A nice 18 minute talk by cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff who looks at happiness from a scientific perspective. Followers of The Virtual Happiness Research are allready familiar with what happens in the brain and how social interaction is key for happiness.

But… this presenation is from 2004! It’s nice to look at it now and see that the science of happiness can still be surprising!

Thanks to the TED-team for putting this talk up. We never get enough of happiness talks.