1. What makes your brain happy? Neuroscientist, author
Dean Burnett
Neuroscientist, author

2. “Forget cash; how sex and sleep are the key to happiness”

3. ‘Key to happiness? Start with £50k a year salary’

4. ‘Why the secret to happiness is having 37 things to wear’

5. ‘Key to happiness for over-55s
‘Key to happiness for over-55s? Buying a new pet and going for a day trip with lunch at a pub every month’

6. What, in the scientific sense, makes us happy
What, in the scientific sense, makes us happy? Most who attempt the scientific approach, go for happy chemicals. How can a chemical make us happy?

7. Dopamine Endorphins Oxytocin Serotonin
Happy Chemicals?
Dopamine
Endorphins
Oxytocin
Serotonin
REWARD PATHWAY ON THE NEXT SLIDE FOR DOPAMINE DISCUSSION

8. Ventral Tegmental Area
The ‘Reward Pathway’
Nucleus Accumbens
Ventral Tegmental Area

9. Happy Chemicals?
Dopamine
Endorphins
Oxytocin
Serotonin

10. “Happiness begins
at home”

11. The
Work-Life
Balance
Anterior congulate gyrus and dorsal striatum calculate effort and reward, the ‘is it worth it?’ circuit.
Conflicting relationships between employee and employers, effort for reward.

12. “Happiness is Other People”
Social creatures. Brains. Happy the more people like us. Fame?

13. “Happily ever after…”
Such a big part of our lives and happiness. Expected, but not essential. It’s part of our evolution. Gorilla penis size joke. Maths, is fun, eh? Awkward to talk about. Would anyone feel comfortable talking about sex in front of your grandmother? Well imagine how I’m feeling right now. You OK nan?

14. What makes your brain happy? Neuroscientist, author
Dean Burnett
Neuroscientist, author
Deanburnett.com
@garwboy