Laurie Santos
Person on 3 sites
Cognitive scientist and Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University, whose course Psychology and the Good Life became Yale's most…
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Podcast: The Happiness Lab (opens podcasts.apple.com)
“AI Is the New Social Media. Can We Protect Kids This Time?”
- Site: drlauriesantos.com (opens www.drlauriesantos.com)
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Podcast: The Happiness Lab (opens podcasts.apple.com)
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Our minds have poor intuitions about what will improve our mood. (opens korrents.com)
“First, our minds have bad intuitions about what we can do to improve our mood.”
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Changing your circumstances, by losing weight or earning more, does less for happiness than people assume. (opens korrents.com)
“We also assume that happiness involves changing our circumstances: losing weight, getting buffer and earning more money. But as someone who teaches an entire course on the science of happiness, I know the research…”
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People seek solitude to lift their mood, but connecting with a friend would make them happier. (opens korrents.com)
“We avoid social situations, thinking alone time is the cure for our blues, but research shows we’d be happier if we connected with a friend.”
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Our minds have poor intuitions about what will improve our mood. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Stumbling on Happiness (opens rcmnd.app)
“Understanding our impact bias won’t make it go away, but it can still be helpful—say, by giving you the confidence to take more risks.”
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The Power of Fun (opens rcmnd.app)
“Price makes a really nice case that engaging in fun makes us happier, healthier, and less stressed.”
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The Book of Delights (opens rcmnd.app)
“Gay, a poet, made the decision that he was going to write an essay every day for a year about something that delighted him.”
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Stumbling on Happiness (opens rcmnd.app)