Jan 2, 2025 · Here are the 20 best original Greater Good articles from the past year, as determined by a combination of reader popularity and staff votes.. 1. What Inside Out 2 …

Facial expressions are a universal language of emotion, instantly conveying happiness, sadness, anger, fear, and much more. Reading these expressions is essential to compassion and …

Jan 10, 2018 · Do you have a sense of purpose? For decades, psychologists have studied how long-term, meaningful goals develop over the span of our lives. The goals that foster a sense …

Based at UC Berkeley, Greater Good reports on groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism.

Jan 8, 2025 · This scene comes from our study on adolescents’ development of transcendent thinking and purpose in an intergenerational storytelling program. We partnered with Sages & …

Dec 13, 2022 · Social media use can be harmful. The effects are troubling and well-documented, from tragic stories of adolescent life lost to academic research on the psychological harm such …

What’s your purpose in life? It’s a daunting question. But your answer may say a lot about your well-being. Studies link a sense of purpose to better physical and mental health. But your …

Dec 19, 2024 · 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, …

Jan 5, 2021 · Here are the 10 best education articles of 2020, based on a composite ranking of pageviews and editors’ picks. Can the Lockdown Push Schools in a Positive Direction?, by …

Jan 19, 2018 · So, what can we do to manage the downsides of social media? One idea is to log out of Facebook completely and take that “hard break.” Researcher Morten Tromholt of …