Chapter 10 — Your Happy Genes

What are the two distinct types of happiness identified by Barbara Fredrickson and Steven Cole?

In Dean Ornish's prostate cancer study, how many genes changed in just three months after men meditated, walked, changed their diet, and had group support?

What is the name of the "bliss molecule" neurotransmitter that was named after the Sanskrit word for ultimate ecstasy?

According to meta-analyses, what effect does meditation have on telomeres?

What did researchers find about gene expression patterns in the brains of unhappy people compared to happier people?

In the case of Stamatis Moraitis, the Greek veteran diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given nine months to live, what happened after he moved back to his home island of Ikaria?

How many neurochemicals of ecstasy are released in the brain during elevated states of joy beyond hedonic pleasure?

What brain structure is called the seat of the ego and builds our sense of "I, me, mine"?

According to the chapter, by how much can brain waves increase during states like unconditional compassion?

What did the study on mice and fear find about epigenetic inheritance?

True or False. Moshe Szyf called suppressed stress-dampening genes "frozen assets" because while present in the brain, they are not accessible to their owner.

True or False. Research shows that only 5 to 10% of cancers are hereditary, with the rest due to environmental factors including stress.

True or False. In the Zen meditator study, those who suppressed difficult emotions had longer telomeres than those who faced them head-on.

True or False. According to the chapter, trauma and fear can be passed epigenetically to offspring for more than 10 generations in some studies.

True or False. The insula is a brain area implicated only in negative emotions like fear and anger.