Campus Theme: Exploring Happiness

Winter Term Presentations 

Happiness: Is It All In Your Brain?

Scholars have long pondered the nature of happiness and its internal and external sources. Motivation, persistence, love and pleasure are among the range of experiences we associate with happiness. Psychologists have sought to understand the different ways we experience happiness across the lifespan, as well as the brain basis of these experiences. Join Rachel Jochem and Mark Krause from the Southern Oregon University psychology department for a discussion about a range of happy sensations, from contentment to ecstasy. We will try to answer our original question: How much of it is all in your brain?

Presenters: Mark Krause, Psychology, and Rachel Jochem, Psychology

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 • 4 pm • Meese Room, Hannon Library