Greene J.D., Morrison I., Seligman M.E.P. Positive neuroscience

New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. — 242 p. — ISBN: 9780199977925.How do we thrive in our behaviors and experiences? Positive neuroscience research illuminates the brain mechanisms that enable human flourishing. Supported by the John Templeton Foundation's Positive Neuroscience Project, which Martin E. P. Seligman established in 2008, Positive Neuroscience provides an intersection between neuroscience and positive psychology.
In this edited volume, leading researchers describe the neuroscience of social bonding, altruism, and the capacities for resilience and creativity. Part I (Social Bonds) describes the mechanisms that enable humans to connect with one another. Part II (Altruism) focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying the human ability and willingness to confer costly benefits on others. Part III (Resilience and Creativity) examines the mechanisms by which human brains overcome adversity, create, and discover. Specific topics include: a newly discovered nerve type that appears to be specialized for emotional communication; the effects of parenting on the male brain; how human altruism differs from that of other primates; the neural features of extraordinary altruists who have donated kidneys to strangers; and distinctive patterns of brain wiring that endow some people with exceptional musical abilities. Accessible to a broad academic audience, from advanced undergraduates to senior scholars, these subjects have generated a fascinating and highly convergent set of ideas and results, shaping our understanding of human nature.Joshua D. Greene and India MorrisonSocial Bonds
India Morrison
Affective and Social Touch
James K. Rilling and Jennifer Mascaro
The Neural Correlates of Individual Variation in Paternal Nurturance
Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers
Toward a Neuroscience of Social Resonance
Altruism
Jamil Zaki and Jason P. Mitchell
Prosociality as a Form of Reward Seeking
Lindsey A. Drayton and Laurie R. Santos
Is Human Prosocial Behavior Unique? Insights and New Questions From Nonhuman Primates
Tony W. Buchanan and Stephanie D. Preston
When Feeling and Doing Diverge: Neural and Physiological Correlates of the Empathy– Altruism Divide
Vincent Man, Daniel L. Ames, Alexander Todorov, and William A. Cunningham
Amygdala Tuning Toward Self and Other
Yoni K. Ashar, Jessica R. Andrews-Hanna, Sona Dimidjian, and Tor D. Wager
Toward a Neuroscience of Compassion: A Brain Systems–Based Model and Research Agenda
Abigail A. Marsh
Extraordinary Altruism: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Resilience and Creativity
Kateri McRae and Iris B. Mauss
Increasing Positive Emotion in Negative Contexts: Emotional Consequences, Neural Correlates, and Implications for Resiliencea
Britta K. Holzel, Sara W. Lazar, and Mohammed R. Milad
Could Meditation Modulate the Neurobiology of Learning Not to Fear?
Psyche Loui
The Role of Brain Connectivity in Musical Experience
Hans L. Melo and Adam K. Anderson
The Function of Positive Emotions in Exploration