Many people think that thoughts and feelings are entirely separate things—that thoughts are products of the mind and emotions stem from the “heart,” or maybe the gut. This romanticized way ...
The role of emotion in human decision-making: Implications for brand success
Everyone thinks they know what emotion is. However, the multiple definitions of the term found in respected dictionaries show that the understanding of the concept is so variable that it often becomes ...
What’s to smiley about?
The Oxford English Dictionary has named the tears of joy ... It got the message through loud and clear and managed to convey our emotions quite well – if someone sounded angry, chances were ...
How to Validate Your Emotions
Emotions are central to most, if not all, mental health concerns, and this is particularly true in the case of disordered eating and eating disorders. Disordered eating behaviours often serve to ...
Current Issues in Nostalgia Research
Nostalgia, “a sentimental longing … for the past”, as defined in the The New Oxford dictionary of English, is an ambivalent, even though mostly positive, emotion. Nostalgia research is a rapidly ...
Examples of Successful Visual Merchandising
The New Oxford Dictionary of English defines visual merchandising ... product and signage placement, emotion, variety and engagement. Successful visual merchandising attracts and engages customers ...
What is gaslighting and what are the signs?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “gaslight” means to manipulate a ... but amounts to extreme psychological and emotional abuse”. The offence carries a maximum five-year jail term, a fine or ...
Is this ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ fan art heartbreaking or cringey?
As Pablo Picasso once said, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” And indeed, this Spidey fan art is dusty.
Has Psychology Become More Positive? Trends in Language Use in Article Abstracts
Positivity was indexed by the positive emotion dictionary using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count tool and a newly constructed positive character dictionary. Both indices showed a steep rise ...
One Day, AI Will Seem as Human as Anyone. What Then?
The Oxford English Dictionary says it is “having a perspective or a feeling ... the very capabilities central to this debate—mean a lot to us. Emotionally. For example, evolution makes us crave things ...
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, Review: Moving
Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original ... and dare I say uncommonly attached to. The emotional ...
Smiley face: Seven things you didn't know about emoji
In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their Word ... Because emoji are visual representations of emotional expressions, they’re easy to pick up. The average six-year-old child ...
