"Little kids feel the whole expanse of emotion," says Greg Bro, founder of Brute Optimism and the Every Shape Emotional Literacy Series. "They just don't have the vocabulary yet to articulate what's ...

Revisiting a book repeatedly helps children develop a sophisticated understanding of what emotions look and feel like.

Children begin learning language long before they fully understand its deeper meaning. When adults intentionally introduce emotional vocabulary—words such as “happy,” “worried,” ...

Imagine you have a toolbox. This toolbox contains a screwdriver, a hammer, and a wrench. When something breaks, you fix it by using one of these tools. In fact, when something breaks, you immediately ...

In the sequel, as in the original movie, emotions are portrayed as anthropomorphized characters who control the mind of a spirited young hockey player named Riley. She was 11 in Inside Out. Now she's ...

Early in my career, a client of mine told me that she heard somewhere that there are three basic emotions—joy, anger, and fear—and wanted to confirm with me that the information was correct. I paused ...

You probably don't realize it, but the words you choose when texting a friend, chatting with a colleague, or posting on social media are quietly spilling secrets about your inner world. Researchers ...

A paper by a psychologist at the University of Kansas examines how language shapes our emotional experience of the world. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Katie ...

In Inside Out 2, Riley hits puberty and faces new intense emotions like Anxiety, Embarrassment and Ennui. Move over Joy and Sadness. Anxiety and Embarrassment are taking over. Riley has hit puberty.

Pixar's Inside Out was praised for helping kids understand how emotions affect their actions. Adults learned a few things too. The sequel's new... The 'Inside Out' movies give kids an 'emotional ...