Vita Bona Science
Christian Waugh, Elizabeth Beasley, Lily BothaThe science of positive emotions, stress, and resilience
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 35 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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I'm a Psychological Scientist who studies how people use positive emotions to manage their stress and become resilient.
I am a senior at Wake Forest University pursuing a B.A. in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Spanish. I am passionate about studying psychiatric disorders, developmental psychopathology, emotion neuroscience, and neuroimmune mechanisms.
Psychology student at Wake Forest University
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