Psychology professor Gordon Flett has shown that the amount a person feels they "matter" could be the key factor in how positive they feel about their life.He also argues there are evidence-based ways ...

Stress, challenges and failure are a part of life, but how we emotionally respond to them can shape our future.As Shakespeare put it, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” ...

Teaching: These lesson plans aim to help students make associations between positive-affect dynamics and mental and physical ...

As of September 2025, EveryDay Labs has grown to employ 30 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees. They deliver ...

Research reveals how people process information, how they acquire—and sometimes reject—knowledge, and how that compares to ...

A new study shows that how we process information, in addition to party allegiances, can contribute to beliefs of vote ...

Let’s stop confusing humanity to think that it’s more difficult than it really is, and give them much clearer guidelines of how to do this,” says psychology professor Todd Kashdan, who runs the ...

Dylan Selterman, a scientist who works as an associate teaching professor at the Johns Hopkins University department of psychological and brain sciences, and studies dreams, said there was no ...

Some of this was projection. “We love an avatar more than a specific being,” Pettman writes, “a gestalt abstraction, lifted from all the love stories we’ve imbibed since childhood.” I wanted this guy ...

Why do so many young people have mental-health problems? The growing focus on students’ anxiety and depression, while well-intentioned, may be making psychological distress seem inevitable. Instead of ...

Whether through religious rituals, concerts, or protests, synchrony with others through movement, behavior, and collective emotions often brings us together. Current research suggests strikingly ...