Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society

The savanna theory of happiness proposes that, due to evolutionary constraints on the human brain, situations and circumstances that would have increased our ancestors’ happiness may still increase our happiness today, and those that would have decreased their happiness then may still decrease ours...

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Main Authors: KANAZAWA, Satoshi, LI, Norman P., YONG, Jose C.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-48392024-03-20T03:30:02Z Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society KANAZAWA, Satoshi LI, Norman P. YONG, Jose C. The savanna theory of happiness proposes that, due to evolutionary constraints on the human brain, situations and circumstances that would have increased our ancestors’ happiness may still increase our happiness today, and those that would have decreased their happiness then may still decrease ours today. It further proposes that, because general intelligence evolved to solve evolutionarily novel problems, this tendency may be stronger among less intelligent individuals. Because humans are a diurnal species that cannot see in the dark, darkness always represented danger to our ancestors and may still decrease our happiness today. Consistent with this prediction, the analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data shows that exposure to sunlight was associated with happiness but the association was significantly weaker among more intelligent individuals. 2022-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3581 info:doi/10.1080/02699931.2022.2029358 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4839/viewcontent/SunshineOnMyShoulders_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Sunshine happiness mismatch evolutionary psychology Applied Behavior Analysis Cognitive Psychology Social Psychology
institution Singapore Management University
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Sunshine
happiness
mismatch
evolutionary psychology
Applied Behavior Analysis
Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
spellingShingle Sunshine
happiness
mismatch
evolutionary psychology
Applied Behavior Analysis
Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
KANAZAWA, Satoshi
LI, Norman P.
YONG, Jose C.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
description The savanna theory of happiness proposes that, due to evolutionary constraints on the human brain, situations and circumstances that would have increased our ancestors’ happiness may still increase our happiness today, and those that would have decreased their happiness then may still decrease ours today. It further proposes that, because general intelligence evolved to solve evolutionarily novel problems, this tendency may be stronger among less intelligent individuals. Because humans are a diurnal species that cannot see in the dark, darkness always represented danger to our ancestors and may still decrease our happiness today. Consistent with this prediction, the analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data shows that exposure to sunlight was associated with happiness but the association was significantly weaker among more intelligent individuals.
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author KANAZAWA, Satoshi
LI, Norman P.
YONG, Jose C.
author_facet KANAZAWA, Satoshi
LI, Norman P.
YONG, Jose C.
author_sort KANAZAWA, Satoshi
title Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
title_short Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
title_full Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
title_fullStr Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
title_full_unstemmed Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if I’m less intelligent: How sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
title_sort sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy... especially if i’m less intelligent: how sunlight and intelligence affect happiness in modern society
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3581
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