Little, Brown Spark, 2020. — 982 p. — ISBN: 978-0-316-53680-6. Eat for your mental health and learn the fascinating science behind nutrition with this "must-read" guide from an expert psychiatrist (Amy Myers, MD). Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with the aftereffects of trauma? That salami can cause depression, or that boosting Vitamin D intake can help treat...
NY: HarperOne, 2022. — 422 p. — ISBN: 978-0-06-294623-2. A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning. For as long as humans have existed, we have struggled when a loved one dies. Poets and playwrights have written about the dark...
New York: Canongate Books, 2014. — 189 p. Because brain science is a fast-moving field, it’s rare to step back to view the lay of the land, to work out what our studies mean for our lives, and to discuss plainly and simply what it means to be a biological creature. This book sets out to do that. Brain science matters. The strange computational material in our skulls is the...
BenBella Books, 2022. — 530 p. — ISBN: 9781637741429. Serious mental decline is not an inevitable part of aging. You can boost your short and long-term brain health and significantly lower the risk of dementia — if the right steps are taken now. When it comes to keeping your brain in tip-top shape, you aren’t limited to crossword puzzles, brain games, and Sudoku. The keys to...
Michael O’Mara Books, 2022. — 453 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78929-338-8. An essential guide for living better for longer. Packed full of exercises and practical tips to keep our most vital organ in shape, and breaking down the science between brain function and how sleep, exercise, diet and even socializing are imperative for maintaining our grey matter. What does it mean to have a...
New York: Pantheon, 2011. — 298 p. There’s Someone In My Head, But It’s Not Me. The Testimony of the Senses: What Is Experience Really Like? Mind: The Gap. The Kinds of Thoughts That Are Thinkable. The Brain Is a Team of Rivals. Why Blameworthiness Is the Wrong Question. Life After the Monarchy.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. — 87 p. Reveals which aspects of brain function and aging are affected by regular daily exercise. Illustrates how exercise can mitigate ill effects of obesity on the brain. Presents an accessible, scholarly presentation appropriate for lay readers, requiring no knowledge of brain science. Illuminates the harmful effects of extreme exercise...
BenBella Books, 2022. — 730 p. — ISBN: 978-163-774158-0. We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Drawing on decades of research, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer outlines a revolutionary new understanding that for the first time unites...
NY: Gallery Books, 2023. — 591 p. — ISBN: 978-1-9821-6721-9. In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress, and most of all, enjoy learning. When we study, we tend to focus on the tasks we can most easily control — such as highlighting and rereading — but these...
Portfolio, 2014. — 186 p. — ISBN: 978-0-698-19066-5 Why do some products capture our attention, while others flop? What makes us engage with certain products out of habit? Is there a pattern underlying how technologies hook us? This audiobook introduces listeners to the "Hook Model," a four-step process companies use to build customer habits. Through consecutive hook cycles,...
Viking. 2020 - 344 p. ISBN10: 0525559884, ISBN13: 978-0525559887 An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain's remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them. The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled and it remains...
Viking Penguin, 2014. — 336 p. — (Reading in the Brain). — ISBN: 978-0-698-15140-6. How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the...
Viking Penguin, 2014. — 336 p. — (Reading in the Brain). — ISBN: 978-0-698-15140-6. How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the...
HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. — 320 p. — eISBN: 9780008210922 A vast yet compact view of cognitive neuroscience, a groundbreaking, personal and comprehensive guide into understanding our thoughts. In the last twenty years, Mariano Sigman has journeyed to the core of the brain, an organ formed by nearly an infinity of neurons that manufacture how we perceive, reason, feel,...
Simon & Schuster, 2006. — 400 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7432-7663-4, ISBN10: 0-7432-7663-9 In this mind-expanding book, scientific pioneer Marvin Minsky continues his groundbreaking research, offering a fascinating new model for how our minds work. He argues persuasively that emotions, intuitions, and feelings are not distinct things, but different ways of thinking. By examining these...
