Articles: Does Good Government Make People More Generous?
By Summer Allen | June 7, 2017A new study suggests that having confidence in our governing institutions may lead us to be more generous to our fellow citizens.
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Articles: How Dogs Help People Get Along Better
By Jill Suttie | March 6, 2017A new study suggests that when dogs are around, groups are closer, more cooperative, and more trusting.
Articles: The Evolution of Gratitude
By Malini Suchak | February 1, 2017How did gratitude evolve? Researchers are starting to trace this common human emotion all the way back to primate behavior.
Articles: The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2016
By Kira M. Newman, Tom Jacobs, Mariah Flynn, Summer Allen, Jill Suttie, Jason Marsh, Jeremy Adam Smith, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | December 26, 2016Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Articles: How the Growth Mindset Can Increase Cooperation
By Alex Shashkevich | November 16, 2016In a new study, researchers saw Jewish- and Palestinian-Israeli students cooperating better after a simple lesson.
Articles: How to Help Diverse Students Find Common Ground
By Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu | November 14, 2016Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu identifies principles that promote a truly inclusive university.
Articles: How Background Music Influences Our Behavior at Work
By Jill Suttie | September 22, 2016A new study suggests that happy, rhythmic music increases cooperative behavior—and that may be good news for employers.
Articles: How Music Bonds Us Together
By Jill Suttie | June 28, 2016According to new research, music helps synchronize our bodies and our brains.
Articles: Can You Incentivize Generosity?
By Jill Suttie | June 23, 2016According to a new book, most economists don't understand why people behave honestly, fairly, and generously.
Articles: Women, Power, and Hillary Clinton
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 24, 2016Research suggests that Clinton’s election could increase women’s political power—but they’ll face the same pitfalls as their male counterparts.
Articles: Want to Be Happy? Make Your Relationships Exceptional
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | November 9, 2015New data from our Science of Happiness course confirm the link between well-being and relationship quality.
Articles: How Inequality Can Make Wealthy People Less Cooperative
By Jill Suttie | September 23, 2015A new study finds that visible inequality makes wealthy people less likely to cooperate with others—which might lead to even greater disparities.
Articles: Are We Born Vengeful?
By Jenn Director Knudsen | July 27, 2015A new study explores whether children are quicker to comfort a victim or punish the thief—and what this might reveal about human nature.
Articles: You Should Always Shake Hands with a Robot
By Chris Bevan, Danaë Stanton Fraser | May 29, 2015Touch between humans can build trust and cooperation. But how do we feel when we touch machines?
Articles: How to Transform Stress into Courage and Connection
By Kelly McGonigal | May 13, 2015Stress doesn't always lead to fight-or-flight, says Kelly McGonigal. It can also activate brain systems that help us connect with other people.
Articles: The Place of Care in the Economy
By Jill Suttie | May 4, 2015A new book brings economists, scientists, and Buddhists together to explore the spiritual dimensions of the economy.
Articles: How Science Helps Us Find the Good
By Jeremy Adam Smith | April 9, 2015Looking back at 10 years of writing about the science of human goodness for Greater Good, Jeremy Adam Smith discovers that the bad and good—and the inner and outer—go hand in hand.
Articles: What Can Bonobos Tell Us about Ourselves?
By Frans de Waal | March 3, 2015Famed primatologist Frans de Waal takes on the unproven assumption that apes and humans are natural-born killers.
Articles: Four Ways Music Strengthens Social Bonds
By Jill Suttie | January 15, 2015Why would human evolution have given us music? New research says the answer may lie in our drive to connect.
Articles: The Social Artist
By Jill Suttie | September 23, 2014A new book argues that creativity can be—and often is—a social endeavor, rather than the work of a lone genius.
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Why Curious People Have Better Relationships
May 31, 2017Research suggests that being curious might be a social glue that strengthens our relationships.
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How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
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Who Experiences the Most Awe?
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The Greater Good Science Center Summer Institute for Educators 2017
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Sunday, June 25 - Friday, June 30, 2017 OR Sunday, July 16 - Friday, July 21, 2017
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute equips education professionals with prosocial learning strategies, tools and processes that benefit both students and teachers.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Jeffrey J. Froh’s Laboratory for Gratitude in Youth
Learn more about one of the leading researchers of gratitude.
- Expanding the Science and Practice of Gratitude
The GGSC’s new project which aims to expand the scientific database of gratitude and promote practices of gratitude in...
- The Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness
The Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness, co-directed by Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough, is a...
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Roots of Empathy
Mary Gordon explains how best to nurture empathy and social emotional literacy in all children—and thereby reduce aggression, antisocial behavior, and bullying.
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