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  • Better busy than doing nothing, scientist proves

    08/02/2010 7:04:39 PM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 7 replies · 8+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 30 Jul 2010 | Stephen Adams
    Keeping the mind occupied with tasks - no matter how meaningless - staves off negative emotions, the study found. -snip- Prof Hsee concluded keeping busy helped keep people happy. He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications. "Governments may increase the happiness of idle citizens by having them build bridges that are actually useless", he proposed.