Another study finds that positive feelings are associated with longevity
(NEWSER) - Want to avoid death? Get happy. A new study finds that subjects who reported feeling the most happy were 35% less likely to die than those who reported feeling the least happy, according to USA Today . Interestingly, the researchers didn’t ask participants to recall past feelings of happiness; rather, they asked the 3,853 subjects to rate their feelings at 7am, 7:30am, 7pm, and 7:30pm on one particular day. “In many ways, this is a better approach to understanding how people actually feel than asking them general questions about how happy they are,” says a co-author. More»
