Many scientists who study emotion are collaborating in this area.

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University of Virginia professor of psychology Jonathan Haidt is a pioneer in the scientific study of moral emotion and cognition.

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Men and boys with autism have fewer neurons in a part of the brain involved in memory and emotion, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California in San Diego and the MIND Institute at UC Davis.

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The article cites a study published in the June issue of the journal Emotion, which is not to be confused with the journal Emoticon that recently sent shock waves through the tech world when it revealed that chronic overuse of smiley faces may cause dysentery.

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Dr Loucas Kartsounis, an expert in brain and behaviour from Old Church Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK, said emotion was a complex concept, which was difficult to study.

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The Stony Brook study goes in that direction, looking at the brain region that modulates emotion and finding that people responded differently to behavioral tests.

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