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New findings indicate that the ages at which people enjoy the life the most are nine and 68. 
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Xun Huang and her colleagues found that couples are happier with their marriage if they commute in the same direction to work, as though it activates the metaphorical sense that they are heading in the same direction. More on MARRIAGE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=marriage
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Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. More on HAPPINESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=happiness Via PAT NOVAK
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After MIT researchers fine-tune software that can read human facial expressions for emotion, the next step will be to apply the technology to crowds of millions of people to get a feeling for a population's general mood.
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At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.
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LeDoux writes: “Consciousness and feelings are topics that are best studied in humans. Research on the neural basis of feelings in humans is in its infancy. We will never know what an animal feels. But if we can find neural correlates of conscious feelings in humans (and distinguish them from correlates of unconscious emotional computations in survival circuits), and show that similar correlates exists in homologous brain regions in animals, then some basis for speculating about animal feelings and their nature would exist.” Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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Happiness: surely that's not all there is to the meaning of life...
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Data: Gallup World Poll
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Leading a meaningful life is difficult in a society that seems to value flash and cash more than depth and consequence. Commentator Adam Frank says there is hope for us all, however, buried within our very own human nature.
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In a forthcoming paper, researchers Melanie Rudd, Kathleen Vohs, and Jennifer Aaker examined whether the emotion of awe, compared to happiness and neutral states, might reduce people's sense of time pressure and consequently make them more willing to volunteer their time, choose experiences over material objects, and enjoy greater life satisfaction.
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Money may make the world go 'round' but respect is what will make you happy. New studies have shown that the respect you've earned is worth more than what is in the bank. More on HAPPINESS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=happiness
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APC scientists have shown that brain levels of serotonin, the ‘happy hormone’ are regulated by the amount of bacteria in the gut during early life.
Gina Stepp's comment,
June 12, 2012 11:08 PM
Interesting . . . especially considering that gut regulation and other emotion-related processes are affected by early-life bonding (attachment . . . relationships). You can't separate bodily health from mental health in the end.
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The sayings "variety is the spice of life" and "happiness isn't getting what you want, but wanting what you get" seem to have a psychological basis, according to a new study by an MU psychologist who identified two keys to becoming happier and staying that way.
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It turns out, money might buy happiness after all. And, it might not cost as much as you think.
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A study of 54 nations found a connection between progressive taxation and citizens' happiness. Good news for those who favor a tax system where the wealthy pay more. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology
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Working for a living may prompt us to think of our time as money, but this mindset may affect our well being, according to research that finds equating time with money makes it more difficult to enjoy leisure time.
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These conceptual tools prove to be useful in making new sense of the notion of the pursuit of happiness. Quite satisfyingly, it emerges that the framers of the Declaration of Independence presaged the findings of the scientific inquiry into happiness: the dynamics of the self and of happiness is such that the pursuit itself -- the journey rather than the destination--is what really matters (hence the title of the book).
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The Institution for Economic Affairs, a free-market British think-tank, has released a freely-downloadable edited volume titled ... and the Pursuit of Happiness, packed with papers summarizing the public-policy implications of recent work in happiness research.
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