02756cam a22003014a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003002000150007104000590008604100130014508200070015810000350016524501450020026000440034530000630038933600210045233700250047333800230049850000320052150400510055350504100060452012870101454100710230154600370237265000150240970000300242414238094OSt20250731102949.0060123s2006    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a156924328X  aUniversity of Cebu-BaniladcUniversity of Cebu-Banilad1 aenghger002221 aKlein, Stefan,d1965-eauthor.14aThe science of happiness :bhow our brains make us happy--and what we can do to get happier /cStefan Klein ; translated by Stephen Lehmann.  aCambridge, MA :bDa Capo Press,cc2006.  axx, 297 pages :billustrations (black and white) ;c21 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  a#1 International Bestseller  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aHappiness: What Is It? -- The Secret of Smiling -- Positive Feelings as a Compass --  The Happiness System -- The Malleable Brain -- The Passions -- Origins in the Animal Kingdom -- Desire -- Enjoyment -- The Dark Side of Desire -- Love -- Friendship -- Passion: A User's Manual -- A Strategic Consciousness -- Conquering our Shadows -- The Power of Perspective -- Rapturous Moments -- The Magic Triangle.  aClinical psychologists have been dealing with miserable feelings since their discipline was established. In the last 30 years, neuroscientists have made major headway in the understanding of the sources of anger, depression, and fear. Today, whole industries profit from this knowledge -- producing pills for every sort of pathological mood disturbance. But until recently, few neuroscientists focused on the subject of happiness. Now, in The Science of Happiness, leading German science journalist Stefan Klein ranges widely across the latest frontiers of neuroscience and neuropsychology to explain how happiness is fostered in our brains and what biological purpose it serves (and, importantly, how we can control our negative feelings and emotions). In addition, he explains the neurophysiology of our passions (the elementary rules of which are hardwired into our brains), the power of consciousness, and how we can use it. In a final section, Klein explores the conditions required to foster the "pursuit of happiness." A remarkable synthesis of a growing body of research that has not heretofore been brought together in one accessible book, The Science of Happiness will ultimately help each of us understand our own quest for happiness -- and our fostering of it, as well.
  xLauron, RodelloyGeneral EducationzGeneral Education : Psychology  aEnglish (translated from German) 0aHappiness.  aLehmann, Stepheneauthor.