The Science of Awe

Genifer steller is a psychology professor at the university o toronto, where she heads the health emotions in altruism laboratory. She joins us to talk about one of the early classic studies of all, exploring how it affects our physical health. We know that negative emotions like shame, seem to be strongly related to chronic inflammation, and that can be damaging for our bodies. But until your pioneering study, there hadn't been anything about positive emotion.