Greater Good
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The Greater Good Science Center, located at the University of California, Berkeley is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the scientific understanding of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior. By studying individuals and their relationships, the center aims to promote well-being in society as a whole. The center was started in 2001 and serves to provide groundbreaking scientific discoveries, as well as translate and disseminate research for the general public. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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The Activism Cure
Philosopher-physician Albert Schweitzer once said, "The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." Kate Hanni, 48, a ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Daddy Brain
Moms aren't the only ones whose bodies change after having a baby. Jeremy Adam Smith reveals the new science of fatherhood. Gopal Dayaneni is a stay-at-home father in ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Ten 2008 Tips for Raising Happy Kids
Some of the most irritating things our kids do (whining and tattling come to mind) are nothing more than bad habits, and as we all know, bad habits are tough to break! Science ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Look Twice
Most people think they're less biased than average. But just as we can't all be better than average, we can't all be less prejudiced than average. Although the message--and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Power Paradox
Guided by centuries of advice like Machiavelli's and Greene's, we tend to believe that attaining power requires force, deception, manipulation, and coercion. Indeed, we might ...Posted by Leo Romero
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Working for Happiness
I started at UPS on Monday. I drove to the San Francisco UPS headquarters, a block-wide fortress of freight. A staffer from human resources took me to get a uniform and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Born to Blush - why embarrassment is good for all of us
When I started to study embarrassment in the early 1990s, most researchers thought signs of mortification exposed confusion and thwarted intention. But I wasn't so sure. I was ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Happiness, the Hard Way
I think it is probably fair to assume that most Americans today consider happiness not only something that would be nice to have, but something that we really ought to ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Why is There Peace?
Over the past century, violent images from World War II concentration camps, Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur, Iraq, and many other times and places have been seared into our ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Better Than Sex
Might be that sitting with your legs crossed repeating stuff like “May all beings be free from suffering,” is a little too far-out for you. I’m a scientist for crying ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Survival of the Kindest
Two hundred years ago on February 12, Adam Gopnik writes in Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life, two pebbles -- Charles Darwin and Abraham ...Posted by Leo Romero -
America's Trust Fall
"Trust no one" has essentially served as Americans' motto over the last two generations. For 40 years—the years of Vietnam, Watergate, junk bonds, Monica Lewinsky, Enron, ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Happiness is being socially connected
The upshot of 50 years of happiness research is that the quantity and quality of a person’s social connections—friendships, relationships with family members, closeness to ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Back-to-School: Play and Academic Success
School starts next week, and so our kids will be back to a day of structured learning. But this year Fiona won't be taking Spanish and Mandarin and knitting and drama. Most ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Mix It Up!
Today's students are the most racially tolerant generation our nation has ever seen. According to recent studies, they are more likely to have friends, or to date, across ...Posted by Leo Romero
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