Laurie Santos Speaking Fee: $50,000 to $75,000
Travels From:
HVN - New Haven, CT
Primary Topic Category:
Mental Health / Wellness / Self-Help
Secondary Topic Category:
Education
Laurie Santos Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition, its origins, and the evolutionary biases that influence our life choices. She is also knowledgeable in how behavioral change through positive psychology can lead to a happy and fulfilling life. Her course, "Psychology and the Good Life," is Yale’s most popular course, teaching students how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling based on science. While Santos uses subjects from the animal kingdom to help explain our behaviors, she also provides advice on how to engage our human faculties to counteract evolution, choose more wisely, and live happier lives.
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