You Should Probably Stop Checking Your Email So Much

Dr. Kushlev was interviewed by Fast Company: Addressing his study on email and stress. If you’re feeling stressed out, you might want to look at how much time you spend in your inbox. Studies have found that being tethered to your email can make you feel emotionally drained, frustrated, and stressed. Read here.

Latest Paper: Does Money Buy Happiness

Money does not always buy happiness, but are richer people less happy in their daily lives? It depends on how you analyze income

Do people who have more money feel happier during their daily activities? Some prior research has found no relationship between income and daily happiness when treating income as a continuous variable in OLS regressions, although results differ between studies. The present results suggest that whether income can be concluded as being associated with daily experiences of happiness may depend on how income is analyzed. Read here.

Spring 2022 Newsletter

This newsletter highlights Dr. Kushlev’s research on the front page of the New York Times and Times Magazine, research from our Happy Tech Lab Students, our new lab members, researcher spotlight for this semester and our graduating seniors. Read here.