my problem child. I’m not saying this (this title was given to you by your grandmother when you were two years old) but we both know it fits more or less. With three older siblings, three younger siblings, and more energy than all of them combined, you became a problem child. It started […]
Though she prefers to let her children work out her (many) struggles alone, Kristen Bell reveals how she sometimes deals with her children’s major conflicts. Actress Kristen Bell made no secret of the fact that her daughters Lincoln and Delta don’t get along very well. “They fight almost 100 percent of the time, which came […]
