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Alex Dixon
Alex Dixon is a Greater Good editorial assistant.
Stories by Alex Dixon
Articles: Kindness Makes You Happy… and Happiness Makes You Kind
By Alex Dixon | September 6, 2011New research suggests that once you start doing nice things for other people, you might not want to stop.
Articles: Can Empathy Reduce Racism?
By Alex Dixon | July 21, 2011A new study suggests we can keep our prejudices in check by trying to see the world through someone else's eyes.
Articles: Policing Bias
By Alex Dixon | August 1, 2009Studies show that police officers are quicker to shoot black suspects than white ones, reports Alex Dixon. As a result, scientists and law enforcement are teaming up to confront a dangerous threat: racial bias.
Articles: Book Review: Rock, Paper, Scissors
By Alex Dixon | Winter 2009by Len Fisher
Basic Books, 2008, 288 pages
Articles: Alien Kindness
By Alex Dixon | Spring 2008How can scientists beam altruism into outer space?
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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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Why Lent Makes People Happy (and Netflix Doesn’t)
March 21, 2013New research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
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‘Free the Mind’ film
May 17, 2013 -
Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
May 17, 2013A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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