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The surprising science of happiness - Nancy Etcoff

2013-07-13

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Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness -- the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it's untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.

Talk by Nancy Etcoff.


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