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Katie Nelson-Coffey, University of the South – Happiness Gap for Mothers

In this Academic Minute podcast clip, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Katie Nelson-Coffee discusses their research (three studies) on happiness amongst parents. In all three studies, they found that mothers were not as happy as fathers.

2 mins 30 secs

Katie Nelson-Coffey, University of the South – Happiness Gap for Mothers

Decide Already! You vs. Future You; Or Why We’re Bad at Predicting Our Own Happiness

In this podcast, Shankar Vedantam speaks with Professor Dan Gilbert about how we make decisions. This podcast covers how our emotions, thoughts or assumptions about the future, uncertainty, memory, and happiness can play into the decisions we make. Professor Gilbert reviews several research projects as examples of the phenomenon.

24 minutes

Decide Already! You Vs. Future You Podcast