The Effects of Choice and Autonomy on Health

A number of psychological studies have examined the well being and motivation of people when they get to make choices about what they do. People that end up making more choices, or in more autonomy and control over their schedules, by and large, were less likely to suffer from heart disease or strokes and lived longer lives. There are studies that show that giving people even trivial or superficial choices can improve their health. If you give children a choice of when they're gong to do their assignment, they spend more time on it. Again, people are happier....