Daniel Cordaro is an American research scientist and psychologist who specializes in emotion psychology and human wellbeing.

As a former faculty member at Yale University, Cordaro is best-known for his research in human emotion and positive psychology.

It extended the list of universal emotions and provided evidence for amusement, awe, contentment, desire, embarrassment, pain, relief, and sympathy in both facial and vocal expressions.

[15][16] In 2016, along with Emilio Diez Barroso, he co-founded the Contentment Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides wellbeing assessments, curricula, and practices for children and adults in schools internationally.

Cordaro's philosophy for cultivating contentment includes practicing mindfulness, compassion and unconditionally accepting all emotions.