About a year ago, I was presenting my project at the IU Intensive Freshman Seminar conference. My group and I had run an experiment on how empathetic professional runners are depending on their speed ...

We often think we know people, but the truth is, we only see what they allow us to see. Sometimes, people who seem the happiest are actually hiding a sea of sadness underneath that cheerful exterior.

There was a time when sadness was fashionable, which is something difficult to imagine nowadays, given our current cultural reliance on mandatory positivity and happiness. The time was the beginning ...

There’s a popular conception of what grief is supposed to look like, especially in the early days. We’re expected to be deeply sad and somber. Depending on the circumstances, people might also ...

Happiness is a worthy pursuit. But fixating too much on achieving it often leads to bad feelings when you fall short—which ultimately makes you less happy. That’s the finding of a new study published ...

Happiness takes many different forms. It can come in short bursts of excitement, like when we receive good news, or it can be a prolonged sense of fulfillment over the course of a lifetime. Some say ...

You would think happy people would prefer to listen to happy music. Lyrics that speak to their positive mood, bringing them cheer and joy. Yet, sad music tends to have a longer-lasting appeal for many ...

From family upbringing to genetics, there are several other factors which determine happiness. Find out where music preference stands among these.