People all around the world are drawn to creating and consuming art, and human emotions play a central subject in visual artworks as well as in music and performance art. The mechanisms underlying the feelings that art evokes remain poorly characterized.
Scientists studying emoji use in Japan found that the images were used to soften the impact of negative expressions as well as to express positive feelings.
A new study looked into how people's emotions are sparked by false political headlines -- and how their reactions determine whether they share those stories with others.