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Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology edited by Daniel Kahneman, Ed Diener, and Norbert Schwarz. Russell Sage Foundation. 2003. 593 pages. Paperback. $35.

What makes life pleasant or unpleasant? What makes individuals feel fulfilled or empty, satisfied or dissatisfied, interested

or bored? These basic and essential questions--core issues surrounding the mystery of happiness--comprise the study of "hedonic psychology." This ground-breaking volume of 28 essays explores what scientists know about what makes us happy, exploring pain, mood, personality, gender, the workplace, and the physiology of the brain.

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