amy jones, ed.m, lcsw

a scientific exploration of why certain music makes us emotional and other music doesn’t in the NYT

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does retail therapy help?: shopping and emotions in the atlantic

photo: Gregory Harris

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how women’s tears effect men’s sex drive in scientific american

you don’t even have to smile: the power of eye contact in human interaction in the atlantic

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to look or not to look: distraction and appraisal in emotional sobriety (scientific american)

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 distortion and feelings in the atlantic

“…an evolutionary biologist who specializes in animal communication, says that jarring rock music shares aural characteristics with the arousing vocalizations of troubled animals and may capture human attention in the same way. Crying animals sound distorted because they force a large amount of air rapidly through their voice box to communicate alarm and fear.”

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the evolutionary purpose of tears in curious behavior: yawning, laughing, hiccuping, and beyond (the atlantic)

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