What is Happiness? | An Exploration of Science, Faith, and Mental Health
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December 5, 2019
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Shimon Edelman is a Professor of psychology at Cornell, interested in behavioral, neural, evolutionary, and computational aspects of language, vision, consciousness, and happiness. Dr. David Carreon is a psychiatrist at Stanford University and the Medical Director of Acacia Mental Health in Fremont, CA. Please like, share, subscribe to and review this podcast!
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