Menu

happiness

HappinessPsyhcology

Psychology of Happiness – Mar 2

/ , , / , , , , /

All humans strive to be happy in some form. Yet, surprisingly, people are not very good at the pursuit of happiness, often falling short of their happiness goals — by a lot. Should we give up on happiness altogether?! What does modern psychology say regarding why people are bad at the pursuit of happiness … and how they could become better? Research indicates that, while pitfalls are plentiful, attaining greater happiness is possible.

Our Wonderfest speaker is Dr. Iris Mauss, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley. She leads Cal’s laboratory of Emotion & Emotion Regulation.


Dr. Iris Mauss

WHAT: The Psychology of Happiness
WHO: Dr. Iris Mauss, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley [https://eerlab.berkeley.edu]
WHERE: HopMonk Tavern, 224 Vintage Way, Novato CA 94945 [https://www.hopmonk.com/novato]
WHEN: Tuesday, March 2nd — 7pm (1.5 hr)
HOW: This event is free and unticketed ... and valuable. But what value does it have FOR YOU (and, indirectly, for society)? Accordingly, please use the DONATE button (below) to support Wonderfest in its nonprofit mission to share the scientific outlook.
Help share the scientific outlook - donate!
LovingChocolate

Loving Chocolate – Dec 17

/ , , / , , , , , /

“It comes from cocoa, a leafy-green plant; … chocolate is salad!” Why do so many of us love chocolate despite its non-saladesque qualities? Wonderfest joins St. Helena’s Cameo Cinema for the Science On Screen® presentation of Wonka, portraying the wondrous backstory of Earth’s greatest magician, inventor, and chocolate-maker. Q&A with UC Berkeley happiness expert Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas will follow the special screening. Ticket purchase includes a small-size popcorn and chocolate treats from the Master Chocolatier at Yountville’s Kollar Chocolates.

Our interviewee, Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, is Science Director at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. She is a leading researcher on the neuroscience and psychology of prosocial skills that bolster human happiness. Disclaimer: Dr. Simon-Thomas may not suggest that eating chocolate is a prosocial skill, or that chocolate is salad, but she does attribute her life-long love of chocolate to Willy Wonka (and, perhaps, to a biological affinity for theobromine).

 


Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas

WHAT: WONKA & Loving Chocolate
WHO: Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Science Director, Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley [https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/profile/emiliana_simon_thomas]
WHERE: Cameo Cinema, 1340 Main Street, St. Helena, CA 94574 [https://www.cameocinema.com/movie/wonka-science-on-screen]
WHEN: 2023-12-17 — 1:00 pm, Sunday, Dec 17 (2.5 hr)
HOW:

Doors open at noon for the 1:00pm showtime; early arrival and ticket purchase ($25, via the link below) are advised.

Tickets