In 2014, researchers at the University of Warwick in England announced they had found a strong association between a gene mutation identified with happiness and well-being. It’s called 5-HTTLPR and it affects the way our body metabolizes the neurotransmitter serotonin, which helps regulate our moods, sex drives, and appetites. The study asks why some nations, notably Denmark, consistently top “happiness indexes,” and wonders whether there may be a connection between
Psychology
March 1, 2023
How your personality affects your paycheck | The Japan Times
NEW YORK – What makes really smart people tick? Why do some end up earning so much more than others? And how much do these disparate outcomes have to do with their personalities? A new study by Miriam Gensowski, at the University of Copenhagen, sheds fascinating light on these and other questions. Gensowski revisits a data set from all schools in California, grades one through eight, in 1921 and 1922,
February 11, 2023
The Joy of Journaling
Making Creativity a Habit. I have kept a sketchbook, journal or notebook in one form or another for most of my life. Sometimes used just as a to-do list but often to get ideas out of my head and onto paper, where I can review it later. For those of you who would like this in graphic form you can download my sketch here. I recently re-discovered Julia Camerons’