Hardwiring Happiness : The Hidden Power of Everyday Experiences on the Modern Brain

How to overcome the Brain's Negativity Bias

Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist and the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, best-selling author of Buddha's Brain, founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. He's been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.

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