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The Best Years of Your Life Are Probably Still Ahead
Laura Carstensen‘s favorite lecture of the year is the one when she tells undergrads at Stanford University that—contrary to what they’ve probably been told and believe—these are not the best years of their lives. Those
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Do You Live In a ‘Lonelygenic Environment’? Being In Nature May Help
Loneliness has become a global public health concern. Countries including the United Kingdom and Japan have appointed “ministers of loneliness” to help tackle the problem. In the United States, then-Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued a public health advisory on loneliness, stating
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Predicting Suicide
Researchers are exploring ways to gauge who is most at risk and help develop targeted treatments for their most vulnerable moments.
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Why Is Dining Alone So Difficult?
… The assumption that people need to be coupled or grouped goes beyond restaurants, said Bella DePaulo, a social psychologist in Summerland, Calif., and the author of the 2023 book “Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom
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The Loneliness Cure: How to Break the Cycle and Build Connections
A recent Gallup Poll showed that 1 in 5 American adults reports feeling lonely every single day. It’s something that former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called a “national epidemic of loneliness and isolation.”
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A Four-Day Science-Backed Guide to Forging Better Friendships That Will Improve Your Life
… Another way to add warmth to your connections could be to repair past wrongs, by saying sorry. As our tech specialist Thomas Germain found out, robots are actually surprisingly good at coming up with effective
