About Emotivity

Emotivity features scientific research in the area of emotions and positive psychology, written for the general audience. Since its launch in January 2018, the Emotivity team continues to regularly update the site with new articles, podcasts, and infographics featuring ideas from the science of emotions and well-being. We hope to offer insights that spark conversations on emotional intelligence and flourishing.

'Emotivity' is an adjective that relates to all things emotion, or referencing an object that is characterised by, expressing or eliciting emotion. The name Emotivity captures how emotions influence a wide spectrum of human experiences. Emotion influences our productivity, feelings of positivity and negativity, quality of interactivity, and also our creativity. It shapes the experiences of life that ultimately contribute to our overall well-being. In September 2023, we revamped the site, extending beyond emotions research to incorporate ideas from the exciting science of positive psychology.

Our goal is to help you see how recognising and managing emotions is an important part of living well. Developing enhanced awareness and the ability to manage emotions – the skill of emotional intelligence (EI) is essential in helping us lead a purposeful and pleasurable life. Emotions and mood are part of our affective experiences - they make up so much of how we feel about our lives. The better we understand how they shape our thoughts and actions, the better we are at crafting the kind of relationships, experiences, and life we wish for ourselves.

With the addition of new ideas from positive psychology, Emotivity also offers suggestions on how to cultivate a flourishing life. These include, but are not limited to, thinking with optimism, recognising and celebrating your character strengths, and being more mindful of life experiences. It is these principles of science and learning about science that inform our ARC (Acquire-Refine-Cultivate) framework for our training modules and science communication philosophy.

We believe that good science can help us lead better lives. Emotivity hopes to help empower readers with the knowledge from good science that they can practice to enhance their lives.

As our continued commitment to preserving what is most human in a world of increasing automation and artificial intelligence, the Emotivity team is proud to say that its written content and the ideas we share are, will forever remain human-generated.

We hope you enjoy learning, reflecting, and sharing ideas from the site as much as we enjoyed putting it together.