The Happy Brain

Dean Burnett

Paperback: 352 pages

Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing;(4 Apr 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-13: 9781783351305

Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 22 (mm)

Weight:276g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

我们用各式各样的方式讨论「如何获得快乐」，有数不清的书、演讲、电影、报导都以探讨快乐为主题，因为它是让我们工作、恋爱、看表演、吃饭、有奇怪的执着、回家等等行为的原因，也可说是人生的一大目标。

但你可曾想过，快乐从何而来？为什么我们那么需要它？永jiu的快乐是否存在？它应该存在吗？快乐和大脑的有什么关联？

本书作者狄恩‧柏纳是脑神经科学专家，他用专业知识加上大量的研究报告、理论，访问了不同领域的专家，有心理学家、喜剧剧本写手、名人、各式各样的专家、人生训练教练们，将所有的资讯集结成册写成本书。

柏纳除了脑神经专业之外，也是个喜剧演员，继揭开大脑秘密的《Idiot Brain》之后，他用一贯幽默的方式告诉读者快乐究竟是何物，感到快乐的时候大脑又会发生怎样的变化。

Do you want to be happy?

If so-read on. This book has all the answers.*

In The Happy Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett delves deep into the inner workings of our minds to explore some fundamental questions about happiness. For starters: what does it actually mean to be happy? Where does it come from? And is there a secret to making it last forever?

In his research into these questions – and many more besides – Burnett unravels our complex internal lives to reveal the often surprising truth behind what makes us tick. From whether happiness really begins at home (spoiler alert: yes – sort of) to what love, sex, friendship, wealth, laughter and success actually do to our brains, this book offers a uniquely entertaining insight into what it means to be human.

* Not really. Sorry. But it does have some very interesting questions, and at least the occasional answer.

作者简介

Dean Burnett is a neuroscientist, blogger, sometimes-comedian and author. He is 35 and lives in Cardiff. He is currently a lecturer/tutor at the Cardiff University Centre for Medical Education. His first book, The Idiot Brain, was an international bestseller published in over 20 countries. His 'Brain Flapping' blog is the most read on the Guardian science network, with over 15 million views since 2012.