February 16, 2007
The science of happiness:
The Harvard Magazine has an in-depth article on the psychology of happiness and personal growth.
Whereas this was previously the domain of pop psychology and self-help books, the development of 'positive psychology' in the last decade has attracted serious researchers determined to understand how the mind and brain support positive attributes and emotions.
We covered this topic before when The New York Times published a very well researched article on the field.
Positive psychology was initially treated with scepticism but now seems to be largely in the mainstream of psychology research and is gathering significant public attention.
Link to 'The Science of Happiness' from Harvard Magazine.
Link to NYT article 'Happiness 101'.
