Recalibrate your negativity bias
Remnants of our evolution from reptiles to mammals to monkeys remain in modern human brains. Consequently we tend to over-learn from difficult experiences. As Dr Rick Hanson explains in this conversation with Leadium Director, Sharon Longridge, positive neuroplasticity means we can modify this resilience-corroding preset.
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 26 languages and include Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has numerous audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and other major universities, and taught in meditation centres worldwide.
