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| Elizabeth W DunnSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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On emotionally intelligent time travel: individual differences in affective forecasting abilityElizabeth W Dunn
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:85-93. 2007..Emotion Management, a subcomponent of EI, emerged as the strongest predictor of forecasting ability...
Spending money on others promotes happinessElizabeth W Dunn
Department of Psychology, 2136 West Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Science 319:1687-8. 2008..Finally, participants who were randomly assigned to spend money on others experienced greater happiness than those assigned to spend money on themselves...- On the costs of self-interested economic behavior: how does stinginess get under the skin?Elizabeth W Dunn
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Health Psychol 15:627-33. 2010..Thus, shame and cortisol represent plausible emotional and biological pathways linking everyday decisions with downstream consequences for health... - Misunderstanding the affective consequences of everyday social interactions: the hidden benefits of putting one's best face forwardElizabeth W Dunn
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:990-1005. 2007..This failure to recognize the affective benefits of putting one's best face forward may underlie forecasting errors regarding the emotional consequences of the most common forms of social interactions... - The invisible benefits of exerciseMatthew B Ruby
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC
Health Psychol 30:67-74. 2011..To examine whether--and why--people underestimate how much they enjoy exercise... - Prosocial spending and well-being: cross-cultural evidence for a psychological universalLara B Aknin
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 104:635-52. 2013..Our findings suggest that the reward experienced from helping others may be deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic contexts... 
It's the recipient that counts: spending money on strong social ties leads to greater happiness than spending on weak social tiesLara B Aknin
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e17018. 2011..These results add to the growing literature examining the factors that moderate the link between prosocial behaviour and happiness...- Giving leads to happiness in young childrenLara B Aknin
Psychology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e39211. 2012.... - When to fire: anticipatory versus postevent reconstrual of uncontrollable eventsTimothy D Wilson
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 30:340-51. 2004..Forecasters predicted that loosing would make them feel worse than it did and selected a higher dose of a drug to cope with an anticipated loss than did people who actually lost... - Location, location, location: the misprediction of satisfaction in housing lotteriesElizabeth W Dunn
Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 102 Gilmer Hall, PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4400, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 29:1421-32. 2003.... - Self-knowledge: its limits, value, and potential for improvementTimothy D Wilson
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 4400, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 55:493-518. 2004..It is not always advantageous to hold self-perceptions that correspond perfectly with reality, but increasing awareness of nonconscious motives and personality is generally beneficial...