What we learned from teaching a course on the science of happiness
We followed up students years after they took our course to find out whether they still reported better wellbeing.
March 25, 2024 • ~6 min
We followed up students years after they took our course to find out whether they still reported better wellbeing.
Activities such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, yoga and meditation help people manage their anger, according to a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 10,000 participants.
Setting specific, hard-to-reach goals seems to help people maintain motivation, while preventing them from feeling as drained by mental tasks.
Insight from one of the largest experiments ever conducted in climate change psychology sheds light on how people could make more effective decisions about their lifestyle and also wider policies.
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
Male domination in bridge means there can be a lack of recognition of the structural barriers for women.
Something to bear in mind if you find yourself swiping through profiles on a dating app later today.
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
Greater body appreciation is also closely tied to other aspects of wellbeing, such as fewer symptoms of depression.
Recent research suggests jurors are less likely to be lenient on attractive defendants than previously thought.
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