The connection between artistic creativity and happiness is a slippery ... Repetitive satisfying art making may actually mediate depression and anxiety by stimulating the "accumbens-striatial ...

Western cultures have generally regarded bats with superstition and fear; but in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, the bat has achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck.

The same part of the brain that reacts to fear also responds to happiness. Thus, my child who loves the gore and the sensation of being scared for fun isn’t "wired differently." In fact ...

So happiness and surprise are processed faster than sadness and fear", explains Aznar-Casanova. This research study adds to previous ones, which had revealed asymmetries in the way the brain ...