Articles: An Awesome Way to Make Kids Less Self-Absorbed
By Vicki Zakrzewski | November 28, 2012Research suggests that experiencing awe helps kids focus less on themselves and more on the world around them.
Tag: Compassion
Tag: Compassion
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Articles: Six Habits of Highly Empathic People
By Roman Krznaric | November 27, 2012We can cultivate empathy throughout our lives, says Roman Krznaric—and use it as a radical force for social transformation.
Videos and Podcasts: Bullies, Bystanders, and Really Kind Kids
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | October 25, 2012Is your kid a bully? Even if you’ve taught your children right from wrong, sometimes the kids of kind and compassionate parents can still be…mean. Rona and I discuss strategies for raising children who don’t bully others.
Articles: Do We Care for Our Teachers?
By Vicki Zakrzewski | October 23, 2012To create a caring school community, research tells us that care must be extended to everyone.
Videos and Podcasts: Raising Kind Kids
By Christine Carter | October 8, 2012Greater Good Science Center parenting expert Christine Carter explains how to foster kindness in children—a key to their happiness.
Articles: Why Inequality Is Bad for the One Percent
By Jason Marsh | September 25, 2012What Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” video reveals about the links between inequality, compassion, and happiness.
Articles: Compassionate Leaders are Effective Leaders
By Chade-Meng Tan | September 11, 2012Great companies have compassionate leaders, says Google's "Jolly Good Fellow."
Articles: How Self-Compassion Can Help Prevent Teacher Burnout
By Vicki Zakrzewski | September 11, 2012Tips for keeping cool and being kind to yourself, even in the midst of a stressful situation.
Raising Happiness: Greater Happiness in 5 Minutes a Day
By Christine Carter | September 10, 2012How to teach kids loving-kindness meditation
Articles: Three Insights from the Cutting Edge of Compassion Research
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | September 7, 2012A recent gathering of compassion researchers reveals new discoveries about how and why humans help each other.
Articles: The Compassionate Species
By Dacher Keltner | July 31, 2012The vulnerability of our children transformed human relationships, argues Dacher Keltner, and made compassion essential to our survival.
Videos and Podcasts: The Evolutionary Roots of Compassion
By Dacher Keltner | July 30, 2012Dacher Keltner explains why Darwin thought compassion is humans’ strongest instinct.
Videos and Podcasts: Secrets of the Vagus Nerve
By Dacher Keltner | July 30, 2012Dacher Keltner shares his research on the vagus nerve, a key nexus of mind and body and a biological building block of human compassion.
Articles: Can Science Make Facebook More Compassionate?
By Jason Marsh | July 25, 2012Facebook is confronting cyberbullying and online conflict. Can a team of researchers help boost kindness among the site's 900 million users?
Articles: What Motivates Kids to Help Others?
By Stacey Kennelly | June 19, 2012A new study suggests even toddlers are motivated by compassion rather than the desire to get credit for good deeds.
Articles: Selling Compassion
By Jill Suttie | May 31, 2012A new books explores what happens when corporations turn compassion into a commodity.
Articles: Generation Wii… or Generation We?
By Dacher Keltner | May 22, 2012In this commencement address, Dacher Keltner asks today's graduates to look for the best in themselves and in humanity.
Articles: Three Insights about Compassion, Meditation, and the Brain
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | May 15, 2012What I learned at the recent International Symposium for Contemplative Studies.
Articles: How Does Religion Shape Compassion?
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | May 9, 2012A GGSC-sponsored study found that compassion is less important for moving religious people to perform acts of kindness. But that doesn't mean they are less compassionate!
Articles: Religious People Less Motivated by Compassion than Atheists
By Yasmin Anwar | May 2, 2012In three experiments co-sponsored by the GGSC, scientists found that compassion drove less religious people to be more generous.
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Think LIke Sherlock Holmes
May 24, 2013These two books give us insights into how brain science can help us understand our nature, improve our lives, and help us empathize with those who may have memory lapses.
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
May 22, 2013
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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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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The Compassionate Mind
We're angry, fearful, depressed--and we can't help it. Societies that encourage us to compete with each other make it difficult to exercise compassion towards ourselves and others.
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