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Greater Good Science Center
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In This Section

What’s Good about Lying?
February 8, 2017
New research reveals how we learn to lie for the benefit of other people.
How Adults Communicate Bias to Children
January 31, 2017
A new study suggests preschoolers can "catch" prejudice from grown-ups through nonverbal behavior—and it hints at solutions.
How to Cultivate a Secure Attachment with Your Child
February 3, 2017
A new book suggests that parents can raise healthier and happier children by providing a balance of support and freedom.

Apply for a GGSC Fellowship!
February 13, 2017
We welcome researchers from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines at UC Berkeley to apply for research support.
How to Nurture Empathic Joy in Your Classroom
February 2, 2017
According to a new study, students perform better when teachers share in their joy.
What We Still Don’t Know about Mindfulness Meditation
February 7, 2017
Despite the hype, researchers are still exploring the benefits of meditation and how much practice we need to achieve them.

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How Gratitude Can Improve Students and Schools: Educating Hearts and Minds in the 21st Century
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February 23, 2017

Gratitude expert Giacomo Bono, Ph.D., will present a webinar for educators on incorporating gratitude into their schools and classrooms.

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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”...

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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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Book of the Week

How Pleasure Works By Paul Bloom Bloom explores a broad range of human pleasures from food to sex to religion to music. Bloom argues that human pleasure is not purely an instinctive, superficial, sensory reaction; it has a hidden depth and complexity.

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