Tag: positivity
Tend to save the best for last? The last is often perceived by us as the one we like best, anyhow, says new research published in Psychological Science.
It seems that endings or last experiences affect is in certain ways, and one way is with positive feelings. That last dance, or that last kiss goodbye, or that last macaron you just ate, for example. In fact, even just telling someone this is the last of an item or experience, we may like it more. (Hmm, this would certainly seem to be the mentality at a frenzied sample sale!).
(The best macaron I’ve ever had in Toronto btw is not the last one I had at this particular party (I confess, I probably ate at least four or five macarons — yes, I can be piglet at times), but the salted caramel macaron from La Bamboche that I’d tasted first blew me away. However, now I’m determined to try the ones from Pierre Hermes in Paris after hearing Janine from BeautyGeeks wax poetic about them this week.)
February 10, 2012
Some happy-related news to kick off your Friday: our language is a positive one.
English is biased towards positivity, say researchers who’ve just had their study published in the journal PLoS One. They looked at four sources (included the New York Times and Twitter) and the positive words outnumber the negative ones. Not necessarily because we’re all cheery, though. The thinking is that because we are geared to “social storytelling” as a species, happy and positive words have become more of a fixture in our language than the sad and unhappy ones.
In other words, none of us want to listen to a downer and so our language has evolved.
(Stacked books wallpaper, Anthropologie)
January 13, 2012
…at least when it comes to your health.
It’s been revealed in a study published in the Journal of Consumer Research that feeling happy about the past or present makes us more likely to choose a candy bar, whereas feeling hopeful for the future is linked to making the healthier choice of fruit.
So using positive feelings about past or present to help cultivate an optimistic outlook may help your diet.
(You know, I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened in the research study had they included Fuzzy Peaches, Swedish Berries and Cherry Blasters).
April 20, 2011
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