An A-List blogger’s recent decission to avoid “people who were deeply unhappy” and spend more time with people who are happy earned him a lot of scorn. But another blogger says that the decision might be scientifically sound.

A few things I’ll try to explain in this post:

1) One of the most important recent neuroscience discoveries–”mirror neurons”, and the role they play in a decision like Robert’s

2) The heavily-researched social science phenomenon known as “emotional contagion”

3) Ignorance and misperceptions around the idea of “happy people”

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2. Happiness: It Really Is Contagious
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4. Identifying Thoughts Through Brain Codes Leads to Deciphering the Brain’s Dictionary
5. Culture Is More Important Than Genes To Altruistic Behavior In Large-scale Societies