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This Emotional Life Episode 1

Hosted by
Daniel Gilbert

Produced by
Jesse Sweet, Sabin Streeter and Alexis Bloom

Senior Producer

Graham Judd

Written by
Jesse Sweet and Daniel Gilbert

End Credits, Crawl

Editors
Bernadine Colish
Jason Schmidt
Jeremy Stulberg

Original Music by
Michael Bacon

Graphic Design & Animation
Brian Oakes

Associate Producers
Kyle Silveri
Talya Boston

Production Manager

Naomi Tan

Post Production Associate Producer
Tom Denison

Celebrity Producer
Nancy Steiner

Directors of Photography
Eddie Marritz
Wolfgang Held
Rob Humphreys
Rich Conaflane

Pre-Production Science Editor
Vinita Mehta

Business Affairs
Mary Farley

Production Coordinators

Mike Maron
Amy Rockefeller

General Counsel

Robert Gold

Additional Editing

Patricia Sunshine
Kate Hirson
Jessica Reynolds

Associate Editors

Maxime Demetrio
Naftali Beane Rutter

Assistant Editor

Jonathan Glidden

Assistant Camera
Mike Maron
Andy Heikkila
Jeff Clark
Andrew Watson

Gaffers
Paul Helzer
Jessica Jennings

Sound
Mark Mandler
Bill Armstrong
Merce Williams
David Hocs

Production Assistants
Joyce Cha
Steve Macfarlane
Nan Wakefield

Location Production Assistants
Lila Yomtoob
Chris Mallis
Jeremy Simpson

Makeup

Jude Calder
Amy Taylor
Maria Von Torfeld

Host Stylists
Zoë Sundra
Gloria Oliphant

Interns
Misha Wagner
Sophie Bressler
Patrick Williams
Flerida Cano

Series Advisors
Jacques Barber, University of Pennsylvania
John Cacioppo, University of Chicago
Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina

Ian Gotlib, Stanford University

Philip Kendall, Temple University

Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School

Bruce McEwen, Rockefeller University
Richard McNally, Harvard University

Seth Pollak, University of Wisconsin,

Episode Advisors
Steve Asher, Duke University
Don Baucom, University of North Carolina
Tsedal Beyene, Harvard Business School
Margaret Clark, Yale University
Mary Riggs Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
Maurice Elias, Rutgers University
Del Elliott, University of Colorado
Dorothy Espelage, University of Illinois  
Peter Fonagy University College London
Cathy Lord, University of Michigan
Linda Mayes, Yale School of Medicine 
Charles Nelson, Harvard Medical School 

Harry Reis, University of Rochester
Jack Shonkoff, Harvard University
Myrna Shure, Author
Howard Steele, The New School   
Bob Sutton, Stanford University
Everett Waters, Stony Brook University

Charles Zeanah, Tulane University

Special Thanks
Dan Brucker
Tracie Bush, MA
C. Sue Carter, Ph.D.
Linda Chung
Jennifer Cochran
The Cyr/Rohlfs Family
Marc Hauser, Ph.D.
Debbie Johnston
Renee Jolles, B.M., M.M.
Jerome Kagan, Ph.D.
Alan Kazdin, Ph.D.
Pat Kratochwill
Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D.
Roni Cohen Leiderman, Ph.D.
The McCormick Family
P. Read Montague, Ph.D.
Donald Palma
Barb Roeber, M.S.
The Ross Family
Lisa Sanzenbacher
Jason Savage
Taca Airlines
The Tobias Family
Robin Tutt
Drew Westen, Ph.D.


Locations

Bryant Park Grill
Bowlmor Lanes
Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Community
Goodman Media
GlenArbor Golf Club
Grand Central Terminal/MetroNorth
Hermann Memorial City Hospital
house of yes
John Adams Middle School
Madison Square Park
Milwaukee Public Museum
One Sunset
Our Lady of the Snows School
Prospect Park Zoo
Richard M. Gorchard Regional Fairgrounds
Silverbrook Middle School
Streb Lab for Action Mechanics    
Underhill Playground, New York City     Department of Parks and Recreation
Van Dam Diner
The Village Underground
W Los Angeles – Westwood NINETHIRTY Restaurant
Weaver’s Way Co-op
West Way Diner
 

Archival Material
ABC NEWS VideoSource
BBC Motion Gallery

Post Production
Online Editor: Mishel Hassidim
Online/Color Correction: Post Factory NY
Mix/Audio Design:  Christopher D. Anderson, Mix One
Post Production Editor: Rebecca Nieto
Packaging Editor:  Spencer Gentry

Closed Captioning
Media Access Group at WGBH

Video Description
Media Access Group at WGBH with funding by the US Department of Education.

Promotion and Marketing
VOX Global/Fleishman-Hillard Inc.

Outreach and Impact Campaign
Cause & Affect, Inc.

