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Friday, December 5, 2008
Lifted by a stranger?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ever been lifted by a stranger?
A new study shows how happiness is contagious. Strangers and neighbors especially revealed a stronger effect on your happiness than once thought. According to one author of the study, “Emotions have a collective existence - they are not just an individual phenomenon.”
Why strangers? The study showed that experiencing happiness in proximity to someone made the difference, whether or not you knew that person well, or at all.
How about you - have you experienced happiness from a stranger? Has a casual acquaintance’s good mood rubbed off on you?
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