Neuroscience of happiness

1. Neuroscience of Happiness
Dr.Suresh Kumar Murugesan PhD & Veenavani
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2. About the
Authors
● Dr.Suresh Kumar Murugesan PhD
and Dr. Veenavani are the
founders of Yellow Pond
Counselling and Wellness Centre
(International).
● Both are working in positive
mental health and wellness
practices
● They acted as resource persons
for many webinars and training
programmes
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3. Disclaimer
● This presentation is prepared
for learning purpose only and
anyone can use the content.
● All the images used in this
presentation are taken from
google image search.
● Due acknowledgement was
given to all the material
collected from the various
sources.
● Any name or reference is not
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● Email -
sureshkumar800@yahoo.com
Thank you
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4. Concept
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5. Neuroscience ● Neuroscience is neurochemistry and experimental
psychology, which deal with the structure or function of the
nervous system and brain.
● Neuroscientists focus on the brain and its impact on
behavior and cognitive functions, or how people think.
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6. Happiness
Happiness is an emotional
state characterized by
feelings of joy, satisfaction,
contentment, and fulfillment.
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7. Happiness
Happiness is generally linked
to experiencing more positive
feelings than negative.
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8. Types
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13. Neuroscience of
happiness
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17. The Reward Circuit Credit:
The Brain From Top to
Bottom, Canadian Institutes
of Health Research
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19. References
1. Kringelbach, M. L., & Berridge, K. C. (2010). The Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure. Social research, 77(2),
659–678. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008658/
2. Michael Bergeisen (Sep22, 2010) The Neuroscience of Happiness.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_neuroscience_of_happiness
3. Silvia H. Cardoso (December 15, 2006). Hardwired for Happiness. https://dana.org/article/hardwired-for-happiness/
4. Berridge, K.C., Kringelbach, M.L. Building a neuroscience of pleasure and well-being. Psych Well-Being 1, 3 (2011).
https://doi.org/10.1186/2211-1522-1-3 https://psywb.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2211-1522-1-3
5. Loonen AJM and Ivanova SA (2016) Circuits Regulating Pleasure and Happiness—Mechanisms of Depression.
Front. Hum. Neurosci. 10:571. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00571
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00571/full
6. Kirsten Salyer (20 Mar 2019). 5 neuroscience hacks that will make you happier.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/5-neuroscience-hacks-that-will-make-you-happier/
7. Hilary Brueck, Samantha lee (march 24, 2018). Happiness isn't the same thing as pleasure, and our brain knows it.
https://www.businessinsider.in/this-is-why-our-phones-are-making-us-miserable-happiness-isnt-the-same-thing-as-
pleasure-and-our-brain-knows-it/articleshow/63444829.cms
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