The Army earlier this year steered a $31 million contract to a psychologist whose work formed the psychological underpinnings of the Bush administration’s torture program. The Army awarded the “sole ...

Ever had someone tell you to just cheer up? Did it drive you crazy? Well, turns out that someone telling you to “be happy” isn’t just annoying—it’s also wildly unhelpful. “‘Happy’ is a pretty useless ...

Martin Seligman with Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. George W. Casey Jr. Source: The U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Martin Seligman, professor of psychology at the University of ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Lynne Malcolm: Hi, It's All in the Mind on RN. Lynne Malcolm with you. Today the second part of ...

Authentic Happiness: Using the new positive psychology to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment by Martin Seligman, Free Press, $26, ISBN 0743222970 Reviewed by Robert Emmons THE ...

In this next series of posts, I am going to critically examine a few major lines of thought that are currently receiving much attention in the field. I am going to start by evaluating Martin ...

These days Martin Seligman, author of the best-selling book Authentic Happiness, is perhaps best known as a father of positive of psychology — the study of people’s strengths and virtues, rather than ...

This spring, Albany Academy presented a Distinguished Alumni Award to Martin Seligman, who graduated in 1960. This child of Albany went on to become one of the world's foremost psychologists. He is a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. This is Part One of a two-part interview with Dr Seligman. A pioneer of positive psychology, Martin ...

Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology, to receive inaugural Tang Prize and speak at University of Toronto Martin Seligman will visit the University of Toronto to receive the inaugural Tang ...