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Need 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.
Robert Emmons explains how gratitude has the ability to heal, energize, and change our lives.
In one troubled city, researchers and community members are working together to boost altruism among adolescents. What can their project teach other communities facing hard times?
Research suggests that young people motivated to help others are poised for a successful career.
Getting children to be helpful might be easier than we think.
A new study finds that the rich are less altruistic
Sonja Lyubomirsky explains why helping others helps ourselves.
Sonja Lyubomirsky discusses how helping others helps ourselves.
New research suggests dads matter in their own unique way
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.
New research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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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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Work & Career | May 15, 2013
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Education | May 14, 2013
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Mind & Body | May 13, 2013
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Family & Couples | May 13, 2013
Dealing with Entitled Kids
Videos | May 13, 2013
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Education | May 7, 2013
