One sunny afternoon in April, I interviewed Barbara Fredrickson.  Barbara  is a positivity expert. She is a professor and researcher at the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work looks into the science of positive emotions and positive psychology. Positive Psychology is a relatively new field, and [...]

Date: 28th February 2011 Source: New York Times ‘Heart patients who were optimistic about their treatment and recovery were more likely to be alive after 15 years than patients with similar disease but lower expectations, new research shows. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center tracked the psychological and physical health of more than 2,800…’