How to improve your social connections and boost happiness

UC Science Today by UC Science Today

Dec 5, 201700:00:58Science & Medicine

Social connections are important and can make you happier, according to psychologist Iris Mauss of the University of California, Berkeley. But how can those who are, shall we say, not so easy going build such a network?...

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