checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0375415297
isbn13 9780375415296
asin
num pages
672
pp
avg rating 4.10
num ratings 1,033
date pub Oct 29, 2013
date pub edition Oct 29, 2013
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
0
date started date read date added
Aug 24, 2019
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1936365537
isbn13 9781936365531
asin
num pages
345
pp
avg rating 3.94
num ratings 15,659
date pub 2012
date pub edition Sep 12, 2012
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
0
date started date read date added
Mar 10, 2019
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1571313354
isbn13 9781571313355
asin
num pages
391
pp
avg rating 4.59
num ratings 7,017
date pub 2013
date pub edition Oct 15, 2013
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 17, 2018
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0739303406
isbn13 9780739303405
asin
num pages
447
pp
avg rating 3.99
num ratings 464,753
date pub 2003
date pub edition Feb 11, 2003
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Sep 03, 2018
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Audio Cassette
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1592403956
isbn13 9781592403950
asin
num pages
230
pp
avg rating 3.78
num ratings 5,355
date pub Oct 01, 2008
date pub edition Oct 30, 2008
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Apr 14, 2018
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0676979785
isbn13 9780676979787
asin
num pages
400
pp
avg rating 3.91
num ratings 51,457
date pub 2007
date pub edition Oct 16, 2007
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Mar 24, 2018
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0151012784
isbn13 9780151012787
asin
num pages
336
pp
avg rating 3.74
num ratings 1,517
date pub Jan 01, 2009
date pub edition Jun 04, 2009
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
2
date started date read date added
Dec 08, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1594630895
isbn13 9781594630897
asin
num pages
304
pp
avg rating 3.92
num ratings 2,289
date pub Mar 01, 2012
date pub edition Mar 01, 2012
Kevin's rating
did not like it
my rating review
For someone who proclaims himself to be a longtime friend of the Dalai Lama, you'd think Davidson might have more modesty. But ultimately, his huge
For someone who proclaims himself to be a longtime friend of the Dalai Lama, you'd think Davidson might have more modesty. But ultimately, his huge ego destroys this book, partly because he insists on giving us his own detailed personal story (which is not all that interesting), but even more so because the more substantive part of this book (recent neuroscience about the brain and its role in emotions) is seriously skewed to Davidson's own research while ignoring the work of other scientists who have come up with conflicting findings. A careful read finds lots of "junk science warning" words -- "strongly suggests" or "it makes sense that" -- that are simply hyping his theory when in reality, it's much more accurate to say we don't really know for sure. To cite just one example, his narrative leads one to believe there is a definitive connection between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the size of the hypothalamus. I spent some time reviewing the literature and found it is anything but -- by one account, 11 studies have found some sort of connection but 9 have not. To make matters worse, Davidson and his co-author throw in a heavy dose of pop psychology (yet another of those personality tests): he proposes a "new model" of how the brain works (dividing it up into six easy pieces), which, of course, really is only one of many equally valid ways of looking at a very complicated system. Don't get me wrong -- at a broader level, I tend to agree that the brain does have a major role in our emotional life and that meditation (which is a good part of his "How You Can Change" solution) clearly can help train our brain. EEGs and MRIs have definitely given neuroscientists and psychologists an unprecedented window into the brain, much like the telescope opened the cosmos and the microscope showed us another invisible world. There are lots of interesting brain "findings" coming out -- but it seems we're a long way from really connecting them into a coherent theory like gravity or relativity. Someday, when we more fully understand exactly how all of that works, someone will write a great book about it. Unfortunately, this isn't it.
