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What is the meaning of life? It’s a question as old as our species, and today we’ll take a look at what purpose really means from a psychological perspective, as well as offer up a few tips on how to find yours.
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tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2015.1048814?journalCode=rpos20
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397309001154
What is the meaning of life? It’s a question as old as our species, and today we’ll take a look at what purpose really means from a psychological perspective, as well as offer up a few tips on how to find yours.
Hosted by: Brit Garner
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/scishow
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
AAdam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
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Sources:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740716
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11148302
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)61489-0/fulltext
sleep.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41606-017-0015-6
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15347530
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22359156
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334778
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11148302
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643833
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22075239
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2013.830764
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cd.290
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_find_your_purpose_in_life
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/can_helping_others_help_you_find_meaning_in_life
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2015.1048814?journalCode=rpos20
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397309001154
