This holiday season, you may many feel conflicting emotions at once. To be emotionally well, you don’t need to choose one ...

Schools lay the groundwork for cognitive development, especially in academic areas. But what about emotional development? Proficiency in dealing with emotions is also important for leading a ...

Teaching toddlers and preschoolers about emotions doesn’t have to be complicated. Emotions Sensory Bottles are a fun, calming, and creative way to introduce your child to feelings in a safe, hands-on ...

Teacher Jamalia Sheets watches a child model the emotion “surprised” during an activity in the infant classroom at Ellis Early Learning. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Imagine 9-year-old Alejandra who listens quietly for gun shots in the hall after seeing the news about the Uvalde school shooting. Her teacher notices she has difficulty staying focused in class. Or ...

Educated people know about Pavlov's classical conditioning studies. But few people realize the pervasive implications that apply even today. The key initial observation made by Pavlov was that when ...

"Emotion is a complex and intense (with an abrupt onset and relatively short duration) psychophysiological experience of an animal individual's state of mind related to a locatable object as it reacts ...

Social-emotional learning programs have now been in schools for several years, and in many cases, even longer. They aim to teach kids how to regulate their emotions, empathize with peers, make ...

Emotional intelligence contributes to an individual's success. Researchers such as Antonio Damasio, with Descartes' error, and Daniel Goleman, the author of emotional intelligence, have regularly ...