Articles: Our 10 Most Popular Articles in 2012—and 15 More You Might Like!
By Jeremy Adam Smith | January 7, 2013We round up the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year—and point to 15 more you ought to consider reading.
Tag: Dacher Keltner
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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: The Cooperative Instinct
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | September 21, 2012A new study finds that our first, quickest impulse is to cooperate, not compete.
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: 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: Honorable Mentions in Our “Human Happiness” Student Video Competition
By Jason Marsh | May 19, 2012These entries offer quick recipes for happiness: nature, supportive relationships, altruism, and kittens.
Articles: The Runners-Up in Our “Human Happiness” Student Video Competition
By Jason Marsh | May 18, 2012Watch them all for a major boost of happiness!
Articles: The Winner of Our “Human Happiness” Student Video Competition: “Bill’s Story”
By Jason Marsh | May 17, 2012Check out this engaging tale of paper dolls, modern life, and the secret to true happiness.
Articles: Affluent People More Likely to be Scofflaws
By Yasmin Anwar | February 28, 2012Seven separate studies by GGSC-affiliated researchers find that upper-class people are more likely to break laws and social customs.
Articles: Is It Best to Be Greedy in Tough Economic Times?
By Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton | February 23, 2012New research suggests that evolution selects for altruism, not greed.
Articles: Greater Good Sex Tips for Guys
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 12, 2012Jeremy Adam Smith offers three science-based sex tips for the emotionally intelligent gentleman.
Articles: When Gossip is Good
By Yasmin Anwar | January 17, 2012Gossip isn’t all bad — new study finds its social and psychological benefits
Articles: Fox News: GGSC Fellow Study is “Junk”
By Jeremy Adam Smith | December 30, 2011New media coverage of our research ranges from the helpful to the political.
Articles: Low-Income People Quicker to Show Compassion
By Yasmin Anwar | December 20, 2011New research by GGSC graduate fellow Jennifer Stellar finds that upper classes are less able to recognize suffering.
Articles: Is that Stranger Trustworthy? You’ll Know in 20 seconds
By Yasmin Anwar | November 15, 2011New research co-authored by the GGSC's Dacher Keltner suggests we can instinctively detect whether a stranger is inclined to kindness.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Give Out Some Hugs
By Christine Carter | July 26, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Articles: Dacher Keltner on BloggingheadsTV with Robert Wright
By Jason Marsh | January 15, 2011Greater Good's executive editor discusses the science of touch, awe, oxytocin, and more.
Articles: You Can’t Buy Empathy
By Jason Marsh | December 14, 2010New research suggests the rich have a hard time reading others' emotions.
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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
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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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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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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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