This is your brain on joy
Subtitle: how the new science of happiness can help you feel good and be happy
By: Earl Henslin, with Becky Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Becky Freeman, 1959-
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780785228738
Subjects: Joy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Joy; Happiness; Brain research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Healthy brain, happy life; title: My first hug and other joyful brain matters; title: The ah-ha moment; title: A head trip to a happier life; title: Testing, testing ... all brains need a little help sometimes; title: Joy boosters : the science behind pleasure prescriptions; title: Raising your joy quota in the 5 mood centers; title: The prefrontal cortex or the presidential control center; title: The cingulate gyrus or the circular gerbil wheel; title: The basal ganglia or the basement of giant fears; title: The deep limbic system or the depressed low-mood space; title: The temporal lobes or the temper lofts; title: Joy everlasting; title: An apostle on joy : the real secret.