Emotion
noun
A strong feeling such as love, fear, or anger.
She was unable to contain her emotion and started to cry.
Often appears as...
- show emotion
- express emotion
noun
The part of the consciousness that involves feeling or sensibility.
His decision was based more on emotion than reason.
Often appears as...
- ride a wave of emotion
- emotional response
noun
A mental state that arises spontaneously without conscious effort.
She is an actress capable of conveying a range of emotion.
Often appears as...
- convey emotion
- elicit emotion
noun
A strong feeling such as love, fear, or anger.
She was unable to contain her emotion and started to cry.
Often appears as...
- show emotion
- express emotion
noun
The part of the consciousness that involves feeling or sensibility.
His decision was based more on emotion than reason.
Often appears as...
- ride a wave of emotion
- emotional response
noun
A mental state that arises spontaneously without conscious effort.
She is an actress capable of conveying a range of emotion.
Often appears as...
- convey emotion
- elicit emotion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Emotion Intensity
Emotion implies a strong internal experience often linked to specific situations or memories.
The emotion in the room was palpable when they reunited.
Pro Tip 2/2Expressiveness
People show emotion differently; some might be expressive while others more reserved.
He rarely shows emotion, but when he does, it's sincere.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotion Intensity
Emotion implies a strong internal experience often linked to specific situations or memories.
The emotion in the room was palpable when they reunited.
Pro Tip 2/2Expressiveness
People show emotion differently; some might be expressive while others more reserved.
He rarely shows emotion, but when he does, it's sincere.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotion Intensity
Emotion implies a strong internal experience often linked to specific situations or memories.
The emotion in the room was palpable when they reunited.
Pro Tip 2/2Expressiveness
People show emotion differently; some might be expressive while others more reserved.
He rarely shows emotion, but when he does, it's sincere.
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
You need the social stuff there. So we've got a very interesting behavior about which a lot of our lay assumptions are incorrect, but I'm coming to see that actually there's even more to laughter than it's an important social emotion we should look at, because it turns out people are phenomenally nuanced
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Science of Evil PIPE...
associated with emotion you're walking along a country road when you're here a plea for help coming from some roadside bushes you encounter a woman who is covered with blood the woman explains that she was attacked while hiking and asked you to take her to a nearby hospital
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Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
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Why elephants never...
It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization.
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What is bipolar...
and electroconvulsive therapy, which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity.
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The Egyptian Book of the...
regular people could also reach the afterlife if they succeeded in the passage. Ani's epic journey begins with his death. His body is mummified by a team of priests who remove every organ except the heart, the seat of emotion, memory, and intelligence.
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The benefits of a good...
Well, there are a few ways to influence the extent and effectiveness of memory retention. For example, memories that are formed in times of heightened feeling, or even stress, will be better recorded due to the hippocampus' link with emotion.
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
uncover the emotions underneath my behavior so I could get to the heart of why time vetting is often a symptom of something deep and dangerous our emotional lives can have our schedules by the throat some people spend way more
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The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
I said goodbye and I said again, same thing I said to him the first time, I love you and thank you. So if I had to name the emotions I was feeling during this encounter, I would say that I was
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
You need the social stuff there. So we've got a very interesting behavior about which a lot of our lay assumptions are incorrect, but I'm coming to see that actually there's even more to laughter than it's an important social emotion we should look at, because it turns out people are phenomenally nuanced
Video examples
Science of Evil PIPE...
associated with emotion you're walking along a country road when you're here a plea for help coming from some roadside bushes you encounter a woman who is covered with blood the woman explains that she was attacked while hiking and asked you to take her to a nearby hospital
Video examples
Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
Video examples
Why elephants never...
It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection by encoding important experiences into long-term memories. The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
and electroconvulsive therapy, which works like a carefully controlled seizure in the brain, is sometimes used as an emergency treatment. Some bipolar patients reject treatment because they're afraid it will dim their emotions and destroy their creativity.
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
regular people could also reach the afterlife if they succeeded in the passage. Ani's epic journey begins with his death. His body is mummified by a team of priests who remove every organ except the heart, the seat of emotion, memory, and intelligence.
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
Well, there are a few ways to influence the extent and effectiveness of memory retention. For example, memories that are formed in times of heightened feeling, or even stress, will be better recorded due to the hippocampus' link with emotion.
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
uncover the emotions underneath my behavior so I could get to the heart of why time vetting is often a symptom of something deep and dangerous our emotional lives can have our schedules by the throat some people spend way more
Video examples
The language of lying —...
In his denial, Armstrong described a hypothetical situation focused on someone else, removing himself from the situation entirely. In his admission, he owns his statements, delving into his personal emotions and motivations.
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
I said goodbye and I said again, same thing I said to him the first time, I love you and thank you. So if I had to name the emotions I was feeling during this encounter, I would say that I was
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
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Alice Walker
American Author
If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.
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Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
Emotions in the men in my family run deep.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
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Alice Walker
American Author
If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.
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Alicia Keys
American Musician
My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.
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Kevin Hart
American Actor
Some people love so hard that they can't control those emotions when they're at their deepest point.
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Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
Emotions in the men in my family run deep.
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