Entry nº 17: Summary “the science of happiness”

Some American neuroscientists claim they can actually measure happiness. This process is made by askig people how happy they are on a scale from 1-7 or 1-10 the measures are not perfect yet, but they are thought to be as good as the measures economists use.
The scientists suggests that happiness could have important properties such as long life, health, resilence and good performance.
A research carried out for decades about people’s life satisfaction has concluded that being richer isn’t making us happier.
Acording to psychologists happiness is built by a set of vital elements. First, family, friends and also marriage. Second, having meaning in life and third, having long term goals.
Although there are many things that can produce lasting unhappiness, like the loss of a spouse or job, there is a way of lift our levels of happiness. We must use our knowledge of what make us happy and work at it.