Angelina Jolie has shared her discussions with her kids about her own mortality. This has raised tough questions for parents.

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A large share of how happy you are is the luck of the genetic draw—a finding that positive psychology keeps in the footnotes.

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When you find yourself hesitating to move forward, courage can give you the motivation to take the first step.

Your psychological footprint is the lasting impact of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Increasing awareness of this ...

Waking an athlete at 2 a.m. for anti-doping testing isn't just inconvenient. It's ignoring the science of sleep and ...

Attraction in a relationship is a measure of intensity. That is, how strongly two people are drawn to each other, how quickly ...

Death is decidedly weird. One minute you’re up and living, and the next minute you’re gone. Death is a stark reminder to ...

We've known for decades that we don't have lizard brains or mammalian brains, so why do people still think we do?

Dorothy Parker once observed, "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." When was the last time you ...

A person works through time, finding meaning in memory and risk. The comparison people commonly seek, better or worse, ...