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Forget Facebook: One man's quest to see his nearest and dearest in person

18 November 2014

''Happiness is caused by what we pay attention to'', says [Paul] Dolan, a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, who devised the questions being used in large surveys on happiness in the UK, as well as being asked to advise multinational companies, charities and governments about how they can improve happiness. ''A large part of how you feel is determined by what you do, what you do is largely motivated by the expected impact on your happiness, and happiness is the feedback you receive about the impact of what you do. You can see how it's all very cyclical. Your happiness is determined by how you allocate your attention.''

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Paul Dolan webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage
Paul Dolan CEP publications webpage

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