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Rainy brain, sunny brain : how to retrain your brain to overcome pessimism and achieve a more positive outlook : a leading psychologist explains the new science of mind
Title:
Rainy brain, sunny brain : how to retrain your brain to overcome pessimism and achieve a more positive outlook : a leading psychologist explains the new science of mind
Author:
Fox, Elaine.
ISBN:
9780465019458
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Physical Description:
xiv, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Rainy brains and sunny brains: the affective mind -- Sunny side up: investigating optimism -- The emergency brain: why pessimism is harder to shake than optimism -- Optimism and pessimism genes: are there genes for the way we are? -- The malleable mind: the remarkable plasticity of the human brain -- New techniques to reshape our brains: from fear to flourishing.