Massachusetts - Researchers at Harvard University who uses iPhone application to track the mood of the people, have found a correlation between imagining the feeling unhappy.
In the application called 'Track Your Hapiness', iPhone users will be contacted at random to ask what they are feeling and what they do when answering these questions. The users have the option to decide when and how often they will be notified. So that was quoted from
Mashable, Friday (12/11/2010).
Results of a study published in the journal Science, examined approximately 2250 adults, 58.8 percent of male respondents and 73.9 of them live outside the U.S.. The average age of respondents was 34 years old. Respondents said that they imagine 46.9 percent of the time when the iPhone rang to check their thinking. And for those who say that they imagine are more likely to indicate that they feel unhappy.
Jonathan Schooler, a professor of psychology at the University of California, said the findings should not be used to declare that all people who are dreaming are the ones who are not happy.
According to Schooler, imagination is the key to solving the problem solving ability of a person. There is also evidence that dreaming is also important for creativity.
"Even when there are cases that people who fantasize are not happy, that does not mean people should stop dreaming," added schooler.
Meanwhile, the applications 'Track Your Happiness' has been used by scientists to determine the cause of one's happiness. To take the survey, click www.trackyourhappiness.org, where the user must first answer a few questions before becoming a participant.
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