Dr. Dacher Keltner, one of the worlds leading experts on teasing, proposes that teasing serves some very important social functions. Read more.

Stress is something that everyone understands and has been linked to a number of poor health outcomes. What most people also know is that stress also causes problems in relationships. Find out how.

A recent paper has looked into the time course, social resources, and cultural differences of the grieving process. Read more about what they found.

When making a hard decision, you can a) take a careful listing of all of the pros and cons and then decide the correct course of action or b) go with your gut instinct. There is increasing evidence that people are able to make snap judgments and be relatively accurate, and sometimes more accurate than with careful deliberation.

A recent study looked at our tendency to root for the underdog, and why we do it. Discover more about what they found.

There was an interesting article on MSNBC the other day about married couples who live apart. It may sound strange but according to the census about 3.8 million married couples live separately. Learn how these couples make it work.

A recent paper by Matthew Gailliot and Roy Baumeister takes research on self-regulation in a fascinating new direction. Find out what you can do to keep your willpower from failing.

Being optimistic is good for you. Over the last 15 years a slew of research has shown that people who are optimistic are healthier physically and psychologically…and may even have better relationships. Read more.

There are many things that get better at with age. Find out what they are.

Belinda was one of my best friends in graduate school. We helped each other through the hard times and celebrated as our careers have both blossomed (she now teaches and does research at a University).
She was born in the United States but her parents weren’t, they immigrated from Mexico. Over the years of graduate [...]

Do you ever catch yourself unintentionally staring at the really attractive people? Find out why this might occur.

This group of people is more likely to buy things by mail, call all of their soft drinks “coke,” vote Republican, and listen to country music.

Who are they?

I love people who bring high ideals to their work. One of the people I admire the most is my graduate school advisor at UC Berkeley, Professor Dacher Keltner. He was a great advisor, professor, and researcher (even if he seemed to enjoy making me suffer during my dissertation).

I was recently rereading a paper known as the “nun study”. It looked at the effects of positive emotions on mortality and the findings are amazing.