Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Why Genealogists Are So Darn Happy

From femalefirst.co.uk, posted on Oct. 5, 2005:

Learn to be happy

If you're one of life's pessimists, you'll probably call the claim made by one scientist in the USA, recently absolute rubbish

But many people are impressed by the new Science of Positive Psychology and it's theories are being tested in the UK, in a unique experiment on volunteers with varying levels of depression.

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Experts are working with 50 volunteers, trying to raise their happiness levels through experiments and community-based activities. They have included meditation in a graveyard as researchers found that awareness of death makes people keen not to waste their lives.

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