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Awe and Gratitude

By Robert Emmons | November 2010 | TRT 2:43

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How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain

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Robert Emmons

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., is the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude. He is a professor of psychology at the University of…

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