Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life

By Dacher Keltner. 2009

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The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience (2017, background): “Self-transcendent positive emotions, flow, and awe are promoted as avenues to increased well-being (Fredrickson, 2009; Keltner, 2009; Seligman, 2011).”
Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review (2010, background): “A recent study of RSA during exposure to emotional stimuli suggests that vagal activity may also correlate with statelike episodes of compassion (Oveis, Horberg, & Keltner, 2009).”
Inside-Out: From Basic Emotions Theory to the Behavioral Ecology View (2019, background): “, love, compassion), which they suggest have special relevance to health, well-being, personal development and even ethical actions, cooperative societies, and “global compassion” (Dalai Lama & Ekman, 2008; Keltner, 2009; Keltner, Marsh, & Smith, 2010).”
What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures. (2016, background): “Compassionmay also have evolved in primates because it is a desirable criterion in mate selection and facilitates cooperative relationships with non-kin (e.g. de Waal, 2009; Keltner, 2009).”
The ability to influence others via emotion displays (2011, background): “Facial and vocal displays of these emotions have not yet been identified (Keltner, 2009).”
Endorsing Equity and Applauding Stay-at-Home Moms: How Male Voices on Work-Life Reveal Aversive Sexism and Flickers of Transformation (2010, background): “Research shows that viewing others as similar to you is crucial for compassion and empathy (Keltner, 2009).”
Giving Versus Giving In (2014, background): “Recent work in cognitive neuroscience suggests that altruism can literally be a reward in and of itself (Keltner, 2009).”
Compassion revealed: What we know about compassion at work (and where we need to know more) (2011, background): “New research points to the fundamental role of empathic concern and compassion in both human biology and human social life, drawing out questions about the limitations of economic and organizational theories that rely solely on assumptions of individual selfinterest (Barasch, 2005; Davidson, 2002; d”
History of Social Psychology: Insights, Challenges, and Contributions to Theory and Application (2010, background): “…in this chapter, has clearly been a “bandwagon” not only in terms of journal publications but also as a source of books (Gilbert, 2006; Haidt, 2006; Keltner, 2009; Lyubomirsky, 2007) combining solid empirical work with lively real-world observations in a way that has attracted popular interest.”
The development of the Awe Experience Scale (AWE-S): A multifactorial measure for a complex emotion (2018, background): “Keltner (2009) has previously distinguished true experiences of awe from awe-related states (e.g., admiration), by requiring the presence of both perceived vastness and the need for accommodation as components of the experience.”