Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Others hide their emotions beneath a blank-faced mask of stoicism. And more than a few seem to feel nothing at all. A University of Mississippi researcher believes a combination of factors can lead to repression of emotions, and she is launching an unusual five-year study to prove it. I'm exploring the mechanisms that underlie repression of emotion and how people distance themselves from their emotional reactions. Outwardly, a person's face can reveal, hide or even falsify emotions, but the body itself often betrays the truth.