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Study: Happiness Improves Developers' Problem Solving Skills

Posted by samzenpus on from the think-happy dept.

itwbennett writes "Researchers at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy have found that happier programmers (or, more specifically, computer science students at the university) were significantly more likely to score higher on a problem solving assessment. The researchers first measured the emotional states of study participants using a measure devised by psychologists called the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience Affect Balance (SPANE-B) score. They then tested participants' creativity (ability to write creative photo captions) and problem-solving ability (playing the Tower of London game). The results: happiness didn't affect creativity, but did improve problem-solving ability."

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  1. get'em laid by sgt+scrub · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been saying all along that the schools should get the geeks laid instead of the jocks. Even with this study they still won't listen.

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  2. Re:or, alternatively by mrmeval · · Score: 4, Funny

    People who get regular sex are happier and more productive.

    It's a health care issue and should be mandated the employer pays for whores.

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  3. Re:or, alternatively by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 4, Funny

    "People who get regular sex are happier and more productive."

    You misspelled reproductive.

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