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After the Boston Marathon explosions, we are inundated with horrific images of violence and suffering. Here's how to protect our kids--and ourselves--from vicarious trauma.
A new study suggests mindfulness meditation can help us overcome the "bystander effect."
The new documentary Bully tells the stories of five bullied kids—and says what we can do to help them.
A new book about acts of conscience lends insight to The Hunger Games phenomenon.
How fair is it to vilify Penn State's Mike McQueary for not going to the police?
A study suggests that a single word can compel us to help others.
We all have an inner hero, argues Philip Zimbardo. Here's how to find it.
Philip Zimbardo explores what research knows about who becomes a hero—and why they act heroically.
Panelists including legendary psychologist Philip Zimbardo and Katrina photographer Ted Jackson discuss the bystander effect, altruism, and the potential for heroism in all of us.
An Interview with Philip Gourevitch
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.
A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
An essay in this week’s New Yorker argues that we don't have enough empathy to go around. But new research says we can keep renewing and expanding our feeling for others.
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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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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
Education | May 21, 2013
Can You Run Out of Empathy?
Big Ideas | May 20, 2013
Failure Makes You a Winner
Family & Couples | May 20, 2013
Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
Mind & Body | May 17, 2013
Five Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
Work & Career | May 16, 2013
Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
Work & Career | May 15, 2013
May Education Newsletter
Education | May 14, 2013
How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
Mind & Body | May 13, 2013
