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URL:https://www.gcc.mass.edu/events/faculty-lecture-z-zinter-on-gratitude/
SUMMARY:Faculty Lecture: Z Zinter on Gratitude
DESCRIPTION:Professor Z Zinter delivers a talk "Why the Good Stuff Doesn’
 t Last: The Psychology of Gratitude\, Savoring and Taking Things for Grant
 ed." Why do things we once desperately wanted eventually start to feel... 
 normal? A new job\, an accomplishment\, a relationship\, a purchase or eve
 n a positive change in our lives can make us happy—and then\, remarkably
  quickly\, we get used to it. Psychologists call this hedonic adaptation\,
  and it reveals something fascinating about how the human mind works. In t
 his talk\, we'll explore why we’re so good at adapting\, and what resear
 ch on gratitude\, savorin\, and attention can teach us about noticing what
  we've learned to overlook. Along the way\, we'll consider a curious possi
 bility: that appreciating what we have may depend less on changing our cir
 cumstances and more on changing what we notice.
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