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Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
John Templeton Foundation
We're overthinking being nice.
People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about cats are more likely to interact with cats in ways they don't like.
People tend to underestimate how much a friend they’ve lost contact with would enjoy a simple note saying "hi."
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans' emotions. But can they understand each other's emotions?
It's time to put on your listening hat.
Are psychopaths cold-blooded murderers? Not usually.
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
People believe that slow and deliberative thinking is inherently superior to fast and intuitive thinking. The truth is more complicated.
John Templeton Foundation
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
People underestimate their opponent’s capacity to feel basic human sensations. We can short-circuit this impulse through moral reframing and perspective taking.
There’s never been a better time to implement empathy training.
Successful romantic relationships require desire, but that desire doesn't have to be sexual.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world's most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.
Society treats teenagers as if they’re a problem to be solved, but the truth is that we have to prepare them to solve our problems. It’s time that we change the narrative.
John Templeton Foundation
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
Chimpanzees are able to consider the context of social interactions and can accept unfavorable outcomes — sometimes.
Dark personality traits include psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. Is there room for empathy?
Pet owners have consistently reported higher levels of social capital in their communities than people without pets.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday […]
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.
How can we save humanity from ourselves? In this life and this Universe, there will always be questions beyond the capabilities of humanity to answer. There’s so much that we’ve […]