USC Dornsife News

A new USC Dornsife study has found that liberals and conservatives feel certain violations of moral concerns like loyalty and purity in different areas of their bodies. [2¼ min read]

By using "friction" and "reverse-engineering," you can successfully tackle your New Year's resolutions, says USC Dornsife psychologist Wendy Wood.

Whether you’re trying to quit smoking or lose weight, these experts want to help you think positively, set realistic goals and follow through on your resolutions for 2020. [2¾ min read]

Our family relationships have considerable impact on our well-being — both positive and negative. [2 ½ min read]

Contrary to popular opinion, when it comes to well-being, our lives do not represent an inevitable decline from the sunny uplands of youth to the valley of death. Instead, the opposite is true — we can confidently look forward to old age as the happiest time of our lives. [12 ½ min read]

A team of USC Dornsife psychologists and USC Viterbi computer scientists team up to investigate how music affects the way a person acts, feels and thinks. [2¾ min read]

Neuroscientists examine how to identify the people most at risk of opioid addiction and how to best treat those already addicted. [2¼ min read]

On Nov. 10, 1969, children in the United States tuned into the first episode of a program that would change the way generations would learn math, spelling and how to be good human beings. [3 ½ min read]

Racism is toxic to our health in the same way smoking is, by damaging our natural defenses to fight off disease, says April Thames, professor of psychology and psychiatry at USC Dornsife. [6 min read]