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Jeremy Adam Smith How love grows in your body

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 2/8/13 | 2 comments

“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds,” wrote William Shakespeare in his 116th Sonnet. “O no! it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.”

Nothing could be further from the truth, says the new science of romantic love.

Love is, first and foremost, an … More >

Christine Carter Wired to want stuff? Neuroscience can explain kids’ holiday gimmes

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 12/17/12 | 4 comments

I’ll never forget a holiday moment a few years ago, when I found myself in a negotiation with my younger daughter over her gift list. (Which, by the way, I don’t believe in. In theory, I’ve never wanted my kids to make lists of things they want for Christmas and … More >

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