Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, fulfillment and flow
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http://www.ted.com Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow." Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.... Read more
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- -: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, fulfillment and flow
October 24, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow." Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout...
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- -: Is Technology Changing Our Brains? - Dacher Keltner
February 20, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/05/Dacher_Keltner_in_Conversation "When you look at the literature of human adaptation, what we know is that we are these amazingly exquisite communication instruments," says UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner. He fears excessive dependence ...
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- -: Using Denial to Cope with Grief and Depression - Winifred Gallagher
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/30/Mastering_Attention_to_Transform_Experience Winifred Gallagher, an acclaimed behavioral science writer, discusses a study that shows people recover from tragedy with more ease if they do not dwell on their grief. Drawing from this, she suggests it may...
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- -: How Expectations Bias Wine Taste - Leonard Mlodinow
June 19, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/01/The_Drunkards_Walk_Leonard_Mlodinow Best-selling author and physicist Leonard Mlodinow discusses how the power of expectation applies to wine. Mlodinow claims that red dye can deceive even the most experienced connoisseur, and a false $10 price tag on...
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- -: The Power of Suggestion: How to Implant False Memories
August 6, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/14/Elizabeth_Loftus_Whats_the_Matter_with_Memory Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus discusses studying the power of suggestion, including implanting false memories in test subjects. After three suggestive interviews, Loftus found she was able to convince subj...
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- -: Does Peer Pressure Get a Bad Rap? - Po Bronson
October 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/30/The_Secret_Lives_of_Parents_Revealed Author Po Bronson argues that children actually benefit from peer pressure in the long term. He draws a direct link from being self-conscious as an adolescent to maturing into a more socially attuned and sensitive ...
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- -: Sex, Drugs, and Firing Neurons: This Is Your Brain on Cognition
November 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Baroness_Susan_Greenfield_Is_Online_Networking_Harmful Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield describes the brain's cognitive processes for interpreting and learning from new sensations. Greenfield claims thrill-seeking -- "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" -- ...
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- -: To Catch a Thief: The Psychology of a Criminal
January 6, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/David_Mutton_Policing_Our_Minds David Mutton, former Chief Psychologist for the New South Wales Police, gives an overview of common criminal personality types. He explains how police officers take advantage of these characteristics when interviewing s...
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- -: The Secret to Investing? Outwit Your Brain - Jonah Lehrer
January 13, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/Jonah_Lehrer_How_We_Decide Author Jonah Lehrer explains how an emotional tendency towards loss aversion can negatively influence a person's decisions. Drawing from an analysis of stock portfolios, Lehrer warns that "unless you know about loss aversion...
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- -: Psychology Across Cultures - Ethan Watters
February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/04/Ethan_Watters_The_Globalization_of_the_American_Psyche Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche, describes the relationship between psychological healing and a culture's sense of the self. "These ideas of the mi...
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