empathy

Most people think about empathy as feeling each other's pain but if you can feel someone else's pleasure, you are a much happier person in general because it simply brings more joy into your life.

In a grim bit of news, it turns out that being around happy people can make unhappy people feel even worse. As reported by Tara Parker-Pope in The New York Times — "Happiest Places Post Highest Suicide Rates" — places like Denmark and Sweden score high on measures of happiness and life satisfaction but also have some of the highest rates of suicide.

They're sometimes mean and a little hot-tempered. A new study shows why teens act the way they do, and when you can expect things to level out.

Scientific American reveals the six-word mantra that will take you from enraged to enlightened in a matter of days.

More likely to throw a shoe at your partner than walk a mile in his Converse? There’s a chance your relationship may be suffering from an empathy deficit.