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Robert Emmons
Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., is the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude. He is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and the founding editor-in-chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology. He is also the author of the book Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier.
Stories by Robert Emmons
Articles: How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
By Robert Emmons | May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
Videos and Podcasts: What Good is Gratitude?
By Robert Emmons | November 17, 2010Robert Emmons discusses why practicing gratitude has transformative effects on our social and emotional well-being.
Articles: 10 Ways to Become More Grateful
By Robert Emmons | November 17, 2010Robert Emmons offers everyday tips for living a life of gratitude.
Articles: Why Gratitude Is Good
By Robert Emmons | November 16, 2010Need some motivation for practicing gratitude this Thanksgiving? Robert Emmons, the world's leading scientific expert on gratitude, reveals why gratitude is good for our bodies, our minds, and our relationships.
Videos and Podcasts: The Power of Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 15, 2010Robert Emmons explains how gratitude has the ability to heal, energize, and change our lives.
Videos and Podcasts: The Benefits of Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 13, 2010Robert Emmons shares the results of his research on gratitude: better health, more happiness, and stronger connections to others.
Videos and Podcasts: Cultivating Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 1, 2010Robert Emmons offers research-tested strategies for becoming a more grateful person.
Videos and Podcasts: Challenges to Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 1, 2010Gratitude may be good, Robert Emmons explains, but it isn’t always easy. He considers some of the myths around gratitude and obstacles to cultivating it.
Videos and Podcasts: Robert Emmons on Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 1, 2010Robert Emmons, the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, discusses how and why to practice it.
Videos and Podcasts: Awe and Gratitude
By Robert Emmons | November 1, 2010Robert Emmons explains why he believes awe and gratitude are intertwined.
Articles: Pay it Forward
By Robert Emmons | Summer 2007Gratitude may seem like a simple emotion, but Robert Emmons argues that it inspires kindness, connection, and transformative life changes. And he’s done the research to prove it.
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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...
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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...
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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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