Goosebumps, tears and tenderness: what it means to be moved
- Written by Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne
A team of researchers has begun to unlock the secrets of the heart-melting state.Emotion embodies motion. When we experience emotions were are agitated and stirred, transported and animated. Motion is at the root of the word itself: emotion comes from the Latin, meaning to move out or away.
Many writers propose a small set of basic emotions, each...
