stumbling on happiness

http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=d_gilbert&flashEnabled=1


click on the above link and watch the video, its good if you have 20 minutes to spare, lots of things about the frontal cortex and the brain .

Dan Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of Stumbling on Happiness. In this memorable talk, filmed at TED2004, he demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:02)