Category: Happiness & Wellbeing

Happiness comes in two main shades: Joy vs Pleasure. We do need both. One for being happy now. Other for being happy while looking back over our shoulders.

Extroverts have a definite tell-tale pattern in their social behaviours. You can recognize them easily if you look closely for these 6 traits. What makes them score high on …

At times, happiness can have negative effects. Some kinds of happiness can hurt, and the person may not even realize that it's happiness that's hurting them.

Research shows placebo pills can help create lasting behavior change by tapping into societal expectations. Find out if the placebo effect is real.

You can’t keep the brand out of happiness. You can neither keep happiness out of a brand. "Happiness" is a influential marketing phenomenon today. How did it come about?

When poor and hungry, we suffer greatly. Money helps us overcome the hardships of poverty. But once we get out of poverty, can money buy happiness indefinitely?

Read the psychology of music and happiness.

We can't always wake up happy, but we can decide to take actions to create a happy day. Learn what's the International Day of Happiness.

You know how to get your happiness boost — going to parties, talking to friends, buying new stuff, and traveling to your favorite place. Those are temporary. A bigger …

Do your Facebook friendships make you unhappy and envious? Can online friends deliver offline happiness? Why do you need social connections? What science says of this?

Why is happiness important? What research in positive psychology tells us about the A's and B's (advantages and benefits) of happiness?

Is there a math equation for happiness? A new equation found our happiness depends on expectations during decision making tasks, and a history of recent rewards.

Science says, past memory is the last to go. If you don't create happy memories today, what would you have when you're old age? Happiness tomorrow begins today.

Happiness Science is the scientific study of all that makes us feel happier - and how those strategies can make others find more joy in life.