Topic: Wellness
The Sad Fact of Reminiscing About Good Times
Happy memories of life-stage transitions can be bittersweet
The Surprising Relationship Between Empathic Skill — the Ability to Read Others’ Feelings — and One’s Own Happiness
A surer path to contentedness might be believing one possesses empathy, even if one doesn’t
The Unhappy Quest for a Happiness Index
Pushing aside GDP for a measure of human well-being turns out to be very, very difficult. Ask Dan Benjamin
Thinking in Days, Weeks, Years — Rather Than Minutes — Can Bring Contentment
A broader view of one’s time also changes how one spends it
Too Much Free Time? Blame Solitude or Lack of Productive Activity
Even abundant free time, used in meaningful pursuits, brings happiness
Unflattering Facts Don’t Dent Positive Self-Assessments
People rate selves better than average, even faced with objective data to the contrary
What’s Behind the Consumer Preference for the Middle Ground
Capturing how decisions are driven by a habitual preference for moderation
When Medicare Pays, Drug Companies Employ Older Subjects in Clinical Trials
The shift lends credibility to medicines vs. trials that exclude people 65 and older
Why the COVID-19 Baby Bust May Be Far Smaller Than Expected
Access to birth control among lower-income women was curtailed by pandemic’s lockdown