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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Pearsall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Pearsall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pearsall > Source revision: 1348347100 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American psychologist, 1942–2007}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul Pearsall | birth_date = 1942 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|2007|07|13}} | death_place = | education = {{plainlist| * [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan), BA * [Wayne State University](/source/Wayne_State_University), MA, PhD }} | occupation = Neuropsychologist, author | known_for = Positive psychology; heart transplant personality research }} '''Paul Pearsall''' (1942 – July 13, 2007) was an American [neuropsychologist](/source/Neuropsychology) and author.{{Cite book|title=Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor's Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease|last=Cowan|first=Thomas|date=2016|publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing|isbn=978-1-60358-619-1|location=White River Junction, VT|pages=111}} ==Education== Pearsall was a 1963 graduate of the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). His postgraduate degrees were earned at [Wayne State University](/source/Wayne_State_University): a [master's degree](/source/master's_degree) in Educational and Clinical Psychology in 1965, and a PhD in Clinical and Educational Psychology in 1968. His postdoctoral work included studies at [United States Army War College](/source/United_States_Army_War_College), and the [Arizona](/source/University_of_Arizona_College_of_Medicine), [Harvard](/source/Harvard_School_of_Medicine), and [Albert Einstein Schools](/source/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine) of Medicine.[https://www.paulpearsall.com/info/about.html About] Official page == Positive psychology == Pearsall is known for his work on [positive psychology](/source/positive_psychology) and often cites the role of emotions such as hope and love in surviving [stress](/source/Psychological_stress), [depression](/source/major_depressive_disorder), and [psychological trauma](/source/psychological_trauma).{{Cite book|title=The Masses are the Ruling Classes: Policy Romanticism, Democratic Populism, and Social Welfare in America|last=Epstein|first=William|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-046706-7|location=Oxford|pages=99}} For instance, he introduced the notion of personal "strange attractors" drawn to each other to produce a bond that allows a couple to navigate life's obstacles.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5X_AwAAQBAJ&q=Paul+Pearsall+psychologist&pg=PT389|title=Chaos theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences|last1=Robertson|first1=Robin|last2=Combs|first2=Allan|date=2014-07-10|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-317-78007-6|language=en}} Several of his books explained how positive thinking, perseverance, and being authentic can be achieved by rearranging one's emotions and outlook, developing a heightened will in the process. Pearsall is also known for counseling individuals who underwent [heart transplantation](/source/heart_transplantation) and claimed that these patients experience significant and inexplicable changes in personality after the surgery, in which they became more like their donors in temperament and personal preferences. ==Death== Pearsall died of a spontaneous [haemorrhagic stroke](/source/haemorrhagic_stroke) on July 13, 2007.[https://www.paulpearsall.com/ Official page] ==Published works== * ''Super Joy'',[https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/paul-pearsall.html Books by Paul Pearsall] [Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) [Doubleday Books](/source/Doubleday_Books), {{ISBN|978-0-385-24459-6}} * ''Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion'' {{ISBN|978-0-7573-0585-6}} * ''Ten Laws of Lasting Love'', [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster), {{ISBN|978-0-671-76798-3}} * ''Sexual Healing: Using the Power of an Intimate, Loving Relationship to Heal Your Body and Soul'', Crown Publishers {{ISBN|978-0-517-59440-7}} * ''Toxic Success: How to Stop Striving and Start Thriving'', Inner Ocean Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-930722-09-5}} * ''The Power of the Family'', Doubleday Books, {{ISBN|978-0-385-26005-3}} * ''The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need: Repress Your Anger, Think Negatively, Be a Good Blamer, and Throttle Your Inner Child'',[http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2005-05067-000 American Psychological Association] Basic, {{ISBN|978-0-465-05486-2}} * ''The Beethoven Factor: The New Positive Psychology of Hardiness, Happiness, Healing, and Hope'',[https://archive.org/details/beethovenfactorn0000pear The Beethoven Factor] books.google.com Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2003, {{ISBN| 978-1-57174-397-8}} * ''The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy'',[https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Code-Tapping-Wisdom-Energy/dp/0767900952 ''The Heart's Code''] amazon.com Broadway Books, 1999, {{ISBN|978-0-7679-0095-9}} * ''Super Immunity: Master Your Emotions and Improve Your Health'' 1988, {{ISBN|978-0-449-13396-5}} * ''Super Marital Sex'', Futura, 1987, {{ISBN|978-0-385-24018-5}} * ''Making Miracles'', [Prentice Hall Press](/source/Prentice_Hall_Press), 1991, {{ISBN|978-0-13-089350-5}} * ''The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, to Work, to Play-Life in the Balance'', Hunter House Publishing, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-89793-208-0}} * ''Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription: 60 Ways to Create Balance and Joy in Your Life'', Hunter House Publishers, 1997, {{ISBN|978-0-89793-229-5}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/24462.Paul_Pearsall Goodreads.com] * [http://alisonimiller.com/your-heart-quiz-score-score-11-20/ Heart Energy Amplitude Recognition Test] == See also == * [List of psychologists](/source/List_of_psychologists) * [Cardiac psychology](/source/Cardiac_psychology) * [Heart transplantation](/source/Heart_transplantation) * [Bruce Lipton](/source/Bruce_Lipton) {{psychology}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearsall, Paul}} Category:1942 births Category:2007 deaths Category:American male non-fiction writers Category:American psychology writers Category:American relationships and sexuality writers Category:American self-help writers Category:University of Michigan alumni Category:Wayne State University alumni Category:20th-century American male writers {{US-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Pearsall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pearsall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pearsall?action=history)). 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