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Down in the dumps? You should be more patriotic! People happiest when they feel like they ‘belong’ to a country
Daily Mail: Feeling proud to be British makes you feel good about life in general, according to scientists. They found that the kind of pride that makes people happiest is when they feel they ‘belong’
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Nationalister mer nöjda med sina liv
Metro Sverige: Personer som är stolta över sitt land är mer nöjda med sina egna liv än andra, konstaterar forskare i Psychological Science. Men det finns tydliga skillnader mellan olika typer av nationalism. De som
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Awakening Your Inner Materialist
The Huffington Post: I don’t see myself as especially materialistic, and you probably don’t see yourself that way either. The fact is, I don’t know anyone who actually takes pride in acquiring more and more
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Why It Really Is Better to Give Than to Receive
The Wall Street Journal: The Beatles famously sang money can’t buy love. But can it buy happiness? Satisfaction? Appreciation? These questions surfaced in my mind the other day as I raced to finish—um, I mean
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Stuart Brown says play is more than fun
Anyone hoping for a career in education — regardless of whether or not they opt to study psychology — should consider Stuart Brown’s lecture essential viewing. No matter one’s age, the pleasures to be found
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How to Beat the Holiday Blues
ABC News: They say it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for many Americans, the holiday season is the most hectic, most stressful and most demanding. “There’s the huge expectation to be jolly
