A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE found that social media use elicits three types of emotional reactions, especially in women, signaling a kind of “emotional contagion,” which refers to a ...

A comprehensive review of three decades of research shows that emotional contagion operates primarily through unconscious ...

Colds and virus aren't the only things that are contagious to others. Mimicking a person, whether unconsciously or not, is ...

Madeleine and Paul are sitting on a park bench. As she tells Paul about her financial worries and how she’s been struggling for months to make ends meet, Madeleine’s eyes well with tears. Paul is ...

Older adults who are sensitive to the distress of others are more likely to feel anxious or depressed themselves because of a psychological mechanism called “emotional contagion,” researchers ...

The coronavirus has upended our daily lives, causing anxiety, denial for some, and spreading fear that at times approaches panic. Yet it’s important to understand the psychology of emotional contagion ...