“I like this guy!” Similar expressions are used by everybody, even though we might not fully understand their meaning. Since childhood we associate likeability with pleasant encounters and positive situations. It...

Immaginiamo un neurone che comanda i movimenti della nostra mano: tutte le volte che il neurone «spara», la mano afferra la tazzina. Immaginiamo che lo stesso neurone «spari» anche quando...

Thirst for vengeance is widespread; its actual enactment, fortunately, is much less pervasive. A key topic in history and literature, revenge also plays a major role in everyday life notwithstanding its bad reputation and the...

Insulting others and being insulted, hurting others and getting hurt are extremely common experiences of human life. Newspapers and television keep us constantly updated on acts of violence and cruelty of all...

If we didnt believe in things, in ourselves and in others, life would be impossible. Our actions are, in fact, more frequently based on beliefs, nave estimates of probability or forms of trust than on thoughts...

At the end of a century that has attempted to reduce individual happiness to collective happiness, psychology has begun to explore the ways in which the mind either hinders or favors the search for happiness. This book deals...