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Greater Good's editors pick ten of the most thought-provoking, important, useful, or moving nonfiction books we read this year.
A new book explores what makes you optimistic or pessimistic—and how to build optimism as a skill.
A recent New York Times column suggests we have no choice but to ignore or excise racist imagery in children's books. But Jeremy Adam Smith offers another way, guided by research.
A new book explores how stories make us human.
A new book by Representative Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) tries to make mindfulness as American as apple pie.
A new book about acts of conscience lends insight to The Hunger Games phenomenon.
What's the basis of a good life? Jill Suttie reviews three new books about happiness, forgiveness, and gratitude.
Is there an upside to trauma? Two new books offer two different perspectives.
Marianne LaFrance's Lip Service reveals the high stakes behind our smiles.
NBC Nightly News special about the science of happiness
Want Your Kids to Be Happy? You Go First.
Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
A 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.
A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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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 MindsThe Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
Northeast Foundation for ChildrenNortheast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
Center for Positive Organizational ScholarshipBased at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Family & Couples | May 20, 2013
Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
Mind & Body | May 17, 2013
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Work & Career | May 16, 2013
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Work & Career | May 15, 2013
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Education | May 14, 2013
