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  Date / Time: 10/30/2009 3:50 AM UTC

  "Born to be Good : The Science of a Meaningful Life" with Dacher Keltner on Heart Beat
  

  
  

  Join Julie Cusmariu, Host of Heart Beat in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Wednesday November 4, 2009. Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkley, is a social psychologist who focuses on the prosocial emotions, such as love, sympathy and gratitude, and processes such as teasing and flirtation that enhance bonds. He has conducted empirical studies in three areas of inquiry. A first looks at the determinant and effects of power, hierarchy and social class. A second in concerned with the morality of everyday life, and how we negotiate moral truths in teasing, gossip, and other reputational matters. A third and primary focus in on the biological and evolutionary basis of the benevolent affects, including compassion, awe, love, gratitude, and laughter and modesty. Professor Keltner is Director of The Greater Good Science Center, a research center committed to the scientific understanding of positive emotions. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/index.html
  
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