Without an education in emotions, we are left without tools and knowledge to regulate our nervous system, understand our ...

You know those moments when you feel overwhelmingly angry or sad? Emotional regulation is about finding ways to deal with those intense feelings in a healthy and productive way. It's knowing that you ...

We often treat emotional regulation as a soft skill. But what if learning to tolerate difficult feelings is the key to preventing aggression, addiction, suicide, and even violence?

A new study is among the first of its kind to separate activity relating to emotion generation from emotion regulation in the human brain. The findings provide new insights that could help inform ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The ability to regulate our emotions is ...

A study involving children suffering from anxiety disorders and their parents found that greater emotion dysregulation in ...

A new study is among the first of its kind to identify brain regions unique to emotion regulation in the human brain, providing novel therapeutic approaches. A recent study led by Dartmouth College ...

Depressed individuals who reflexively attempt to dampen their initial emotional responses to reminders of their negative memories have a low tolerance for distressing emotional stimuli in general and ...

Adults who experienced emotional abuse as children often struggle with destructive thought patterns, such as ruminating on ...

Below, Marc Brackett shares five key insights from his new book, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want. Emotion regulation is one of the most important skills for both ...