A serotonin regulating gene can predict how much our relationships affect our emotions, according to a new study. Researchers…
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Sustained physical activity can result in longer life expectancy and a greater quality of life new research suggests. The…
What does your world look like? What are the contours of your neighbourhood? How are you feeling today? Mobile phones are increasingly providing us with the answers to these questions. In our daily activities…
**A more sustainable Australia.* As the 2013 election campaign continues, we’ve asked academics to look at some of the long-term issues affecting Australia – the issues that will shape our future.* How…
Although Labor supporters may find it easier to smile since the impending election became something of a contest in June, Coalition voters may always have more to smile about. It has nothing to do with…
The fact that that money can’t buy you happiness is generally well accepted. Happiness, it appears, is more about meaning and satisfaction than the acquisition of more stuff. But money isn’t all bad. It…
People who move to wealthier countries surely expect that migration will lead them to a better life – but new research suggests that economic migrants are unlikely to achieve greater happiness in their…
An international study has found being able to accept that certain things cannot be changed is directly related to satisfaction…
We are now five years into the largest financial crisis in decades and yet, paradoxically, people don’t seem to be more unhappy than they were before. The UK ranked 10th of the countries surveyed for the…
Spending time with nature in our cities’ parks and gardens can improve individual satisfaction in life and make us less aggressive, anxious and stressed. So isn’t it time we placed access to nature alongside…
Research out of the US has supported a long-held assumption: listening to upbeat music can help people try to be happy. Participants…
Western culture places an extraordinary emphasis on happiness – and continuous happiness – as the goal each of us should strive for in our lives. But we’re increasingly realising this goal may actually…
Home ownership does not lead to improved mental health, according a new study from the University of Adelaide. Dr Emma Baker…
People are at their happiest at retirement age and most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found. The idea…
Infants who are fed on demand perform better on IQ tests that infants who are fed on a schedule, new research has shown…
People who are experienced with meditation can “switch off” the parts of their brain that are associated with day dreaming…
Be happy for the good of your country. Happy people save more and consume less because they are concerned with the future rather than today. Their savings will be transferred into investment which is a…
A happier population leads to a more helpful society. That’s according to a study by a Deakin University researcher who studied…
Decent people take comfort in the idea that money is not profoundly connected with happiness. There are statistics that suggest that as income increases happiness does not rise to an equal degree; and…
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