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The Science of Well-Being for Teens, Lesson 1.6: "Our Mind Lies to Us About Happiness"

In this video for teens, Dr. Laurie Santos explores the concept of 'miswanting', the tendency to be mistaken about what will make us happy. She uses optical illusions as metaphors to show how our minds can deceive us about happiness, much like they do with visuals. Learn about the pitfalls of predicting our future happiness and empower yourself to avoid these common mistakes. This is video #6 in Dr. Laurie Santos' series on the science of well-being for teens.

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Laurie is a professor of psychology at Yale University. In addition to her work on the evolutionary origins of human cognition, Laurie is an expert on the science of happiness and the ways in which our minds lie to us about what makes us happy. Her Yale course, Psychology and the Good Life, teaches students how the science of psychology can provide important hints about how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling. The class became Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one out of four students enrolled. Her course has been featured in the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, GQ Magazine, Slate and O! Magazine. The online version of the class—The Science of Well-Being on Coursera.org—has attracted more than 4 million learners from around the world. A winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching, she was recently voted as one of Popular Science Magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young minds, and was named in Time Magazine as a “Leading Campus Celebrity.” Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, is a top-3 Apple podcast which has attracted 85+ million downloads since its launch.

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