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The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning – Neuroscientist Richard Davidson presents his research on how social and emotional learning can affect the brain.
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Talking Heads and Hearts: Intellectual and Emotional Education Make a Potent Pairing – George Lucas joins a panel of national experts moderated by Daniel Goleman that explores the value of social and emotional learning.
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Selling SEL: An Interview with Daniel Goleman – The author of Emotional Intelligence speaks on the value of social and emotional learning.
















Welcome to the website and blog of psychologist Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Dr. Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries.