Happiness linked to a gene that comes in long and short versions
Your overall happiness may depend in part on whether you drew the long or short version of a gene, say researchers
Sleep changes associated with loss of brain power in middle age
Study of people aged between 45 and 69 finds adverse changes in sleep duration associated with poor cognitive function
You’re Looking Very Well by Lewis Wolpert – review
The older people get, the older they believe 'old' to be
All About Love: Anatomy of an Unruly Emotion by Lisa Appignanesi – review
An ambitious dissection of the most intangible human emotion turns to literature and Freud to chart the experience in all its forms, writes Salley Vickers
More stuff does not make us happier. Doing stuff, especially for others, does
Suzanne Moore: Despite all its encouraging homilies and self-help jargon, I don't want the new organization Action for Happiness. I want Action for Things to Be Basically OK
Memories are made of this: how to boost your mind
How on earth could anyone memorise all 626 lines of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Well, a technique that relies on mental images could be all that's needed, according to US memory champion Joshua Foer
David Cameron measuring ‘wrong type of happiness’
American 'optimism expert' who inspired prime minister fears that he got it all wrong
Happiness – and how to find it
Low taxes, freedom of speech, equality... the government can provide or withhold many of the things that make life better. Now a new organisation called Action for Happiness wants to spread the message of how we can change the world for the better
This column will change your life: The calm before the storm
Calmness is over-rated. But then again, being hyper isn't the answer either. Maybe there's a third way… By Oliver Burkeman
Why I tried the Hoffman Process of psychoanalysis
The combination of 20 years of reporting conflict, together with scars left by her upbringing prompted Janine di Giovanni to try an intense week-long form of psychoanalysis