The Science of Positivity by Breuning, Loretta Graziano -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction Chapter 1: Why Your Brain Goes Negative

Observing Your Lens on Life Negativity and Cynicism Your Inner Mammal How Your Neural Network Got Built The Problem with Happy Chemicals What About Cortisol? Wiring Yourself for Positivity

Chapter 2: The Positivity of Escaping Threats

The Joy of Relieving Unhappy Chemicals How the Brain Constructs a Threat Running from Pain Make It Stop Social Pain Negativity in Action Born Fragile Puberty Reset Tradition Self-Destructiveness and the Quest for Safety

Chapter 3. The Positivity of Predictability

Dopamine and Negativity Effort versus Reward Expectations Versus Reality Predicting Social Rewards Why the World Disappoints Adulthood Disappoints Anticipating the Worst The Promised Land The Crossroads of History

Chapter 4: The Positivity of Social Trust

The Mammalian Need for Attachment Greener Pastures Trust and Betrayal Who Are You Calling a Herd Animal? Common Enemies Sex and Solidarity Everybody Does It

Chapter 5: The Positivity of Getting Ahead

I Don’t Get Respect Building Serotonin Circuits from Life Experience Jerks Getting Bananas Social Dominance and Reproduction Everyone Is Special Now It’s My Turn Getting Ahead The Roller Coaster of Social Dominance

Chapter 6: Build a PARE Habit

The Positivity Habit Personal Agency Realistic Expectations The First Step, and the Next Step After That

Chapter 7: The Pathway to a Positive Brain

Crisis Goggles What about the Climate Crisis? What about the Economic Crisis? What about the Social Crisis? Chronocentrism

Afterword Appendix: Personal Agency in Books and Movies

Movies Books In Summary Use Your Circuits

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