Western culture places an extraordinary emphasis on happiness – and continuous happiness – as the goal each of us should strive for in our lives. But we’re increasingly realising this goal may actually…
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Home ownership does not lead to improved mental health, according a new study from the University of Adelaide. Dr Emma Baker…
People are at their happiest at retirement age and most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found. The idea…
Infants who are fed on demand perform better on IQ tests that infants who are fed on a schedule, new research has shown…
People who are experienced with meditation can “switch off” the parts of their brain that are associated with day dreaming…
Be happy for the good of your country. Happy people save more and consume less because they are concerned with the future rather than today. Their savings will be transferred into investment which is a…
A happier population leads to a more helpful society. That’s according to a study by a Deakin University researcher who studied…
Decent people take comfort in the idea that money is not profoundly connected with happiness. There are statistics that suggest that as income increases happiness does not rise to an equal degree; and…
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Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling
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Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King's College London
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Mental health researcher, University of Cambridge
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Research Psychologist, Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL
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Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
