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Is Happiness Overrated - Reading academic provides expert comment for a report examining whether the pursuit of happiness may be doing us more harm than good

Release Date 15 March 2011

Cariem van Reekum, researcher at the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics at the University of Reading, says that people who derive happiness from engaging in meaningful activity are good at reappraising situations and use the brain more actively to see the positives. Read more here

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