Happiness : the science behind your smile / Daniel Nettle.
2005
BF575.H27 N48 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Happiness : the science behind your smile / Daniel Nettle.
Author
Nettle, Daniel.
ISBN
0192805584 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Oxford, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
vi, 216 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Item Number
9780192805584 (alk. paper)
Call Number
BF575.H27 N48 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
152.4/2
Summary
In a world obsessed by happiness, this is the first book to look thoroughly at what happiness is and how it works. Bringing together insights from psychiatry, psychology, and philosophy, psychologist Nettle examines whether people are basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, what sort of remedies to unhappiness work, why some people are happier than others, and much more. We discover the evolutionary reason why negative thoughts are more powerful than positive ones. We read that happiness varies from country to country--the Swiss are much more happy than Bulgarians. Nettle discusses the brain systems underlying emotions and moods, ranging from serotonin, "the happiness chemical"; to mood enhancing drugs such as D-fenfluramine, which reduces negative thinking in less than an hour; to the part of the brain that, when electrically stimulated, provides feeling of benevolent calm and even euphoria.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references(p. 198-212).
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Comfort and joy
Bread and circuses
Love and work
Worriers and enthusiasts
Wanting and liking
Panaceas and placebos
A design for living.
Bread and circuses
Love and work
Worriers and enthusiasts
Wanting and liking
Panaceas and placebos
A design for living.