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University of California, Berkeley
Co-Director of Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley
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Dacher Keltner
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FROM Dacher Keltner
Design and Architecture
Facebook Compassion Love and loss can be complicated. If you've shared a romance with all of Facebook – and then it ends – can the company design a way to relieve your break-up pain? How much does a caring symbol help? We talk to Dacher Keltner, an expert on the psychology of emotion, who is a consultant on Facebook's “Compassion” team .
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
An Awe-Inspiring Health Boost Taking a more Zen approach to life can help with depression, as we just heard. It can also help with diseases like cancer and heart disease, according to new research. In addition to mindfulness, cultivating the emotion of awe can also enhance good health. What is awe, and why does it work such magic? We hear from a co-author of a new study on the benefits of awe.
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