Experts
Dacher Keltner
Psychologist, UC Berkeley
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Dacher Keltner on how to sync your emotions. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness, Identity
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Dacher Keltner Discusses the State of Morality in America
The Berkeley professor charts the moral decline of a nation. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dacher Keltner Explores the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Human Happiness
A Berkeley happiness guru on the downturn's upside. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dacher Keltner Reveals the Happiness Paradox
Dacher Keltner on why our most fleeting emotion is our most common. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dacher Keltner Analyzes the Role of the State to Impact Morality
Dacher Keltner on government ethics. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Dacher Keltner Discusses the Importance of Physical Contact
The Berkeley professor speaks to the essential need for human-to-human contact. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dacher Keltner Ponders Goodness Among Varying Cultures
The Berkeley professor notices no common appreciation of goodness across cultures. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Dacher Keltner Reflects on Goodness
The Berkeley professor defines goodness after years of studying how it manifests in humans. Read More
February 28, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
Dacher Keltner is a social psychologist who focuses on the prosocial emotions, such as love, sympathy and gratitude, and processes such as teasing and flirtation that enhance bonds. He has conducted empirical studies in three areas of inquiry. A first looks at the determinant and effects of power, hierarchy and social class. A second in concerned with the morality of everyday life, and how we negotiate moral truths in teasing, gossip, and other reputational matters. A third and primary focus in on the biological and evolutionary basis of the benevolent affects, including compassion, awe, love, gratitude, and laughter and modesty. Professor Keltner is Co-Director of The Greater Good Science Center and the author of Born to Be Good.
