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Articles: How Positive Emotions Improve Our Health

A new study suggests why it is that good feelings benefit our bodies as well as our minds.

Articles: How to Make Giving Feel Good

Studies show giving makes people happy, and happiness makes people give--but not always. Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton offer three ways to help people feel good about giving.

Articles: Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense

Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.

Articles: Teens Who Help, Help Their Hearts

New research shows that adolescents who volunteer decrease their risk for heart disease.

Articles: Four Ways Teachers Can Show They Care

Research suggests caring relationships with teachers help students do better in school and act more kindly toward others.

Articles: When the Going Gets Tough, the Affluent Get Lonely

A new study says affluent people are less likely to reach out to others in times of chaos.

Articles: The Benefits of Introversion

Do extroverts rule the world? A new book makes the case for some alone time.

Articles: How to Foster Group Creativity

In the second of a two-part conversation, Imagine author Jonah Lehrer explains how science can help teams become more creative.

Articles: Creating Emotionally Intelligent Parenting Networks

In a time of toxic stress, Maurice J. Elias says it's time for parents to support each other's emotional development.

Articles: Stress and Self-Compassion

Stress is the problem, says Robert Sapolsky. Is Kristin Neff's idea of self-compassion the solution?

Research Digest Items/Studies: The Keys to Resilience

Videos and Podcasts: How a Chair Revealed the Type A Personality Profile

Combining wit with deep knowledge, the researcher and best-selling author of Monkeyluv talks about how the Type A personality profile was developed and why Type A personalities are more at risk for heart disease.

Articles: From Adversity to Advocacy

More and more research says activism helps people cope with illness and addiction.

Research Digest Items/Studies: Does Heartbreak Really Hurt?

Research Digest Items/Studies: Why Facebook Might Hurt People with Low Self-Esteem