Happiness Gene and Positive Thinking

The research in finding the happiness gene that may give 50% optimistic outlook is a joint work undertaken between Prof.Yoram Barak of Tel Aviv University and its affiliated Israel's largest research hospital , The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre at Tel Hashomer.Prof.Barak says"Something genetic should have greater concordance among twins and the related studies show 50% happiness is determined genetically".He works with Prof.Anat Achiron ,Sheba Medical Center to find the specific happiness generating gene.

Thinking positively is found to give more happiness. The happiness level of 120 participants in an one day workshop held by Prof.Barak has been found to increase to 30%.His research on physical affects of mental state on neurological disease affected people help to fill the gap found between clinical medicine and psychology. This positive thinking exercise helps the neurological disease affected people to stabilize the neurological disorders and strengthen the lives in healthy individuals.