Where happiness resides? In your precuneus.

Credit: Kyoto UniversityKyoto University scientists used MRI brain scans to find the location of happiness.No, really.  In your precuneus. That's where happiness is found.  And you have one.  In your brain. In a region in your medial...

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How laughter leads to love.

James Cagney rubs a grapefruit half in the face of Mae Clarke in the classic flick, Public Enemy (1931), written by Kubec Glasmonand John Bright, adaptation for the screen by Harvey Thew.  Funny?Yes.  A rom-com?  Not really.  Great...

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Multiple tattoos lead to higher self-esteem? Yes.

Credit: Jerome Koch According to his new study, some interestingemotional correlations emerge among college-age respondents with four or more tattoos.Body modifications of all sorts are common today, from tattoos to piercings.What do these mean...

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Do you write self-help? You may be doing more harm than good.

One piece of advise I've heard many times is that writing a non-fiction how-to book is a great way to break into writing professionally.  How about writing self-help books?  Do they really help the reader?  Or cause unintended problems?According to this pilot study of self-help book readers, many authors actually cause stress and depression...

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The latest research on terror: How people react.

www.thetimes.co.uk Terrified hostages are led to safety during the Charlie Hebdo attack inParis earlier this year.  What effect does exposure to terror violencehave on you and I over the next months and years?Below are reports of the latest...

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