MEET WENDY

Wendy Suzuki | Simon & Schuster's Books Like Us

Dr. Wendy Suzuki, author of GOOD ANXIETY is featured in Books Like Us. In this testimonial, Dr. Suzuki reflects on reading Julie Otsuka's novel WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE, a powerful story of survival which follows a Japanese American family that, like Dr. Suzuki's mother and father, is sent to an internment camp at the onset of World War II:

HUFFINGTON POST LIVE

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki joins us to discuss her new book "Happy Brain, Happy Life" and how the brain is responsible for our health. From stress to eating to exercise, Suzuki offers scientific evidence for what habits will make us the happiest.

THE BIG THINK

You don't have to become a monk to learn from one, says Dr. Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University. Research into how meditation affects the brain is conclusive: Meditating immediately changes the frequency of your brain waves and, after five years, increases the size of white matter bundles in the prefrontal cortex.

You don't have to become a monk to learn from one, says Dr. Wendy Suzuki, professor of neural science and psychology at New York University. Research into how meditation affects the brain is conclusive: Meditating immediately changes the frequency of your brain waves and, after five years, increases the size of white matter bundles in the prefrontal cortex.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki is hard at work in her lab experimenting with a new hypothesis: Can you stimulate creativity through exercise? She thinks so, and she's got a wide array of research backing her up.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki is hard at work in her lab experimenting with a new hypothesis: Can you stimulate creativity through exercise? She thinks so, and she's got a wide array of research backing her up. Suzuki's latest book is 'Healthy Brain, Happy Life:

Neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki took offense to recent comments by Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt about women scientists who become emotional and cry. Not only did she find Hunt's words to be inappropriate, Suzuki believes they represent an outdated culture that expects scientists to carry themselves without authentic emotion.

Neuroscientist Dr. Wendy Suzuki took offense to recent comments by Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt about women scientists who become emotional and cry. Not only did she find Hunt's words to be inappropriate, Suzuki believes they represent an outdated culture that expects scientists to carry themselves without authentic emotion. Science is like any other beloved livelihood; it's built upon the passion of the men and women involved in it. There's no reason, says Suzuki, that emotion should be subdued. It's okay to cry when you're happy. It's okay to show your frustration when things go wrong.