From the University of Portsmouth press release: What it takes to thrive, rather than merely survive, could be as simple as feeling good about life and yourself and being good… Read more »
From the UCR press release by Bettye Miller: Scholars have long known that voters tend to believe that the candidates they support will win, even when victory seems unlikely. But… Read more »
From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via AlphaGalileo: Compulsive gamblers suffer from an optimism bias that modifies their subjective representation of probability and affects their decisions in situations… Read more »
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release via EurekAlert!: Even in the face of a disaster, we remain optimistic about our chances of injury compared to others,… Read more »
From the American Psychological Association press release via EurekAlert!: For people living in both rich and poor countries, the average person’s happiness is based on a combination of individual wealth,… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: For so many important outcomes in life – applying for jobs, waiting for medical test results – there comes a point when… Read more »
From the University of Queensland press release via HealthCanal: Imagining a rosy future is key to present-day happiness, new research conducted in Australia and China has found. Two recent studies… Read more »
From the Harvard School of Public Health press release: Over the last few decades numerous studies have shown negative states, such as depression, anger, anxiety, and hostility, to be detrimental… Read more »
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release via EurekAlert: Even kindergarteners know that thinking positively will make you feel better. And parents’ own feelings of optimism may… Read more »
