You might think the sentiment conveyed by a text message heart emoji would be self-explanatory but new research finds ...

The Emoji Response Scale developed for this study has two parts: the Emoji-Ordinal and Emoji-Mood scales. A pilot study was designed to validate the ordinal nature of the Emoji-Ordinal Scale. Twenty ...

The now-ubiquitous emoji was invented decades ago after its creator said he learned how much impact one heart symbol can exert. Emojis express a range of emotions in messages on smartphones and ...