AbstractIn 11 studies, we found that participants typically did not enjoy spending 6 to 15 minutes in a room by...
Four experiments demonstrate that walking boosts creative ideation in real time and shortly after. In Experiment 1, while seated and...
Recent brain imaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have implicated insula and anterior cingulate cortices in the empathic...
Contemplative practices are believed to alleviate psychological problems, cultivate prosocial behavior and promote self-awareness. In addition, psychological science has developed...
The amygdala has been repeatedly implicated in emotional processing of both positive and negative-valence stimuli. Previous studies suggest that the...
Compassion is a positive orientation towards suffering that may be enhanced through compassion training and is thought to influence psychological...
The need for social connection is a fundamental human motive, and it is increasingly clear that feeling socially connected confers...
Meditation practices may impact physiological pathways that are modulated by stress and relevant to disease. While much attention has been...
BackgroundChildren exposed to early life adversity (ELA) have been shown to have elevated circulating concentrations of inflammatory markers that persist...
Cultivating social connection has long been a goal of psychology, philosophy, religion, and public policy. Yet the psychological and neural...