These 5 science-based tips can improve your relationship.
Our very own Sara Algoe, psychologist and director of the Love Consortium, an organization working to accelerate the scientific understanding of human connection was interviewed by Richard Sima, The Washington Post, on science-backed-tips for relationships.
Professor Algoe states Expressing gratitude helps bring us closer to our partner. Among relationship-promoting behaviors, the role of gratitude has some of the strongest scientific evidence behind it.
In one 2022 study published in Scientific Reports involving 125 couples in a five-week field experiment, Algoe and her colleagues found that nudging one partner to express more gratitude led to more time spent together as a couple.