SCIENTIFIC FACTS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

A STUDY CONDUCTED BY JEANNETTE HAVILAND-JONES

OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEW JERSEY SHOWED

THAT WEARING PERFUME/COLOGNE (ESPECIALLY FLORAL

SCENTS) WILL INCREASE YOUR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND

HELP YOU GET GOOD VIBES EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT

SURROUNDED BY PLEASANT COMPANY.

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIDE THEIR OLD PHOTOS

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THEM OUT FOR A CHANGE. ACCORDING

TO RESEARCHERS AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY (UK), FLIPPING THROUGH

PERSONAL PHOTOS CAN BOOST YOUR MOOD MORE THAN EATING

A CHUNK OF CHOCOLATE OR DRINKING A GLASS OF WINE!

ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGIST RICH WALKER OF WINSTON-SALEM

STATE UNIVERSITY, PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF

EXPERIENCES ARE MORE LIKELY TO RETAIN POSITIVE EMOTIONS

AND MINIMIZE NEGATIVE ONES COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE

FEWER EXPERIENCES. IN OTHER WORDS, TRY NEW THINGS AND

YOU WON’T REGRET IT.

RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL SHOWS

THAT PEOPLE WHO EXERCISE ON WORKDAYS ARE MORE

PRODUCTIVE, HAPPIER, AND EXPERIENCE LESS STRESS

THAN ON NON-GYM DAYS.

THE QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH STUDY AT HARVARD

UNIVERSITY SHOWED THAT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN A

HIGHER POWER AND ARE ACTIVE IN THEIR RELIGIOUS

COMMUNITIES ARE MORE CONTENT THAN PEOPLE WHO

ARE NOT RELIGIOUS.

A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COVENTRY,

ENGLAND, IN WHICH FOUR THOUSAND ADULTS WERE

POLLED ABOUT THEIR HAPPINESS, SHOWED THAT HEALTHY

EATERS WHO ATE FOUR SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND

VEGETABLES EVERY DAY FELT THE BEST EMOTIONALLY.

HAVING SEX IN THE MORNING RELEASES THE FEEL-GOOD

CHEMICAL OXYTOCIN, WHICH MAKES COUPLES FEEL

LOVED AND BONDED ALL DAY LONG. SO MORNING

SEX CAN LITERALLY MAKE YOUR DAY.

MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO EVOKE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

MEMORIES (MEAMS) NOT JUST IN HEALTHY PEOPLE BUT

ALSO IN PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM ACQUIRED BRAIN

INJURY (ABI). SCIENTISTS TESTED PEOPLE WHO SUFFER

FROM BRAIN DAMAGE BY PLAYING THEM ALL FIFTY NO. 1

SONGS OF THE YEAR FROM 1960 TO 2010. IN ALMOST

ALL CASES, SOME OF THE PATIENTS’ PREVIOUSLY LOST

MEMORIES RETURNED.

ACCORDING TO AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC, ESCAPED

PET BIRDS, SUCH AS PARROTS, THAT MIMIC HUMAN

NOISES AND WORDS OFTEN TEACH THESE SOUNDS TO

OTHER WILD BIRDS. HOW COOL IS THAT?