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Happiness and its surprises

Nancy Etcoff · TED

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About

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.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2004
Speaker
Nancy Etcoff
Year
2004
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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