ROADTESTING HAPPINESS

Book ID/图书代码： 06001009B32095

English Summary/英文概要： Exploring the science of happiness, an award-winning medical reporter gets inside the ideas of leading happiness experts, including Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard (the ‘world’s happiest man’), psychologist Dr Tim Sharp (aka ‘Dr Happy’) from the Happiness Institute, and Assistant Professor Alice Domar from the Harvard Medical School, to discover the best ways to achieve and maintain happiness.
Then she tries it all out. Using each approach suggested by the experts, she ‘roadtests’ her way from depression to happiness, sampling techniques such as cognitive behaviour therapy; meditation, mindfulness and spirituality; acceptance and gratitude; altruism and volunteering; food choices and exercise.
If you want to become happier than you are right now and stay that way, here are the tools - and shortcuts - to make it happen.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你知道嗎? 如果表達情感時，例如對人的左邊耳朵說:「我愛你」，比起對右耳說更有示愛效果。
還有研究顯示，笑聲是可以互相傳染的。當人聽到笑聲時，就會刺激聽者大腦的區域，使其處於活躍狀態，讓人產生愉悅感覺，聽者大腦的反應會幫助面部肌肉展現發自內心的笑容。
Sophie Scott博士說明，她與研究員以核磁共振對受試者大腦進行分析，發現笑聲會觸發大腦運動前皮層神經反應。研究發現，皮層組織對愉悅的聲音神經反應，其強度是噪音的兩倍，也就解釋笑聲比起其他聲音更具傳染力。進一步研究在群體環境中，如果可以經常遇到積極的情緒，比如笑聲或是歡呼聲，可以幫助我們在社交中建立影響，營造彼此之間牢固的關係。
本書作者Sophie過去曾經遇到自身慘痛的經驗，而後開始研究一個人想要有「快樂」的感覺，是否可以輕易達成。為此她也訪問過許多專業人士，包含哈佛大學教授: 塔爾．班夏哈 (Tal Ben-Shahar) 《更快樂：哈佛最受歡迎的一堂課》、佛學僧侶: 馬修．李卡德(Matthieu Ricard)《僧侶與哲學家》。利用許多科學和發現，幫助讀者找到快樂的因子。(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：澳洲傑出貢獻特殊知識獎得主

About the Author/作者介绍： Sophie Scott榮獲澳洲醫療機構頒發「’Thank You’ Day Awards」，因為她能把複雜的科學學問，以簡單的方式表達給讀者，2004年也榮獲醫療知識獎「Australian Museum Eureka award」。現為澳洲醫療作家的副總裁。
Sophie Scott is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is the national medical reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, where her reports on health and medicine are seen on ABC TV each night. She presents a weekly health show called Healthwatch and can be heard on ABC radio. She has won many national journalism awards, including the Australian Museum’s Eureka award for excellence in medical reporting, and Research Australia’s Thank You Day media award. She has two sons and two stepsons with her partner, Phil Carey.

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