5: Aesthetics

While this book has focused a great deal so far on how touch, sound and even smell can affect our mood, sight is undeniably one of our most important senses. Research into happiness in New York City, London, Paris, Toronto and Berlin has shown that visually attractive things and places make us unequivocally happier.

Therefore one of the biggest arguments for employing a good architect or landscape designer, buying furniture which looks (and of course feels) great, and filling your house with paintings you love is that it will make ...

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