The Happiness of Pursuit: What Neuroscience Can Teach Us about the Good Life

by Shimon Edelman

Book Overview

When fishing for happiness, catch and release. Remember these seven words -- they are the keys to being happy. So says Shimon Edelman, an expert on psychology and the mind. In The Happiness of Pursuit , Edelman offers a fundamental understanding of pleasure and joy via the brain. Using the concept of the mind as a computing device, he unpacks how the human brain is highly active, involved in patterned networks, and constantly learning from experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465022243
• ISBN13: 9780465022243
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher