Articles for tag: happiness science, Mental Health Science, science of happiness, wellbeing science

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The Science of Happiness: Why Some People Flourish More Than Others

Suhail Ahmed

  Happiness sounds disarmingly simple, yet scientists are still piecing together why some people seem to glow with it while others struggle to feel much joy at all. Over the past few decades, researchers have moved beyond vague self-help slogans and into brain scanners, long-term population studies, and even genetics labs to understand what really ...

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The Science of Happiness: How Our Brains Create Joy and Well-being

Suhail Ahmed

  Happiness can feel like weather: sunny one day, overcast the next, with no clear forecast you can trust. Yet in labs from Boston to Berlin, scientists are uncovering a surprisingly structured biology behind our most elusive emotion. Brain scans, long-term cohort studies, and even smartphone experiments are revealing that joy is less random spark ...