Listening to music is quite common in our daily life. The most common motive for listening to music is to influence emotions. How does listening to music produce emotions and pleasure in listeners?

Many people tend to conflate emotional intelligence with empathy. Emotional intelligence involves—and necessitates—much more.

As the director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, I recently warned that we are facing an overreaction epidemic. The response to my warning has been, perhaps predictably, extreme.

Emotional intelligence is typically broken down into five core components: Self-awareness: Understanding one's own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, and triggers. Self-regulation: The ability to manage ...

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...