Research suggests that cultivating character promotes a flourishing life—and leaders with character help build a flourishing ...

Some people are turning to AI chatbots for comfort, which could create unhealthy attachment and real harm, experts warn.

Expanding marriage rights to same-sex couples also expanded access to the psychological benefits that come with tying ...

During a tantrum, your child’s body is constantly communicating. The anger phase hits first and hard. This is when you’ll see ...

According to a new study, feeling hopeful—even more so than just feeling good—may bring us a sense of meaning.

But even spending 30 seconds planning some talking points makes conversations more fluid, with less awkward transitions, ...

Research indicates that a variety of different social behaviors help prevent loneliness and foster a sense of community and ...

Empathy, or the capacity to “feel with” and share others’ emotions, can be a beautiful gift that connects us with each other. Yet it can also feel heart-wrenching and even unbearable at times.

True power requires modesty and empathy, not force and coercion, argues Dacher Keltner. But what people want from leaders—social intelligence—is what is damaged by the experience of power.

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they ...

Pareidolia, the tendency to see faces and other images in random visual patterns, could help us understand and enhance our creativity.

Are you a Bridger? The two of us would like to think we are. After all, over the past two years, we’ve helped to lead the Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences initiative, which has been ...