Aug 18, 2025 by Natali Anderson

New research indicates that caffeine consumption is associated with subsequent increases in positive affect, and this association is strongest within the...

Dec 27, 2023 by News Staff

In a largely sleep-deprived society, quantifying the effects of sleep loss on emotion is critical for promoting psychological health. In a new systematic...

Jan 6, 2021 by News Staff

New research from University College London suggests that how we learn about the world around us can be more important for how we feel than rewards we...

Jan 4, 2021 by News Staff

Frequent travelers are about 7% happier than people who don’t travel at all, according to a study carried out in Taiwan. Chen et al. suggest that travel...

May 20, 2020 by News Staff

New and diverse daily experiences are linked to enhanced happiness, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Heller et al reveal...

Feb 11, 2020 by News Staff

Despite claims that owning a gun makes a person feel safer and sleep easier, gun owners don’t sleep any better than people who do not own guns, they...

Nov 1, 2019 by News Staff

Workers make around 13% more sales in weeks where they report being happy compared to weeks when they are unhappy, according to a study by researchers...

Apr 25, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In a large-scale international study, researchers have identified three genetic variants associated with subjective well-being (happiness), two variants...

Aug 12, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists from the University of North Carolina and the University of California, Los Angeles, different types of happiness have...