# Happiness and its surprises

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2004
- Speaker: Nancy Etcoff
- Year: 2004
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_etcoff_happiness_and_its_surprises)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Happiness and its surprises](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nancy_etcoff_happiness_and_its_surprises/bf3ef77e86e8), 15 min (TED's player)