"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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2023 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Emotions" by people in Profiles.
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Navigating Metacognitive Disorientation: Medical Students' Experiences of Complex Tasks. Clin Teach. 2026 Apr; 23(2):e70339.
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Sex differences in the association of emotional approach coping with stress and quality of life among patients with renal cell carcinoma. Palliat Support Care. 2026 Jan 30; 24:e49.
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The representation of facial emotion expands from sensory to prefrontal cortex with development. Elife. 2026 Jan 30; 14.
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Association of Patient Resilience With Patient-Reported Physical and Mental/Emotional Quality of Life in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 2025 Dec 01; 52(12):1263-1273.
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Divergent prefrontal cortex circuits regulate cued food seeking under distinct metabolic or emotional states. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 22; 16(1):10620.
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Increase in left-side oriented behaviours associated to negative emotions in captive Asian elephants. Laterality. 2025 Mar-Nov; 30(2-6):168-181.
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Experiences of emotional support among parents of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study. J Pediatr Psychol. 2025 Sep 01; 50(9):887-896.
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Emotional contagion of fear and joy from humans to horses using a combination of facial and vocal cues. Sci Rep. 2025 May 21; 15(1):17689.
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Which Systemic Responses Should We Evolve to Help Surgeons Navigate Their Regret Experiences? AMA J Ethics. 2025 Mar 01; 27(3):E178-184.
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Exploring individual differences in amygdala-mediated memory modulation. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2025 Feb; 25(1):188-209.