SPARKS: Professor Dacher Keltner – Awe, The Field Guide

How can the science behind a specific human emotion, change our lives for the better? Dacher Keltner is Professor of Psychology at Berkeley University, California and is the founder of the Greater Good Science Center. You may have heard his podcast, the Science of Happiness. Dacher and his students have been studying the transformative power of a single emotion. Keep listening to hear a brief history of our understanding of awe , its age-old purpose in the pursuit of knowledge… and how the humbling effect of a walk in the woods might just change the way we approach things. Disclaimer: This Spark has been created using material recorded online during the pandemic - so the sound quality varies in places, but this shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying the material. Presentation by: Dacher Keltner Dacher’s Research Hub: Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life (berkeley.edu) Produced by: Unboxed - a UK-wide festival of creativity that brought together Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEAM). Brought to you by: The RSA - the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas become world-changing actions.

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SPARKS: Professor Dacher Keltner – Awe, The Field Guide is an episode from Bridges to the Future by The RSA.

This episode is 00:10:09 long.

This episode was published on Aug 15, 2023.

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