For years now, research studies across the world looking at happiness across our lifetimes have found a U-shape: happiness ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study.

Everyone is constantly evolving, grappling with new issues, and crafting new experiences in their daily lives, which can make it hard to pause and take a second for mindfulness. They may learn a ...

Want to be a better parent, friend or colleague? There’s a simple lesson from psychologists that you can adopt right now to improve your relationships ― no matter the age of the person who is ...

Since the retirement of the Psychology and Statistics teacher Dianne Chrisman, there have been many changes to these classes ...

A new study reveals that sharing positive emotions with a partner can significantly boost health, especially as people get ...

Chimpanzees may have more in common with human thinkers than previously thought. A new study published in Science by an international team of researchers provides evidence that chimpanzees can ...

I still remember the day I realized I had been glossing over some essential life lessons. It was a rainy Tuesday morning (my coffee had gone cold, of course), and I found myself scrolling through ...

Sharing happy moments with a partner may be good for older people's health, lowering the level of the stress hormone cortisol ...