The sixth annual Happiness and Its Causes conference in Brisbane, Australia featured four days of lectures and workshops featuring some of the world's best known happiness gurus, including the Dalai Lama. The successful conference, attended by 2000 people paying big bucks, is just the latest evidence of the recent boom in all things happiness.
A new book explains a decade of research by psychologists that finds that self-compassion may be the most important life skill, imparting resilience, courage, energy and creativity. It's also a skill many people lack.
In just 8-weeks, a program of mindfulness meditation was able to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, empathy and stress. A team at Massachusetts General Hospital documented that the structural changes in the brain were actually produced by regular periods of focused attention during meditation.
This tasty study shows the promising – and slightly unusual – technique of visualizing the joy of food can curb overeating habits
Until recently, I had no idea that you could fairly easily teach your brain to be happier. As most of us could have guessed, researchers have found that positivity (having a positive outlook) makes us happier. Research shows that we are happier and more open to possibilities when we notice the positive. Positivity has also […]
Brain science is being used in planning school lessons for 200 students in kindergarten through third grade at the the progressive Blue School in New York. The school has become a kind of national laboratory for integrating cognitive neuroscience and cutting-edge educational theory into curriculum, professional development and school design.
Just a 30-minute talk with a therapist after an ER visit has been shown to cause a significant drop in drug use during the months following.
This fascinating new study shows that we can accurately guess names when only seeing faces and hair traits–and people tend to look like their names.
Doctors may now have the ability to help and treat thousands of volatile teens by predicting their addiction habits with a brain scan.
This is the first complete study that has researched how the public can learn to fight and recognize fake news and science.
Cigbreak Free is an app currently being tested for its efficiency in deterring smokers from lighting up a cigarette.
Ciro Ortiz is wise beyond his years – and he offers that wisdom to stressed out New Yorkers for $2 per five minute session.
Researchers found that tweaking the wording of fundraising appeals improved contribution rates by incredible margins – nonprofits, take note.
Dr. Deirdre Barrett's theory on dog dreams are making loving pet owners everywhere geek out over their pup's sweet slumbering habits.
Despite the ugly election, a poll showed that 70% of Americans still considered themselves to be happy in 2016–mostly because the campaigning was over.
Sleep is such a vital part of your everyday health – so what do you do when your toddler will never let you get a good night's rest?
While solitude for the wrong reasons could be a negative, a new study suggests that spending time by yourself can be really good for cultivating your ideas.
An NPR podcast this week explored what happens when people flip the script, and respond to situations in ways that are completely unexpected. Particularly interesting was the notion that a 180-degree change in attitude could shift a tense armed robbery in progress, and lead to a complete turnaround in the mind of the assailant. A […]
When your dog looks at you with big sad eyes after he's chewed on your shoes, he may be using a complex survival tactic evolved from wolves.
Science has already explored how much dogs love their humans, but these researchers delved into just how powerfully dogs react to only your smile.
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