Sharing your happiness with Twitter followers right now? Odds are they’re going to pay it forward, a new study shows. An analysis of 3,800 randomly chosen Twitter users found that emotions spread virally through Twitter feeds — with positive emotions far more likely to spread than negative ones. “What you tweet and share on social […]

The Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute suggests that keeping away from Facebook for a short duration might make you a happier person. It adopted an interesting methodology for the study conducted among 1,095 people in Denmark. It asked half of them to refrain from using Facebook for one week. The participants were asked to evaluate their life […]

As per a new study published in Food Research International, being pleasantly surprised or disappointed with a food product can impact a person’s mood. For the purpose of the study, a team of researchers from Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, the Netherlands, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria and VTT Technical […]

Degrees count. Previous experience counts. Fitment and references too matter. Competence and intellect of course! All these things matter when companies are hiring. However, in addition to these, companies are now increasingly looking at emotional health of the candidates. Talent Acquisition Head of an FMCG giant states, “When you are interviewing for a position, most […]