Happiness

Piper, Hugh. (Added Author). Guadagni, Nicky. (Added Author). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author).

Summary: Explores the emotion of contentment, which is believed to be the one sentiment that motivates us to live. Draws a distinction between the lasting state of happiness and the pursuit of instant pleasure. Explores the evolutionary role of happiness, and speculates about what happens in the brain and possibly our genes, that makes some happy and some not.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD).
Edition: Letterbox format.
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; Sydney, NSW : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004 ; Toronto : CBC [distributor], c2004 ; Vancouver, BC : Image Media [distributor], 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Program originally broadcast on The nature of things.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer, director, writer, Hugh Piper; associate producer, writer, Anna Cater; narrator, Nicki Guadagni.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Duplication rights expire 2012-11-30; non-erasure.