Hey guys I want to go to this talk with my fellow Locals coming with me 🔥 We are all in the pursuit of happiness. So what is it and where is it? In this talk we’ll be looking inside the brain and the mind to understand the science of happiness. We’ll learn from the locations and mechanisms of pleasure and reward in the brain and ask if this is happiness, and we’ll see how heroin addicts are hacking their fundamental biology to find theirs. We’ll see how money does and does not make us happy. How lottery winners aren’t so lucky and how laughter can be the best medicine. We’ll see how happiness helps us get on in work and play, and how creativity is crucial to it. So what is happiness and where is it found? Let’s find out. Come on in, let’s explore some marvellous things. Doors Open 7pm, Talk Starts at 7.30pm - Come down early to grab a drink and a good seat! Tickets are costing £15.50 More about the presenter: Dr Jonathan Iliff is a medical doctor in the NHS, with a background in neuroscience and mental health. Jonathan has been an associate researcher with the psychedelic research group attached to King's College, was the founder and chair of the UCL Society for the Application of Psychedelics and has worked with prominent figures in the field, including writing a comprehensive review with Professor David Nutt. His research focused on the use of psychedelic compounds, like LSD and psilocybin - the active ingredient in magic mushrooms - in the treatment of mental health disorders. Today his focus is clinical - focussing on helping with people, and their problems in the here and now.

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