• Question: Why do different things make different people happy?

    Asked by ladysovereignezza to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 23 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      Because we are all individuals..?

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 23 Mar 2011:

      ladysovereignezza, I’m glad you’ve brought up feelings this time around. People are different with different experiences so different things make them happy. Feelings of happiness can usually be linked to the reward systems in the brain, and we can learn associations between things and events. Some people learn to celebrate happy events in their lives with food, so food becomes something that they associate with happiness. However, there are also things that make all of us happy and these are things that probably activate these reward systems on their own. Another good question! 😉

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