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The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them by Richard J. Davidson
4.0
I've always been fascinated with neuroscience and the understanding of the inner works of our brain. As the author points out, there are more books on cognitive psychology and less concerning how we deal with emotions. This was even truer a few decades ago.
The book is well written and the author takes the reader through his personal scientific journey from the beginning of his career to what is now this branch of neuroscience. As some other readers noticed, in the beginning, it seems that the author may be too self-centered, it seems as if he's more interested in showing his accomplishments than anything else. However, in the end, everything makes sense. The book layout takes you from discovering the six dimensions of the emotional brain, to assess your own set point in a scale for each one of those dimensions, and ultimately in the last chapter describes some of the tools that might help us to change our setpoints, toward one side or the other.
I liked his scientific approach, he doesn't jump to conclusions but rather he uses well-designed experiments and technology to assess the effectiveness of certain methods that aim to assess or change our emotional states.
He simplifies the discourse so it's accessible to everyone but he offers a glimpse on how our brain areas and connections are continuously changing entities.
The book is well written and the author takes the reader through his personal scientific journey from the beginning of his career to what is now this branch of neuroscience. As some other readers noticed, in the beginning, it seems that the author may be too self-centered, it seems as if he's more interested in showing his accomplishments than anything else. However, in the end, everything makes sense. The book layout takes you from discovering the six dimensions of the emotional brain, to assess your own set point in a scale for each one of those dimensions, and ultimately in the last chapter describes some of the tools that might help us to change our setpoints, toward one side or the other.
I liked his scientific approach, he doesn't jump to conclusions but rather he uses well-designed experiments and technology to assess the effectiveness of certain methods that aim to assess or change our emotional states.
He simplifies the discourse so it's accessible to everyone but he offers a glimpse on how our brain areas and connections are continuously changing entities.