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Money can’t buy love but it might be a necessary first step, psychologists find

July 08, 2025

Soaring living costs, the rise of gig work, and the near-constant threat of a recession are stretching young people thin. You might think that finding a partner to split rent and groceries with would be an easy remedy.

Exhibit spotlights stories of memory and resilience in women with cancer risk

June 16, 2025

“Don’t allow a diagnosis to guide your direction. Things change and nothing is perfect. But you have the power of turning sad news into a whole new universe of good things,” reads a body map exhibited earlier this spring at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

After 20-year war, Afghanistan reports lowest well-being in recorded history

May 28, 2025

In 2022, after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained power, Afghans reported an average life satisfaction of 1.28 on a scale from 0 to 10—or from the worst possible life to the best possible life—according to a new study published today in Science Advances.

What do we find beautiful, and how? New conference investigates

April 30, 2025

“We spend about ninety per cent of our lives indoors, and the majority of the other ten per cent is spent commuting between indoor spaces,” said Professor Oshin Vartanian at the first-ever Toronto Aesthetic Sciences Conference.

In the News: Felix Cheung explains what we can learn from the 2025 World Happiness Report

March 31, 2025

The UN publishes the World Happiness Report annually on March 20th, the International Day of Happiness.

Trusting your neighbour is key to happiness, according to World Happiness Report

March 20, 2025

A belief in the kindness of others is key to individual happiness — and to the happiness of an entire country, according to the new World Happiness Report.

One new experience a day boosts memory and mood: Study

March 18, 2025

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that doing just one new thing each day can significantly improve mood, memory and overall well-being — a finding that could be particularly beneficial for those at risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

People-pleasing linked to gender differences in problem-solving: Study

March 06, 2025

Studies show that people-pleasing — when someone devalues their own ideas to uphold those of others — is more common in women than men. And the social pressure for girls to follow the status quo takes root as early as preschool, when teachers expect them to be more obedient than boys.

In the News: Single women are happier than single men, study finds. This could be why

January 28, 2025

Research led by Elaine Hoan, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology, and Professor Geoff MacDonald was recently featured in the Toronto Star.

There’s more to stereotypes than we thought, psychologists find

January 27, 2025

“Stereotypes have been stereotyped.” That’s what new research published by psychologists from the University of Toronto, University of California, Irvine, and Hamilton College suggests.

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