In an ideal world, would most people choose to be maximally happy, healthy, and free? The answers given by 6,000 people in 27 ...

People often believe that accomplishments like marriage and wealth will bring lasting happiness, and adverse experiences such as divorce or disease will bring unremitting sadness. But research ...

The young used to report high happiness levels that declined into middle age before increasing into and throughout retirement ...

The idea that a tear from the right eye signifies happiness and one from the left indicates sadness is a misconception. Tears, whether of joy or sorrow, are produced through the same physiological ...