Paul K. Piff, PhD, assistant professor of psychological science at University of California, Irvine, who specializes in studying how social hierarchy, inequality and emotion shape relations between individuals and groups. Daniel Stancato, doctoral student, psychology, University of California, Berkeley. Study titled “Awe, the Small Self, and Prosocial Behavior” by researchers at University of California, Irvine, University of Toronto, New York University, University of California, Berkeley, published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Study titled “Positive affect and markers of inflammation: discrete positive emotions predict lower levels of inflammatory cytokines” by researchers at University of Toronto, University of Pittsburgh, University of California, Berkeley, published in Emotion.
Awesome. You’ve probably said this word recently—or heard someone say it. It’s positive, but in the end, it’s just a…