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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude)....
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English
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"A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mind. Emotions feel automatic, like uncontrollable reactions to things we think and experience. Scientists have long supported this assumption by claiming that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today, however, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
"This essential book vividly demonstrates how a little knowledge about the foods and drugs we eat can teach us a lot about how our brain functions. The information is presented in an irreverent and non-judgmental manner that makes it highly accessible to high school teenagers, inquisitive college students and worried parents. Dr. Wenk has skillfully blended the highest scholarly standards with illuminating insights, gentle humor and welcome simplicity....
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Publisher
National Geographic Partners
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
National Geographic's riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
ix, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brilliantly exploring today's cutting-edge brain research, mind wide open is an unprecedented journey into the essence of human personality, allowing readers to understand themselves and the people in their lives as never before. Using a mix of experiential reportage, personal storytelling, and fresh scientific discovery, Steven Johnson describes how the brain works - its chemicals, structures, and subroutines - and how these systems connect to the...
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
From grief expert and neuroscientist Mary-Frances O'Connor PhD, The Grieving Brain utilizes cutting-edge research to guide us through how our brains process love and loss-and how we can learn to heal.
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Language
English
Description
Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior. --from publisher description.
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Publisher
Sounds True
Language
English
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Happiness is far more than a positive feeling that comes and goes. Science is now proving that happiness is a skill that you can develop.
Course objectives:
List some enduring benefits of happiness.Describe the negativity bias of the brain.Summarize how our brains can make us happy and also create suffering.Practice guided exercises for tapping your innate capacity to nurture and encourage yourself.Utilize meditation to shape your
13) The mind
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
xvi, 328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines as unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"We can't avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original and comprehensive approach to help readers harness the power of positive emotions and overcome stress for good. The unique mindfulness exercises in this book provide a recipe for resilience, empowering readers to master their emotional response to stress, overcome negative...
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory new theory of consciousness that returns emotions to the center of mental life. For Mark Solms, one of the boldest thinkers in contemporary neuroscience, discovering how consciousness comes about has been a lifetime's quest. Scientists consider it the "hard problem" because it seems an impossible task to understand why we feel a subjective sense of self and how it arises in the brain. Venturing into the elementary physics of life, Solms...
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"We all have a duty to affect others--from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts--from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control--are ineffective, because they are incompatible with how peoples minds operate. Sharot shows us how to avoid these pitfalls, and how an attempt...
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Publisher
Regan Books/HarperCollins Publ
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain.
Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind' is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now in paperback, Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley's groundbreaking work, The Mind and the Brain, argues...
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