The Secrets to Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos

Name: The Secrets to Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos
Start: 2024-09-17T18:00:00-04:00
Location: John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Tue Sep 17 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts | New Haven, CT

Dr. Laurie Santos is a psychologist and an expert on human cognition, its origins, and the evolutionary biases that influence our all-too imperfect life choices. Her work centers around how behavioral change through positive psychology can lead to a happier and more fulfilling life. She is the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology and the former Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Her course, Psychology and the Good Life, teaches what the science of psychology says about how to make wiser choices for a better life. The class is Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years and has been adapted into a free Coursera program that has been taken by over 4 million people to date. The event is free but tickets must be reserved in advance!