The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom
Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius
Annals of Neurosciences 2011 DOI: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.1118110 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Practical guide or manual Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that meditation and Buddhist philosophy can retrain the brain to overcome its evolved negativity bias, thereby promoting positive emotions and mental well-being. |
Abstract
The aim of the book is to educate people to enhance the power of positive emotions in their lives. In this book the author explains how our brains have evolved towards keeping us safe from external threats. Our intrinsic negativity leads to suffering. The author indicates that by using meditation and by the ways of the Buddhism, we can cause the reactions in the brain which stimulate the nervous system to become more positive. And it is rightly said that if we act positively then positive things follow. Therefore, we can use the Buddhist’s philosophy to achieve scientific mental health benefits.
Citations in the library
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- The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale for Adolescents (MAAS-A): Psychometric Properties in a Dutch Sample. Mindfulness September 2011