What does forgiveness look like in the brain? As a neuroscientist, I am always looking for the biological underpinnings of mental processes—not as an effort to distill mystery into molecules, but to ...

A new study looks outside the home to see how children's surroundings impact their cognitive and emotional development.

Researchers across disciplines have attempted to define, categorize, and measure the elusive experience of love.

A new study suggests that making small online donations can make you happier and help alleviate depressive symptoms.

New research finds that COPs can help educators feel more confident in their teaching and more optimistic about impacting ...

Our skills, genetics, personality, and environment all come together to influence how resilient we are to stress.

Women and health professionals need to be more aware of how this life stage can affect mood, anxiety, depression, and more.

Nuclear families are no longer the norm in the United States. Could community living arrangements help us find the connection and support we crave?

Religion has long been a central part of life for many. But recent trends in the United States have revealed that increasingly more people are leaving religion. By 2070, many project that Christianity ...

We at the Greater Good Science Center recently learned that one of our books was pulled from the shelves of the United States Naval Academy Nimitz Library, as part of a larger systematic purge of 381 ...