The Science of Vacations: ‘Length Isn’t Terribly Important’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  06.25.10 | 4:23 PM ET

Scientific research about vacationers has revealed some fascinating insights. From a piece in the Boston Globe:

For psychologists and behavioral economists, vacations are a window into the still only dimly understood mystery of human pleasure, a field known as hedonic psychology. Their research, along with other work on prototypically pleasant (and unpleasant) experiences, has begun to yield a portrait of your mind on vacation. And if the findings tell us anything, it’s that we might actually need some help. When we guess the best way to spend our free time, it seems that we often guess wrong.

Thanks for the tip Rob Verger.

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