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The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Professor Nicole Tang about sleep quality and why it's difficult to define and measure. Sleep - it's the holy grail of good physical and mental health, and we all know ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. When it comes to happiness, though, Jung can seem a bit of a downer. “‘Happiness,’” he wrote, “is ...

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One of the great questions of our lives is "how do I want to live?" Psychological scientists increasingly focus on three different visions of a good life. First, a life of happiness tends to be ...