anger management

You want to manage your anger better. Your brain wants you to stay alive. Here’s how you can do both.

Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? If we better understand how emotions differ from one another, we’ll be better equipped to respond to whatever provoked them, says Lisa Feldman Barrett, a Northeastern professor who studies the psychology of emotion.

by Molly Callahan February 21, 2019

Scientists have long believed humans' physiological reaction to emotions to be uniform. This study says they’re wrong

For hundreds of years, psychologists have operated under the notion that each emotion category-anger, sadness, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise-has its own physiological fingerprint. And that assumption is not true, according to new research by Northeastern psychologists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Karen S. Quigley.

by Allie Nicodemo April 17, 2018

Rage rooms have become a global phenomenon. But they won't solve your anger management issues, according to Northeastern psychologist Christie Rizzo. Photo by iStock.

Why ‘rage rooms’ won’t solve your anger issues

Rage rooms—where stressed out people go to relieve tension by breaking things—have become a global phenomenon. But Northeastern psychologist Christie Rizzo says the practice is not for everyone. “Rage rooms are for people who want to let loose while doing something fun and different, not for those who are dealing with mental health problems associated with anger and violence.”

by Jason Kornwitz August 16, 2017

You want to manage your anger better. Your brain wants you to stay alive. Here’s how you can do both.

Scientists have long believed humans' physiological reaction to emotions to be uniform. This study says they’re wrong

Why ‘rage rooms’ won’t solve your anger issues

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