Creating a ‘digital story’ of their memories using photos, music, text and video, can hep dementia patients open up to their fear and move into optimism.
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When dementia patients use photos and music to produce digital stories about events in their lives, they start to remember. They also face their fears about the disease, and experience happiness.
A woman in Seoul, South Korea, talks over her phone as computer screens show the Korea Stock Exchange collapsing during the financial crisis of 2008.
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The craze for measurement has become a hallmark of local and national public policy. Exploring the limits of quantification allows us to understand the advantages of developing alternative indicators.
Placing a high value on happiness leads us to see sadness as a failure.
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In a series of experiments, we showed the high value we place on happiness is not only associated with increased levels of depression, it may actually be the underlying factor.
I hope they can’t tell I just smashed a plate in rage.
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The best sort of life would include both happiness and meaningfulness. Although one sometimes has to choose between these two values, one ought to strive for a life in which there’s plenty of both.
Feeling sad now and again is not only normal, but has many psychological benefits.
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Even though sadness and bad moods have always been part of the human experience, we live in an age that ignores or devalues them. But we’ve much to gain from feeling sad now and again.
Looking for a lifelong Valentine? Psychologists suggest taking a closer look at your best friend. The things we want in a good friend are many of the same things we expect from a romantic partner.
Increasing well-being is generally accepted as one of the essential components of social progress. But which measure of well-being – if any – should we use ?
Well-being is a subjective notion – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be quantified.
If businesses meet the needs of their employees they will feel like they are growing and will be more productive, research suggests.
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