Emotions and Language (IMAGE) Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Caption The researchers findings suggest that understanding emotional signals is not based on the words we have in your language to describe emotions. Instead, emotions appear to have evolved as a set of basic human mechanisms. Credit Oliver Le Guen/MPI for Psycholinguistics Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.