1. One important step of learning is that you need to access or activate a useful mental state or experience, and install this activated mental state as lasting neural structure as a positive neural trait.

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2) According to Hansen, we should only see the good in life good used in a pragmatic as opposed to moralistic sense.

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3) To enrich an experience, we can pay attention to what ways an experience is new to you, such as previously overlooked nuances in gratitude.

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4) According to Hansen, being able to access a positive mental state is NOT essential for well being and coping.

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5) One important step of learning is that you need to access or activate a useful mental state or experience, and install this activated mental state as lasting neural structure as a positive neural trait. According to Hansen, very little attention has been given to the second by researchers compared to the attention received by the first.

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6) The brain is inefficient at turning positive experiences though into lasting neural structural changes that engenders these positive qualities. Hanson’s work is about making the brain more efficient.

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7) The brain according to scientific research based on MRI actually changes for the better if people do cultivation practices like the ones suggested by Hansen about 6 times a day for 30 seconds each.

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8) According to microeconomics, individuals tend to act in their own self interest. However, Mankiw offers no recommendations in the opening chapters of his text for how humans can re-sculpt their brains so that their expression of self interest is more in line with cultivated positive qualities, such as compassion and gratitude.

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9) The positive qualities of mind and heart such as love, compassion, and gratitude are mostly built from positive experiences not just from witnessing life as it is.

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