{"id":690,"date":"2015-03-17T07:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T12:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/?p=690"},"modified":"2019-04-01T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:48:12","slug":"the-practical-neuroscience-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/2015\/03\/17\/the-practical-neuroscience-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Noted Neuropsychologist, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Meditation Teacher Rick Hanson, Ph.D. to Speak at UVA on April 24<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/files\/2015\/03\/Hanson_th.jpg\" alt=\"Hanson_th\" width=\"117\" height=\"176\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>His books include <em>Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha\u2019s Brain, Just One Thing<\/em>, and <em>Mother Nurture<\/em>. He is founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and a member of the UC Berkley Greater Good Science Center\u2019s Advisory Board. \u00a0Dr. Hanson has been invited to speak at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He has several audio programs and his free Just One Thing newsletter has over 100,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted Neuropsychologist, New York Times Best-Selling Author and Meditation Teacher Rick Hanson, Ph.D. to Speak at UVA on April 24 His books include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha\u2019s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. 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