"Emotions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties.
| Descriptor ID |
D004644
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Emotions".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Emotions".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Emotions" by people in this website by year, and whether "Emotions" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 19 | 9 | 28 |
| 2015 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2016 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2018 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2020 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Emotions" by people in Profiles.
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Cocaine use disorder: anhedonia and emotional flattening in an emotional picture rating task. Addict Behav. 2026 Nov; 182:108794.
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The empathogen 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, but not methamphetamine, increases feelings of global trust. J Psychopharmacol. 2026 Sep; 40(9):1361-1367.
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Decision regret for patients undergoing laparoscopic Heller myotomy and peroral endoscopic myotomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 09; 29(9):102141.
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Dynamic brain connectivity predicts emotional arousal during naturalistic movie-watching. PLoS Comput Biol. 2025 04; 21(4):e1012994.
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Trajectories and predictors of maternal eating behaviors across the first year postpartum: The role of women's childhood trauma in emotional, external and restraint eating. Eat Behav. 2025 01; 56:101946.
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MDMA as well as amphetamine and alcohol increase feelings of social closeness in healthy adults. Sci Rep. 2024 12 28; 14(1):31312.
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Brain network dynamics predict moments of surprise across contexts. Nat Hum Behav. 2025 03; 9(3):554-568.
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Alcohol increases social engagement in dyadic interactions: role of partner's drug state. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2025 Mar; 242(3):629-640.
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Associations of luteal phase changes in vagally mediated heart rate variability with premenstrual emotional changes. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Aug 08; 24(1):448.
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Empathy in autistic children: Emotional overarousal in response to others' physical pain. Autism Res. 2024 08; 17(8):1640-1650.