Science

The President’s Address by Martin Seligman

Martin Seligman’s American Psychology Association’s President’s Address from 1998.

A profile of Christopher Peterson, one of the pioneers in the positive psychology field and director of the Values In Action (VIA) project.

Martin Seligman has since become a champion of the positive in an extraordinary range of applications.

More about Sonja Lyubomirsky author of The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, But Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t Make You Happy, But Does.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has dedicated his career to the study of what he calls flow, the state of being fully engaged in the activity of the moment.

Trace the history of positive psychology, from its start as an abandoned research project to the revolution ignited by a few passionate scientists.

In this excerpt from his latest book, Before Happiness, Shawn Achor builds on the themes from his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage.

Ed Diener, Dr. Happiness, has mastered the art and science of putting accurate numbers to the subjective experience of human wellbeing.

Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden-and-build theory showed conclusively that positive emotions play a critical role in human development.