Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Hanson, Rick; Mendius, Richard; Siegel, Daniel J.

ISBN 10: 164848560X / ISBN 13: 9781648485602

Published by New Harbinger Publications, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 164848560X
• ISBN 13: 9781648485602
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: New edition, 15th anniversary edition.
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Buddha's Brain, neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson draws on breakthroughs in neuroscience to show readers how to develop greater happiness, love, and wisdom. This special anniversary edition also includes a new introduction from the author.

About the Author

Rick Hanson, PhD, is a psychologist, senior fellow of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times bestselling author. His books have been published in twenty-nine languages, and include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha's Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture-with 900,000 copies printed in English alone. His free weekly newsletter has 200,000 subscribers, and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial need. He's lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974, and is founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He and his wife live in northern California and have two adult children. He loves the wilderness and taking a break from emails.

Richard Mendius, MD, is a neurologist and cofounder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He has taught medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, and Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He also teaches weekly meditation classes at San Quentin State Prison. He and his wife have three children.