I’ve snapped at my husband more times than I’d like to admit. Sometimes for things he did. More often, for things he didn’t do. To the unaware, these incidents would seem, at best, an overreaction—and ...

Five science-backed strategies for getting along with anyone. Oscar Wilde famously noted, “Some cause happiness wherever they ...

On an intrapsychic level, “emotional reactivity” suggests overreacting negatively to normal or even benign stimuli due to stress, depleted physiological resources, or emotional disorder. More ...

In today’s high-pressure workplaces, emotions are omnipresent—from quiet frustration over a missed deadline to visible tension during a difficult meeting. Often, these emotional undercurrents stem not ...

Children diagnosed with dyslexia show greater emotional reactivity than children without dyslexia, according to a new collaborative study by UC San Francisco neuroscientists with the UCSF Dyslexia ...

Numerous scientific studies indicate that inflammatory processes play a key role in the development of psychiatric disorders. One of the areas of particular interest is the interleukin 6/STAT3 signal ...