Dr. Laurie Santos
Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…
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Sharing a good experience with another human deepens our enjoyment of the moment, but only if we abide by certain rules. Dr Laurie Santos shows us how we often get ’sharing’ wrong and explains how we can all derive more happiness from ice cream, sunsets and a night in front of the TV.
“It’s October 5, 1833 and inventor William Henry Fox Talbot is annoyed.”
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tlbt/hd_tlbt.htm
“On this Oct. 5th, 2010, another inventor, software engineer Kevin Systrom is just about to launch the new photosharing app he’s developed with partner Mike Krieger.”
https://instagram.tumblr.com/post/8755272623/welcome-to-instagram
“Maryellis Bunn is a young entrepreneur that many have called “the Millennial Walt Disney.”
Weiner, A. (2017). The Millenial Walt Disney. New York Magazine, October, 2017.
“In one study, psychologist Mike Tomasello and his colleagues brought parents and young toddlers into the lab and staged weird events.”
“Erica devised a cool way to test this new idea— with a chocolate tasting.”
“Scientists at McGill University had subjects stick their hand in super cold water, which hurts a ton.”
Erica told me about a study by another Cornell researcher Gus Cooney:
“I am the founder and CEO of the Museum of Ice Cream.” https://www.museumoficecream.com/
“So Alix decided to study these questions, starting with memory.”
“People in the photo condition? They showed significantly more enjoyment.”
“We actually showed that the benefits that you get from capturing photos are actually diminished or undermined when you take photos to share.”
Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…