忙碌的工作生活让很多人觉得疲惫不堪,但是据芝加哥大学的研究人员研究发现忙碌的人更加快乐。 3 ]: p0 `+ W/ {$ }% K9 _
The secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found.! |1 b0 L- b" `% Q, m
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Keeping the mind occupied with tasks - no matter how meaningless - staves off negative emotions, the study found.
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However, the bad news is that humans seem hard-wired to be lazy in order to save energy, according to Professor Christopher Hsee, a behavioural scientist at Chicago University." r6 ] D% i e- l" X. O
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In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one.+ _" z: @$ e, O, ^
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They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever option they chose, they received a chocolate bar.
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Two-thirds (68 per cent) chose the lazy option.
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4 f/ o" ^$ m3 L: ]" t1 y Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put.
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' y9 O' F/ _' {* G) k# I Prof Hsee concluded keeping busy helped keep people happy." @. _4 l+ X+ ]: o3 Z3 Y+ J
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He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications.
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"Governments may increase the happiness of idle citizens by having them build bridges that are actually useless", he proposed.
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At the individidual level, he advised: "Get up and do something. Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it."
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3 K$ g6 m+ m1 U He added: "Incidentally, thinking deeply or engaging in self-reflection counts as keeping busy, too.- y. c$ T) S4 o" T! I
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"You do not need to be running around, – you just need to be engaged, either physically or mentally." |