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。 $ j+ D7 S$ c: r) v0 y3 q/ P3 x
The secret to happiness is keeping busy, research has found.
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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.
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. Q4 L! I* H9 T) J4 S 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.) p- a: F1 C$ K% |7 ]8 m& Y( {0 _
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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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Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put.+ j, h# a5 N. v- L! p* a+ f& M- A: F: \
; Y+ c( k" ?9 C' U( Q5 t: i Prof Hsee concluded keeping busy helped keep people happy.' }) Q/ U8 x# f4 f
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He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications., J1 f, x6 ^# t. Y6 m& Y% T- B
" t- {2 X( F# F+ R l0 m "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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! `$ D4 u# H1 f/ R He added: "Incidentally, thinking deeply or engaging in self-reflection counts as keeping busy, too.
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! J$ n: j7 h ~) Q& I% Z9 [ "You do not need to be running around, – you just need to be engaged, either physically or mentally." |
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