I like to consider myself a person with a high emotional intelligence capable of experiencing as many feelings as there are colors of the wind. Sometimes even all at once, or at least in rapid succession. But a new study out of Glasgow is set on challenging my rainbow of emotions. A recent paper published in Current Biology speculates that humans express and recognize a much more limited emotional palette than the the commonly accepted six classic basic feelings (happy, surprised, afraid, disgusted, angry, and sad).
Study: Humans Have Only 4 Feelings
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