Happiness Exercises - on your phone?

Yes! The Happiness Exercises app is now available for iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/happiness-exercises/id871241117?mt=8

Bjørn Grinde describres happiness as, "The positive aspect of feelings, emotions and sensations are cared for by more or less the same nerve circuits, whether they are induced by love, art, finding a meaning in life, or tasting a cake; similarly, there are circuits generating negative feelings that are active whether you hurt your knee or are scolded by your boss. Your level of happiness, or well-being, can be defined as the net output of these mood modules. Happiness, in other words, is a term used for desirable states of mind."

What does the app do?

"the app focuses on a workout designed to improve well-being; that is, to affect your daily conscious experiences by elevating your mood."

Read more about the Happiness Exercises and the Happiness App here: http://grinde.wikispaces.com/happiness+exercise

The Happiness App was designed by Bjørn Grinde & programmed by Steinar Grinde

About Bjørn Grinde

I work as a chief scientist with the Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. I started my studies in biology at the University of Oslo being interested primarily in this one organ of one particular species - the human brain. The interest led to further studies in anthropology and psychology, and to a research career focusing on what shaped this organ - the process of evolution. I believe that insight into the inherent tendencies laid down in the brain can help us improve mental health, quality of life, and happiness. An understanding of human nature should also contribute to the question of how to organize a society in order to offer both present and future people a chance to have a good life.