Happiness

Black Americans are 11 times more likely to be arrested by age 20 if they've had an encounter with law enforcement by the age of 14 regardless of whether the initial encounter involved an arrest.

Happiness

Dancing with music once a week may reduce motor and mental health symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Reading social media posts in a more emotional state of mind can make people more likely to believe untrue news posts.

People can often tell if a speaker is smiling from their tone of voice alone. This knowledge can be used to improve communication over the phone and radio and make synthetic speech sound more human.

For American households experiencing COVID-related income disruption, unemployment insurance improved health care access and reduced risk of depression and anxiety symptoms.

JAMA Internal Medicine

People with generalized anxiety disorder who practiced mindfulness meditation for eight weeks had less of a marker of inflammation and stress-related adrenocorticotropic hormone (but not the stress-related hormone cortisol).

Psychiatry Research

Adding unmalted cereals like wheat, barley, rice, and maize to beer changes the flavor when compared to malted beers, but is more sustainable and cost-efficient.

Beverages

Viewing cat videos or photos boosts feelings of energy and positive emotions (hope, happiness, contentment) and decreases negative emotions (anxiety, annoyance, sadness, guilt). However, viewing more cat videos was also associated with less emotional stability.

Computers in Human Behavior

People that avoid attachment in relationships benefit from touch when experiencing it, despite their negative attitudes toward it.

Having a competent supervisor was more predictive of job satisfaction among workers than worker education, tenure, industry, or earnings.