On the whole, brain scans shore up what we’ve known all along about our emotions: some are positive and some are negative. Happiness, for instance, is positive when people are in good moods, they tend to show more activity in certain regions on the left side of the brain
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Happiness conference promises key to inner joy
The state of the economy may be out of people’s hands, but their happiness isn’t, according to a group of researchers meeting at an international conference on happiness Thursday. Experts from fields ranging from neuroscience and philosophy to psychology and theology will gather to discuss the latest insights on living happier lives at the meeting in Sydney, Australia. Drawn to workshops with titles like The Architecture of Sustainable Happiness and Practical Tools for Positive Relationships, more than 2,000 participants are expected to attend the conference.