Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain

Optimismus kann man lernen
Wir sind nicht zum Pessimismus verdammt. Zwar werden Menschen mit einer genetischen Disposition zum Optimismus und mit einem Talent zum Glücklichsein oder als existentielle Pessimisten geboren. Das hängt mit individuell geprägten Hirnstrukturen zusammen. Doch weil das menschliche Gehirn ungemein wandelbar ist, verfügen wir über diverse Möglichkeiten, den Blick auf das Leben zu verändern. Elaine Fox, renommierte Neurologin und Pionierforscherin in Sachen Glücksgen, ist überzeugt: Wenn wir begreifen, wie Optimismus im Gehirn funktioniert, können wir Lebensfreude und Glück steigern. Denn je nach Umfeld und Erfahrungen bildet das Gehirn neue Zellen und erprobt andere Muster. Jenseits der billigen Behauptung vom positiven Denken können wir mit Hilfe der Hirnforschung also lernen, eine pessimistische Weltsicht zu überwinden und glücklich zu sein.

Informationen zum Autor Elaine Fox, born in Dublin, is a leading experimental psychologist and neuroscientist. Formerly Head of the Department of Psychology and Centre for Brain Science at The University of Essex, she is currently a Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. She has published widely in scientific journals and her work has been discussed in The Economist , New Scientist , New York Times , Guardian , The Times and others. Klappentext Looks at why some of us are optimists and some pessimists, and what we can do about it. Breakthroughs in neuroscience shows that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined, and that cognitive behaviourial therapy can alter our brains' circuitry. Lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively, and pleasure-seekers can take control of their lives. Zusammenfassung In Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, Fox describes a range of techniquesfrom traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercisesthat can actually alter our brains' circuitry, strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them.

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Why some of us are optimists, and others pessimists - and what we can do about it

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Looks at why some of us are optimists and some pessimists, and what we can do about it. Breakthroughs in neuroscience shows that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined, and that cognitive behaviourial therapy can alter our brains' circuitry. Lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively, and pleasure-seekers can take control of their lives.

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In Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain, Fox describes a range of techniquesfrom traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercisesthat can actually alter our brains' circuitry, strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them.