...more
notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Nov 26, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0297609378
isbn13 9780297609377
asin
num pages
419
pp
avg rating 4.05
num ratings 5,116
date pub Sep 08, 2016
date pub edition Sep 08, 2016
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Nov 18, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 145162445X
isbn13 9781451624458
asin
num pages
204
pp
avg rating 3.93
num ratings 23,138
date pub 2012
date pub edition Jan 10, 2012
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Aug 01, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0465049494
isbn13 9780465049493
asin
num pages
384
pp
avg rating 3.92
num ratings 1,597
date pub Apr 14, 2015
date pub edition Apr 14, 2015
Kevin's rating
did not like it
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Jun 02, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 055337933X
isbn13 9780553379334
asin
num pages
445
pp
avg rating 4.03
num ratings 25,622
date pub Sep 05, 2000
date pub edition May 29, 2001
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
May 26, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0670785911
isbn13 9780670785919
asin
num pages
256
pp
avg rating 4.13
num ratings 284
date pub Jun 2014
date pub edition May 01, 2014
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Feb 11, 2017
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 159420442X
isbn13 9781594204425
asin
num pages
339
pp
avg rating 4.05
num ratings 2,184
date pub Jan 01, 2013
date pub edition May 16, 2013
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 30, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0393239977
isbn13 9780393239973
asin
num pages
384
pp
avg rating 3.75
num ratings 559
date pub 2016
date pub edition Jan 11, 2016
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Oct 02, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1594204268
isbn13 9781594204265
asin
num pages
354
pp
avg rating 3.55
num ratings 785
date pub Feb 01, 2013
date pub edition Feb 2013
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Oct 02, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0142002313
isbn13 9780142002315
asin
num pages
496
pp
avg rating 4.08
num ratings 2,143
date pub Jan 01, 1986
date pub edition Dec 31, 2002
Kevin's rating
liked it
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Oct 02, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0307700178
isbn13 9780307700179
asin
num pages
304
pp
avg rating 3.82
num ratings 536
date pub 2012
date pub edition May 01, 2012
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Jun 08, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0307263924
isbn13 9780307263926
asin
num pages
441
pp
avg rating 3.85
num ratings 735
date pub 2010
date pub edition Mar 02, 2010
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Jun 08, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0679734856
isbn13 9780679734857
asin
num pages
272
pp
avg rating 4.18
num ratings 1,653
date pub 1990
date pub edition Dec 03, 1991
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Feb 06, 2016
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0670025437
isbn13 9780670025435
asin
num pages
336
pp
avg rating 4.16
num ratings 1,153
date pub Jan 30, 2014
date pub edition Jan 30, 2014
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 13, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0375701079
isbn13 9780375701078
asin
num pages
416
pp
avg rating 4.03
num ratings 2,028
date pub Jan 09, 2001
date pub edition Jan 08, 2002
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Aug 19, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0345468902
isbn13 9780345468901
asin
num pages
699
pp
avg rating 3.91
num ratings 2,134
date pub 1987
date pub edition Apr 25, 2006
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Aug 02, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 1594200904
isbn13 9781594200908
asin
num pages
371
pp
avg rating 3.70
num ratings 945
date pub Aug 03, 2006
date pub edition Aug 03, 2006
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Aug 01, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0618565612
isbn13 9780618565610
asin
num pages
272
pp
avg rating 3.75
num ratings 355
date pub 2002
date pub edition May 04, 2005
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Jun 20, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0679776397
isbn13 9780679776390
asin
num pages
368
pp
avg rating 4.24
num ratings 2,934
date pub 1996
date pub edition Feb 25, 1997
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Mar 02, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Paperback
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0804137099
isbn13 9780804137096
asin
num pages
355
pp
avg rating 3.85
num ratings 1,481
date pub Apr 21, 2015
date pub edition Apr 21, 2015
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Mar 02, 2015
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 067443000X
isbn13 9780674430006
asin
num pages
685
pp
avg rating 4.04
num ratings 20,101
date pub Aug 30, 2013
date pub edition Mar 10, 2014
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 31, 2014
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0375421025
isbn13 9780375421020
asin
num pages
370
pp
avg rating 4.37
num ratings 337
date pub 1944
date pub edition Jun 05, 2001
Kevin's rating
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 14, 2014
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions
checkbox
position
cover title author isbn 0393065960
isbn13 9780393065961
asin
num pages
352
pp
avg rating 4.10
num ratings 4,211
date pub Jun 22, 2009
date pub edition Jun 22, 2009
Kevin's rating
it was ok
my rating review notes
Notes are private!
recommender
none
votes
# times read
1
date started date read date added
Dec 14, 2014
date purchased
owned
purchase location
condition
format
Hardcover
actions