Why do we avoid getting our hopes up? I suggest that this is because affect is attached to our meaningful goals, as ...
Modern neuroscience understands the brain as a set of specialized systems. Aspects of brain function such as attention, ...
In my conception of the Affect Management Framework (AMF; Haynes-LaMotte, 2025), affect is defined as an evaluative common currency in consciousness that is attached to the brain’s goals and can be ...
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers explore how live and recorded music stimulates the brain, with live music found to induce stronger and ...
The traditional boundaries between professional and personal life are increasingly blurred. The idea of work-life balance — where work and personal time are neatly divided — has given way to a more ...