Psychology

An analysis from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more than half of media references to the “holiday-suicide myth” last year failed to debunk it, with quotes from Dan Romer.

A joint study by Jianghong Liu of the School of Nursing and Qatar University finds that higher tea intake is associated with reduced cognitive decline in adults.

The School of Veterinary Medicine’s Warrior Canine Connection program will bring therapeutic service dog training to veterans on campus.

Katy Milkman of the Wharton School is lauded for co-founding the Behavior Change for Good initiative, which seeks to dramatically accelerate the development of interventions that work to change common human behaviors.

Dani Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses their new book on curiosity and intellectual humility, “Curious Minds,” co-authored with twin Perry Zurn.

A study from Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences found that writing down three good things that happened each day leads to long-term increases in happiness and decreases in depressive symptoms.

Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people’s internal clocks are 30-40% dependent on genetic factors.