The Emotions Lab
Feelings Through HistoryWelcome to The Emotions Lab – an historical laboratory where we use the past to understand our feelings in the present.
Listen to our podcast series – Living With Feeling, on emotions in the 21st century – and the award-winning The Sound of Anger.
Anger
Wrath, revenge, all the rages
Anxiety
Worried about nervousness, dread, and insecurity?
Compassion
Who cares?
Disgust
Revolting revulsions and loathsome abominations
Ecstasy
Getting out of your head
Grief
Emotional responses to death
Happiness
In pursuit of pleasure
Loneliness
All by myself
Love
Longings, feelings, rings
Nostalgia
From sickness to sentiment
Schadenfreude
The joy of the epic fail
Tears
The meaning of weeping