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The Emotional Life of Your Brain

How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live - and How You Can Change Them
By Sharon Begley and Richard Davidson
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The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Sharon Begley and Richard Davidson explores the connection between our brains and our emotions, explaining how different parts of the brain influence our emotional responses. The authors delve into the science of neuroplasticity, illustrating how we can reshape our emotional lives by understanding and altering these neural pathways. With insights from psychology and neuroscience, the book offers practical strategies for emotional improvement and personal development.
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You might enjoy this book if you're curious about the neuroscience behind emotions and personal development. It offers intriguing insights into how the brain shapes personality and emotional responses, providing practical advice on enhancing emotional well-being and harnessing the power of emotions to improve your life.

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The Emotional Life of Your Brain

How to retrain our brain to improve our emotional behaviour, by a pioneering neuroscientist.

How to retrain our brain to improve our emotional behaviour by pioneering neuroscientist

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Why we behave the way we do has been the life study of pioneering neuroscientist Richard Davidson. Helping us to understand our own emotional responses and discover our unique emotional style, Davidson and Begley also show how we can retrain our brains through mindfulness and meditation to alter lifelong patterns of destructive or unhelpful behaviour.

Practical and illuminating, this book expands our view of what it means to be human.

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The Emotional Life of Your Brain is praised for offering readers the tools to enhance their attention, intuition, and emotional connection with others. It provides an engaging exploration of the neuroscience behind emotions and personal identity, offering actionable insights to improve life through scientific discoveries. With contributions from influential figures like Deepak Chopra and Martin Seligman, the book is noted for its breakthrough research and compelling storytelling, making it a recommended read in the field of positive psychology and self-development.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444708820

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 January 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 214g

Pages: 304

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Mindset & Self Help Non-Fiction Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Richard Davidson Self-Help & Personal Development Sharon Begley

About the Author

Sharon Begley is the author of TRAIN YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, which was published in 2007, was on The New York Times extended list, and Amazon's bestsellers lists, and has been sold in 16 countries. Sharon is the acclaimed Science Editor and columnist at Newsweek. Professor Richard Davidson was the first to identify the science of emotion. He is hailed everywhere from The New York Times to The New Scientist and by everyone from Daniel Goleman to Deepak Chopra and Ruby Wax. He heads up the psychology lab at the University of Wisconsin.

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