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We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we’re too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives. In The Science of Happiness, world-leading psychologist and happiness expert Bruce Hood demonstrates that the key to happiness is not self-care but connection. He presents seven simple but life-changing lessons to break negative thought patterns and re-connect with the things that really matter. Alter Your Ego Avoid Isolation Reject Negative Comparisons Become More Optimistic Control Your Attention Connect With Others Get Out of Your Own Head Grounded in decades of studies in neuroscience and developmental psychology, this book tells a radical new story about the roots of wellbeing and the obstacles that lie in our path. With clear, practical takeaways throughout, Professor Hood demonstrates how we can all harness the findings of this science to re-wire our thinking and transform our lives.

Bruce is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at Bristol University since 1999. He undertook his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Cambridge followed by appointments at University College London, MIT and a faculty professor at Harvard. He researches child development, origins of superstition, self-identity and ownership. For the past 5 years he has been concentrating on how to grow happier. Bruce is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the British Psychological Society. He gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures ‘Meet Your Brain’ in 2011 broadcast to over 4 million veiwers on the BBC and has written five popular science books published in over 30 countries- ‘SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable’, The Self Illusion: Why There is No ‘You” Inside Your Head’, ‘The Domesticated Brain’, ‘Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need’ and his latest ‘The Science of Happinesss: Seven Lessons for Living Well’ published in Spring 2024. He has made numerous media appearances on radio and TV and starred in the recent 2019 award-winning eco-movie, ‘Living in the Future’s Past’ with Academy Award winner, Jeff Bridges. When Bruce is not writing, lecturing, public speaking and conducting research, he can be found out in the fields of rural Somerset with his metal-detector searching for Roman artefacts.