The power of smiling

This is an amazing video. It describes all the amazing things that smiling can do...for you and others around you... Brilliant!

The genetics of happiness

I have spoken about the science of happiness before (see here). Now there is a gene that has been identified which is associated with happiness. The gene was identified by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, from the London School of Economics and Political Science (see here). People with one form of the gene are generally more satisfied with their lives that those carrying the other.

I don't think this discovery answers the nature / nurture debate - all it does is reinforce the fact that both play a role. There is as much evidence that our experience affects us as much as our genes.