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How Friends Become Closer
The Atlantic: “Friendships don’t just happen,” says William Rawlins, a professor of interpersonal communication at Ohio University. “They don’t drop from the sky.” Like any relationship, friendships take effort and work. But they’re often the Visit Page
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The Many Flavors of Relationships
Psychological science has amassed mounds of research on romantic relationships, but a cross-cutting symposium explores research on other important relationships, including those between siblings, friends, and church members. Visit Page
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Puppy Love! How Baby Animal Photos Could Help Your Marriage
Live Science: That “squeee!” you feel when you look at pictures of cute puppies or bunnies might be good for your love life. A new study finds that looking at baby-animal photos may increase couples’ Visit Page
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Struggling Relationship? Science Says Puppy Pictures May Help.
National Geographic: Struggling to stay happy in a long-distance relationship? Here, have some puppy pictures. It may sound like a mere distraction, but a new study published this week in Psychological Science found that people Visit Page
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How Viewing Cute Animals Can Help Rekindle Marital Spark
Using evaluative conditioning, a team of researchers has developed an unconventional intervention for helping a marriage maintain its spark: pictures of puppies and bunnies. Visit Page
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Popular People Live Longer
The New York Times: I often hear from teenagers that one of their greatest goals is to obtain more Instagram followers than anyone they know. Even some adults appear obsessed with social media, tracking the Visit Page
