Pruitt Center Virtual Speaker: Dacher Keltner – Awe: Meeting the Crisis of our Times

Awe is the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries we don’t understand.
We find awe in the eight wonders of life, from moral beauty to music to nature to spiritual epiphany. A new science finds that a brief dose of awe benefits our brains, hearts, and immune systems, counters toxic selfishness and anxiety, and encourages greater sharing, creativity, and sense of common humanity.
Join Dacher Keltner to learn about the evolution and neurophysiology of awe, the mental and physical health benefits and practical approaches to bringing more awe into your daily life.
Register here for this virtual event.
Dacher Keltner is a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab. He is a leading scholar in the study of emotion, including a new project on awe around the globe, as well as power, class, and inequality. Keltner also serves as the Faculty Director of the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. He has collaborated on projects at Facebook and Google and served as scientific consultant for the Pixar films Inside Out and Inside Out 2. He is an outstanding speaker who has received several national research and teaching awards.

