60-Second Mind

People Think Experiences Bring Happiness, Still Opt for Things

08.24.2014 - By Scientific AmericanPlay

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Survey subjects rated life experiences as making them happier and as a better use of money than buying objects. But they actually spent their cash on material goods, whose value is more easily quantifiable. Erika Beras reports

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