Happiness has many social benefits. Happy people tend to be healthier and more successful. They are also more helpful and others often view them more positively, making it easier for them to find ...

We talked a bit about how negative emotions have important functions, especially social functions. And we just talked about how to manage our emotions effectively. To deal with emotions ...

Social anointing may be analogous to social grooming, in that both behaviors have anti-parasite benefits and serve social functions. Tufted capuchin monkey. Source: Wald1siedel, via Wikimedia Commons.

The idea that social connections directly impact immune function isn’t just theory — it’s fact supported by decades of research and thousands of lived experiences.