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A surpreendente ciência da felicidade

Dan Gilbert, autor de "Stumbling on Happiness" (Tropeçando na Felicidade) põe em causa a ideia de que seremos infelizes se não alcançarmos o que queremos. O nosso "sistema imunitário psicológico" permite que nos sintamos realmente felizes mesmo quando as coisas não correm conforme planeado.

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Dan Gilbert, autor de "Stumbling on Happiness" (Tropeçando na Felicidade) põe em causa a ideia de que seremos infelizes se não alcançarmos o que queremos. O nosso "sistema imunitário psicológico" permite que nos sintamos realmente felizes mesmo quando as coisas não correm conforme planeado.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Psychologist; happiness expert

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Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.

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