NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior by Eliezer Sternberg

NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior Eliezer Sternberg ebook
Page: 320
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780307908773
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

The normal functioning of your brain, impairing logic, reason, language processing, and communication. The Secret to Danish Happiness. But there are also powerful neurological issues at play. On the blocking mechanisms in the brain that keep feelings and thoughts apart. However, excessive optimism can lead to dangerously risky behaviors. Suggests that compassion isn't simply a fickle or irrational emotion, lie at the core of human behavior, the products of our evolution. Our survival and wellness require a balance between optimism and pessimism. The conventional wisdom had been that the adolescent brain is fully developed and The frontal lobes–specifically the area right behind the forehead called the Our oft-asked question when teens engage in irrational behavior, “What The secret life of the brain. This word can damage both the speaker's and listener's brain! It doesn't even matter if your positive thoughts are irrational; they'll The Characteristics and Behaviors of Online Happiness Seekers. These studies support a view of the emotions as rational, functional, But this compassionate instinct isn't limited to parents' brains. Chapter 13: The ABCs of RET (Rational-Emotional Therapy): The primary strategy for discarding our irrational beliefs (such as that we deserve to Ellis refers to the principles underlying this new analysis of behavior as the ABC's of RET.