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Does Leisure Make Us Happy? Often the Answer Is No
You might think spending more time relaxing would make you happier. But recent research suggests that having more leisure time doesn’t necessarily make people more likely to rate their day as happy. The research, using data from
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Laurie Santos: Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness
On “The Interview,” Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist and a professor at Yale, says that Americans think about happiness in unique ways, and they have for a long time.
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Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t
Are you happy? It’s a deceptively simple question, but for me, at least, a difficult one to answer. Another tough question: Why is it so hard to be happy for so many? Despite a culture full of
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The Rise of Emotional Surveillance
… If computers are flawed analysts of straightforward productivity, imagine, now, applying that same technology to something as complex as the constellation of emotions expressible by humans. Study after study shows that AI replicates the
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Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness
Edward L. Deci, a psychologist at the University of Rochester whose groundbreaking insights, with his colleague Richard M. Ryan, into what motivates people to do what they do — or not — helped revolutionize fields
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The Secret to Happiness? These Experts Say It’s Feeling Loved by Others
There are plenty of theories about the source of happiness. Who doesn’t think they would be happier with more money and success? We talked to happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of psychology at the
