what kindness is, where and when it is experienced and what impact it has. the psychologists also want to know how kindness might relate to health and well being. 0ur reporter piers hopkirk has been speaking to those behind the project. what we are seeing here at the university of sussex is the world s first major study into kindness and very kindly, the man who is leading that study professor robin banerjee from the school of psychology joins us now. professor, what is it that you hope to achieve through this study? the main thing we want to achieve through this study is to learn about kindness. this is an area of research which has really been neglected. people haven t really focused on a very marked and we want to learn from people about their thought regarding kindness, their experiences of kindness and how it relates to everything else going on in their lives. and ultimately, through that research, what do you hope to achieve at the end of it? well, of course, one thing is to