Happiness and its surprises

April 22, 2016

Summary

“Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness — the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it’s untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.”

Filmed February 2004 at TED 2004
Uploaded to YouTube on June 15, 2009 by TED

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