From the Duke-NUS Medical School press release: Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British…
From the University of Turku press release: It has long been assumed that the content of dreams can tell us something about the person’s well-being. However, so far dream researchers have mostly studied the dreams…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Our digital lives may be making us more distracted, distant and drained, according to research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. For instance, even…
From the University of Arizona press release: People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms. Researchers also found that idle small talk is not necessarily negatively related to…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: If you want to give a little boost to your life satisfaction a year from now, you may want to try socially-focused strategies over strategies that involve…
From the University of Birmingham press release: A sense of wellbeing and a thriving community is key to a happy neighbourhood according to housing researchers, who looked at the relationship between the experience of the…
From the Springer press release: People generally like to feel happy, but achieving a state of happiness takes time and effort. Researchers have now found that people who pursue happiness often feel like they do…
From the University of British Columbia press release: Smartphones might make people feel more connected, but they likely don’t belong at the dinner table, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. Researchers…
From the Purdue University press release: There is an optimal point to how much money it takes to make an individual happy, and that amount varies worldwide, according to research from Purdue University. “That might…
From the San Diego State University press release: Happiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between adolescent life satisfaction and screen time. Teens whose eyes are habitually glued…