Evaluation
Mission Measurement

Web site designed and created by
Method

For Vulcan Productions

Design Director
Erik Davidson

Line Producer

Hilary Sparrow

Production Assistance
Miriam Larkin
Joanna Gallagher

Legal Services
Davina Inslee

Business Affairs Consultant
B.J. Miller


For WGBH

Paralegal
Sarah Erlandson

Legal and Business Affairs
Susan Rosen

Station Relations
Bara Levin
Jaime Reese

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Series Associate Producer & Post Production Director
Jonathan Loewald

Business & Production Manager
Mary Alice Holmes

Supervising Producer, Vulcan Productions
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss

Senior Producer, NOVA/WGBH Science Unit
Lisa Mirowitz

Executives-in–Charge, Vulcan Productions
Paul G. Allen
Jody Allen

Senior Executive Producer, NOVA/WGBH Science Unit
Paula S. Apsell

Senior Executive Producer, Vulcan Productions
Richard Hutton

Executive Producers, Kunhardt McGee Productions

Dyllan McGee
Peter W. Kunhardt

This Emotional Life Episode 2

Hosted by
Daniel Gilbert

Produced by
Chana Gazit and Mary Robertson

Senior Producer
Graham Judd

Written by
Chana Gazit and Daniel Gilbert

End Credits, Crawl

Directed by
Chana Gazit

Editor
Jay Keuper

Original Music by
Michael Bacon

Graphic Design & Animation
Brian Oakes

Associate Producer
Lisa Kalikow

Production Manager
Naomi Tan

Post Production Associate Producer
Tom Denison

Celebrity Producer
Nancy Steiner

Directors of Photography
Mia Barker
Bob Hannah
Wolfgang Held
Rob Humphreys
Bob Elfstrom
Stephen McCarthy
Eddie Marritz

Pre-Production Science Editor
Vinita Mehta

Business Affairs

Mary Farley

Production Coordinators

Mike Maron
Amy Rockefeller

General Counsel
Robert Gold

Additional Editing
Rachel Kittner
Jeremy Stulberg
Jason Schmidt

Associate Editors
Maxime Demetrio
Naftali Beane Rutter

Assistant Editor
Jonathan Glidden

Assistant Camera
Paul Helzer
Ethan Johnson   
Andrew Watson

Additional Camera
Mary Robertson

Gaffers
Mark Gamsey    
Ned Hallick
Richard Speed   

Sound
Ray Day
Mark Mandler
Merce Williams

Production Assistants
Joyce Cha
Steve Macfarlane
Nan Wakefield

Makeup
Jude Calder
Amy Taylor
Maria von Torfeld

Host Stylists
Zoë Sundra
Gloria Oliphant

Interns
Misha Wagner
Sophie Bressler
Patrick Williams
Flerida Cano

Series Advisors
Jacques Barber, University of Pennsylvania
John Cacioppo, University of Chicago
Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina

Ian Gotlib, Stanford University

Philip Kendall, Temple University

Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School

Bruce McEwen, Rockefeller University
Richard McNally, Harvard University

Seth Pollak, University of Wisconsin

Episode Advisors
J. Gayle Beck, University of Memphis
Michael Davis, Emory University
Jacek Debiec, New York University
John Gabrieli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Gould, Princeton University
Jutta Joormann, University of Miami
Joseph LeDoux, New York University
Matthew Lieberman, University of California, LA
Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University
Liz Phelps, New York University
Grazyna Rajkowska, University of Mississippi
Kerry Ressler, Emory University
Barbara Rothbaum, Emory University

Special Thanks
Robert Antonioni
The Davies Family
The Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders, Boston University
Center for the Treatment & Study of Anxiety, University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan Depression Center
 
Locations
Arco Arena
Body Builder’s Gym
Boston University
Cyclone at Coney Island
Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park 
East Coast Aero Club
Emory University
Harvard University
House of the Redeemer
Knitting Factory
RX Restaurant
Joe & Dayna Sheehan
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Massport Logan Airport
Massachusetts State House
New York Junior League
New York University
SEPTA
Stanford University
St Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery
University of Michigan Health System
US Airways
University of California Irvine
 Wallace Civic Center at Fitchburg State College
The Woodlands Cemetery Company of Philadelphia
Yale University

Archival Material

ABC NEWS VideoSource
AP Archive
BBC Motion Gallery
Classic Images
CNN ImageSource
Corbis Motion
Getty Images
Massachusetts Senate
Streamline Films
Thought Equity Motion

Post Production
Online Editor: Mishel Hassidim
Online/Color Correction: Post Factory NY
Mix/Audio Design:  Christopher D. Anderson, Mix One
Post Production Editor: Rebecca Nieto
Packaging Editor:  Spencer Gentry

Closed Captioning
Media Access Group at WGBH

Video Description
Media Access Group at WGBH with funding by the US Department of Education

Promotion and Marketing
VOX Global/Fleishman-Hillard Inc.

Outreach and Impact Campaign

Cause & Affect, Inc.

