happiness
Happiness: Too Much of a Good Thing?
May/20/2011 09:22 Filed in: Happiness

Happiness -- that should be the goal, right? Well, maybe not, or at least not as the ultimate goal that we should be striving for all the time. New work by June Gruber, Iris Mauss, and Maya Tamir suggests that too much happiness, just like too much chocolate, may not be beneficial. As we like to say here -- it's all about balance. Read More...
Parenthood and Delusions of Pleasure
Apr/02/2011 22:09 Filed in: Happiness

There has been some internet chatter recently about the determinants of happiness and well-being, reminding me of blogosphere responses to a paper in last month’s issue of Psychological Science. As a new parent, this study was of particular interest.
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