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Nick Brown

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Nick Brown is a psychology researcher renowned for his critiques of famous psychological studies. A Cambridge-trained engineer, Nick Brown began studying psychology formally in his 50s and soon took on the positive psychology establishment. He is most famous for his debunking of the so-called "positivity ratio" in the science of happiness.

His work has been covered in The Guardian, The Scientist Magazine, and Science, among other publications.

Nick Brown is a psychology researcher renowned for his critiques of famous psychological studies. A Cambridge-trained engineer, Nick Brown began studying psychology formally in his 50s and soon took on the positive psychology establishment. He is most famous for his debunking of the so-called "positivity ratio" in the science of happiness.

His work has been covered in The Guardian, The Scientist Magazine, and Science, among other publications.

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