From the University of California – Berkeley press release: Pressure to feel upbeat can make you feel downbeat, while embracing your darker moods can actually make you feel better in the long run, according to new…
From the Duke University press release: It might not seem like a big deal if you like Coke while your partner likes Pepsi — but new research suggests preferring different brands can affect our happiness in…
From the DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory press release: In the future, public health workers could monitor trends on social media to quickly identify a rise of influenza, depression or other health issues in a specific area,…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: In a study looking at brain scans of people with mild loss of thought and memory ability, Johns Hopkins researchers report evidence of lower levels of the serotonin transporter…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: While babies sleep, astonishing processes take place in their brains. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s suggested that women and men would have equal shots at happiness — whether they were their families’ primary breadwinners…
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Research on how our social lives affects decision-making has usually focused on negative factors like stress and adversity. Less attention, however, has been paid to the reverse: What makes…
From the University of Bonn press release: Previous work from INSEAD Associate Professor of Marketing Hilke Plassmann’s research group did show that a higher price, for instance for chocolate or wine, increased the expectation that the…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People may be happier when they feel the emotions they desire, even if those emotions are unpleasant, such as anger or hatred, according to research published by the American…
From the American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev press release: A smiley face emoji and similar emoticons included in work-related e-mails may not create a positive impression and could even undermine information sharing, according to…