The Emotional Life of Your Brain
By Jill Suttie | March 16, 2012A new book from Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley reveals how to train our brains for health and happiness.
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Do Givers Get Ahead?
By Jill Suttie | May 1, 2013It's the givers, not the takers, who thrive the most in business, argues a new book.
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New World, New Mind
By Jill Suttie | February 21, 2012Two new books explore the appeal of mindfulness to North Americans.
A Guide to Your Child’s Brain
By Diana Divecha | February 15, 2012A review of Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson's The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind.
Can Romance Heal Childhood Traumas?
By Jill Suttie | February 10, 2012A review of Wired For Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship
Thinking, Fast and Slow
By Jill Suttie | January 31, 2012Three new books explore psychological change and the science of decision-making.
Your Smile or Your Life
By Jill Suttie | January 26, 2012Marianne LaFrance's Lip Service reveals the high stakes behind our smiles.
Smarts and Stamina
By Jill Suttie | January 12, 2012A new book provides 50 tips to help busy people improve their health, one step at a time.
Beyond Drugs: Health as a Path to Happiness
By Jill Suttie | December 21, 2011Andrew Weil's new book, Spontaneous Happiness, contains important advice. But are his suggestions supported by research?
Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time
By Jill Suttie | November 26, 2011Jill Suttie reviews the new book from Buddha's Brain author Rick Hanson.
Urban Evolution
By Jill Suttie | November 4, 2011A review of David Sloan Wilson's The Neighborhood Project: Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time.
Steven Pinker’s History of (Non)Violence
By Jason Marsh | October 19, 2011The psychologist's latest book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, is essential reading for any reader of Greater Good.
Debunking the Myth of Human Selfishness
By Pelin Kesebir | September 13, 2011Two new books explore the far-reaching science of cooperation.
From Our Bookshelf: Trusting Relationships, Caring for the Caregivers
By Jill Suttie | September 8, 2011A round-up of recent books: The Science of Trust, The Comfort Garden, and Applied Positive Psychology.
A Course Correction for Positive Psychology
By Jill Suttie | August 11, 2011A review of Martin Seligman’s latest book, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being.
The Good, the Bad, and the Brain
By Gregg Sparkman | August 3, 2011A review of Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality.
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
March 27, 2013A new report finds that fitting work with family isn't just a women's issue. Jeremy Adam Smith offers 10 tips for helping fathers to navigate a changing landscape at home and on the job.
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
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Here’s How Much You Love Humanity
May 21, 2013Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
May 21, 2013A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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University of California, Berkeley
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
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This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
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The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
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Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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