Your Wise Brain

Practical insights into happiness, love, and wisdom from psychology, neuroscience, and Buddhism.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, and teacher with a great interest in the intersection of psychology, neurology, and Buddhism. See full bio

September 30, 2009

5000 Synapses in the Width of a Hair

How much change in the brain makes a difference in the mind?

That's the issue raised by a very interesting comment regarding my previous blog, "The Brain in a Bucket." Read More

September 29, 2009

The Brain in a Bucket

Have you ever seen a real brain?

I remember the first time I saw one, in a neuropsych class: the instructor put on rubber gloves to protect against the formaldehyde preservative, popped the lid off of a lab bucket, and then pulled out a brain. Read More

Books by Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

Mother Nurture

Neuroscience Basics

The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe, and in many ways it's the final frontier of science. A hundred billion neurons, close to a quadrillion connections between them, and we don't even fully understand a single cell.

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