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Daniel Gilbert is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, known for his research on affective forecasting and the science of happiness. His work has been widely published in academic journals and popular media, and he is a frequent speaker on topics related to human behavior and well-being.
Known for: Stumbling on Happiness
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Stumbling on Happiness
In this acclaimed work, Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explores the science of happiness and the ways in which human beings often mispredict what will make them happy. Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, Gilbert explains how memory, imagination, and perception shape our expectations and experiences of joy, satisfaction, and regret.
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Part One: The Imagined Future
Our brains are storytellers, constantly constructing futures—new jobs, adventures, romances. This imagination allows us to plan and hope, yet, as *Stumbling on Happiness* shows, it often misleads us. We think we are forecasting, but we are really reconstructing. The brain doesn’t display reality; it...
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Part Two: The Bias of Memory
Before we imagine the future, we rummage through the past. But memory, contrary to our intuition, is not a faithful recording; it’s an editing room. We don’t recall what truly happened, only what we believe happened now. In the book, I explain the “peak-end rule”—our judgments about an experience de...
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About Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, known for his research on affective forecasting and the science of happiness. His work has been widely published in academic journals and popular media, and he is a frequent speaker on topics related to human behavior and well-being.
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