num_pages: 240
description: The author, a renowned research psychoanalyst, challenges the idea that optimism is genetic, arguing instead that experiences in the first three years of life often shape the neural pathways in the brain. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism
titlecomplete: Half Empty, Half Full: Understanding the Psychological Roots of Optimism
genres: Psychology
ratings_count: 56
publisher: Mariner Books