How Does Your Culture Influence the People You Trust?
According to a new study, we're more generous toward people when they express emotions valued by our culture.
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How to Turn Stigma about Mental Illness into Compassion
Stephen Hinshaw explores what it meant to be raised by a father with psychosis—and how that experience has informed his work as a psychologist.
How to Build Relationships across Difference
Here are four ways to confront your unconscious biases and forge meaningful connections with others.
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
New research is starting to explore how gratitude works to improve our mental health.
Three Ways Mindfulness Can Make You Less Biased
Cognitive biases may be partly to blame for prejudice, and research suggests that mindfulness can help us correct them.
Why “Mom Brain” Is Good for Mothers and Babies
According to a new study, pregnant women lose gray matter in their brains—and this process helps them figure out what other people need and feel.
What Happens in a Child’s Brain When They Learn to Empathize?
A new study explores what brain changes happen when children start to think about other people’s thoughts.
Why Don’t We Prepare Enough for Disasters?
A new book outlines the psychological biases that get in the way of good decision-making—and what to do about them.