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Nov 2024
51m 31s

Emotions 2.0: The Benefits of Mixed Emot...

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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Sometimes we feel just one single feeling with overwhelming force. We're joyously happy. We're crushingly sad. But sometimes it's more complicated than that: We feel happy and sad at the same time. This week, we revisit a favorite 2022 episode with psychologist Naomi Rothman, who shares her research on the mixed emotion of ambivalence. She explores how being ... Show More
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