Evaluation
Mission Measurement

Web site designed and created by
Method

For Vulcan Productions


Design Director

Erik Davidson

Line Producer
Hilary Sparrow

Production Assistance

Miriam Larkin
Joanna Gallagher

Legal Services

Davina Inslee

Business Affairs Consultant
B.J. Miller

For WGBH

Paralegal
Sarah Erlandson

Legal and Business Affairs

Susan Rosen

Station Relations
Bara Levin
Jaime Reese

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Series Associate Producer & Post Production Director
Jonathan Loewald

Business & Production Manager
Mary Alice Holmes

Supervising Producer, Vulcan Productions
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss

Senior Producer, NOVA/WGBH Science Unit
Lisa Mirowitz

Executives-in–Charge, Vulcan Productions

Paul G. Allen
Jody Allen

Senior Executive Producer, NOVA/WGBH Science Unit

Paula S. Apsell

Senior Executive Producer, Vulcan Productions

Richard Hutton

Executive Producers, Kunhardt McGee Productions

Dyllan McGee
Peter W. Kunhardt

This Emotional Life Episode 3

Hosted by
Daniel Gilbert

Produced by
Sabin Streeter
Jack Youngelson
Tina Nguyen

Senior Producers
Lisa Mirowitz
Graham Judd

Written by
Jack Youngelson and Daniel Gilbert

End Credits

Senior Editor
Steve Audette

Directed by
Jack Youngelson

Editors
Kate Hirson
Jessica Reynolds

Original Score
Michael Bacon

Graphic Design & Animation

Brian Oakes

Associate Producer
Amilca Palmer

Additional Producing
Mary Robertson

Production Manager
Naomi Tan

Post Production Associate Producer
Tom Denison

Celebrity Producer
Nancy Steiner

Directors of Photography
Rob Fortunato
Wolfgang Held
Rob Humphreys
Jason Longo
Eddie Marritz
Steve McCarthy
Jon Shenk

Pre-Production Science Editor

Vinita Mehta

Business Affairs
Mary Farley

Production Coordinators

Mike Maron
Amy Rockefeller

Series Associate Producer & Post Production Director
Jonathan Loewald

General Counsel
Robert Gold

Associate Editors
Maxime Demetrio
Naftali Beane Rutter

Assistant Editor
Jonathan Glidden

Assistant Camera
Mike Maron
Dave Lacaruba
Adam Wilson

Sound

Bill Armstrong
Steve Bores
Brian Jordan
Gabriel Monts
Jack Norflus
Merce Williams

Production Assistants

Joyce Cha
Steve Macfarlane
Nan Wakefield

Makeup
Maria Von Torfeld

Host Stylists
Zoë Sundra
Gloria Oliphant

Interns
Sophie Bressler
Flerida Cano
Ashleigh Costanza
Daniel Rabb
Caitlin Rotman
Kate Sokol
Misha Wagner
Patrick Williams

Series Advisors
Jacques Barber, University of Pennsylvania
John Cacioppo, University of Chicago
Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina

Ian Gotlib, Stanford University

Philip Kendall, Temple University

Ronald Kessler, Harvard Medical School

Bruce McEwen, Rockefeller University
Richard McNally, Harvard University

Seth Pollak, University of Wisconsin

Episode Advisors
John Cacioppo, University of Chicago
Ian Gotlib, Stanford University

Special Thanks
Michele Gossett
Richard Davidson
Katherine Ketcham
Sean Lee
Michael Maddaus
William Cope Moyers
Bob Shumaker
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe
United States Navy

Archival Material
ABC NEWS VideoSource
Corbis Images
Getty Motion
ITN Source
Fox News
Reuters

Post Production
Online Editors: Mishel Hassidim
Assistant Online Editor: Adam Greenburg
Online/Color Correction: Post Factory, New York
Mix/Audio Design:  Christopher D. Anderson, Mix One
Post Production Editor: Rebecca Nieto
Packaging Editor:  Spencer Gentry

Closed Captioning
Media Access Group at WGBH

Video Description

Media Access Group at WGBH with funding by the US Department of Education.

Promotion and Marketing
VOX Global/Fleishman-Hillard

Outreach and Impact
Cause & Affect, Inc.

Website Production
Method, Inc.

For Vulcan Productions

Design Director
Erik Davidson

Line Producer

Hilary Sparrow

Production Assistance
Miriam Larkin
Joanna Gallagher

Legal Services
Davina Inslee

Business Affairs Consultant
B.J. Miller

For WGBH Educational Foundation

Paralegal
Sarah Erlandson

Legal and Business Affairs
Susan Rosen

Station Relations
Bara Levin
Jaime Reese

Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan

Series Associate Producer & Post Production Director
Jonathan Loewald

Business & Production Manager
Mary Alice Holmes

Supervising Producer, Vulcan Productions
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss

Executives-In–Charge, Vulcan Productions
Paul G. Allen
Jody Allen

Senior Executive Producer, NOVA/WGBH Science Unit

Paula S. Apsell

Senior Executive Producer, Vulcan Productions

Richard Hutton

Executive Producers, Kunhardt McGee Productions
Dyllan McGee
Peter W. Kunhardt

This Emotional Life is a Co-Production of the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc.  A Film by Kunhardt McGee Productions.  ©/™ 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation and Vulcan Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Additional Funding for This Emotional Life is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

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Vulcan Productions
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Vulcan Productions
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