One study found that viewing memes was related to higher levels of reported humor and more positive emotions. Viewing memes, as opposed to viewing other online content, indirectly increased coping ...

People often think of mental health as primarily about minimizing negative emotions, like reducing anxiety, anger, loneliness, and sadness. However, your skills for cultivating positive emotions ...

Results suggested that happy emojis were often being used to mask negative emotions and “manage the expression” to make a message seem more positive. More negative emojis, such as any of the ...

Last fall, Judith Moskowitz and her team at Northwestern University opened up an online course that targets positive emotions, to NPR audiences. The course teaches eight skills, including ...

Overall, McLean and Jones found that teachers spent most of their instructional time displaying outward positive emotions. However, they did find that a small subset of teachers—about 10% ...