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Feeling happy? Don’t be too smug as chances are you will die young
The Telegraph: Researchers found that children who are rated “highly cheerful” at school went onto die younger than their more reserved class mates. This is because they are likely to lead more carefree lives full
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Immigrants adopting American diets, to their detriment
NZ Herald: Immigrants to the United States often ditch their ethnic diets for high-calorie American fare, partly because it is cheap and easy to find but also as a way to fit in, a new
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Geld maakt echt niet gelukkig
GezondheidsNet: Onderzoekers van universiteiten van Yale, Denver en Jeruzalem vergeleken meerdere onderzoeken naar geluk en concludeerden dat geluk niet gezien moet worden als een universeel goed ‘iets’. In hun artikel in het tijdschrift Perspectives on
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Pursuing happiness can make you feel worse
Times of India: They say that happiness shouldn’t be thought of as a universally good thing, and outline four ways in which this is the case. Indeed, not all types and degrees of happiness are
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The Unconscious Has a Mind of Its Own
Consciousness is a very popular topic in psychological science, but new research suggests that we’ve been underestimating what unconsciousness is capable of. A study published in Psychological Science shows that the unconscious mind is more
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Mind Reading: Positive Psychologist Martin Seligman on the Good Life
TIME: These days Martin Seligman, author of the best-selling book Authentic Happiness, is perhaps best known as a father of positive of psychology — the study of people’s strengths and virtues, rather than on pathological behavior.