Basic Books, 1994. — 240 p. — ISBN10: 0465048633, ISBN13: 9780465048632 The co-discoverer of the “split brain” theory tells how science is recasting the age-old question of nature versus nurture to create a startling new view of human behavior. Recent discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to...
Ivy Press, 2014. — 160 p. — ISBN10: 1435147847, ISBN13: 9781435147843 Are we all at the mercy of our brain chemistry? Do you think that the amygdala and the hippocampus are fantastical sea monsters? What can an MRI scan tell us? Could you explain to dinner-party guests why we don't giggle when we tickle ourselves? 30-Second Brain is here to fill your mind with the science of...
Penguin Books, 2019. — 388 p. — ISBN: 978-0143118053. The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting...
Dana Press, 2005. — 197 p. — ISBN: 978-1932594072. Michelangelo was raised in a rustic village by a family of modest means. Shakespeare's father was a middle-class businessman. Abraham Lincoln came from a family of itinerant farmers. Yet all these men broke free from their limited circumstances and achieved brilliant careers as creative artists and leaders. How such...
Editors. — National Geographic, 2017. — 226 p. — ISBN: 9781426219214. Both a practical owner’s manual and a complete guide to the brain’s development and function, this valuable reference explores not only the brain’s physical form — its 100 billion nerve cells and near-infinite network of synapses — but the interactions that regulate every thought and action. Some highlights...
Simon & Schuster, 2013. — 240 p. — ISBN: 9781451645101. In this groundbreaking contribution to the literature of human personality, a celebrated psychologist and an award-winning author offer an exciting new way of thinking about our minds — and ourselves — based on a new way of looking at the brain.With cowriter G. Wayne Miller, Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn, a leader in the field of...
Best Life Media, 2011. — 275 p. — ISBN: 1935127365. Catch the wave of a powerful training technique that has already transformed thousands of lives. Brain Wave Vibration is a powerful, easy-to-follow method that helps people bring their bodies and minds back into balance for total health. The repetitive shaking method functions as a dynamic, moving meditation that is far easier...
Best Life Media, 2011. — 275 p. — ISBN: 1935127365. Catch the wave of a powerful training technique that has already transformed thousands of lives. Brain Wave Vibration is a powerful, easy-to-follow method that helps people bring their bodies and minds back into balance for total health. The repetitive shaking method functions as a dynamic, moving meditation that is far easier...
New York: Phoenix, 1998. — 98 p. A renowned brain researcher takes readers on a guided tour of the brain to show what today's cutting-edge scientists now know about how that mysterious and fascinating organ works. Readers gain an up-close and personal view of the human brain--what it is, how it works, how mood-modifying drugs find their targets, and more.
Oxford University Press, 2009. — 202 p. As the pace of technological change accelerates, we are increasingly experiencing a state of information overload. Statistics show that we are interrupted every three minutes during the course of the work day. Multitasking between email, cell-phone, text messages, and four or five websites while listening to an iPod forces the brain to...
Yale University Press, 2018. — 264 p. In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental “surface” of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner...
Yale University Press, 2018. — 264 p. In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human motivation and decision making. The assumption is that below a mental “surface” of conscious awareness lies a deep and complex set of inner...
Editorial: Editorial Planeta. Temática: CienciaDivulgación. Colección: Fuera de colección. Número de páginas: 200. ¿Por qué un libro de neurociencia para niños? Porque es el cerebro el que nos permite percibir, pensar y sentir. Este fascinante órgano juega un papel clave en el modo de hacer las cosas que hacemos, en el aprendizaje de cosas nuevas y en la aceptación de que habrá...
Guardian Faber Publishing, 2016. — 252 p. — ISBN: 978–0–571–35083–4 Here’s why: the idiot brain. For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? That conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain? Or that...
2009, 288 p. — ISBN: 1594488738. This book is well worth reading. The stated goal of of the author, Richard Restak, is to educate readers about how to make brain more efficient, effective, engaged. To accomplish this, Restak, who is a neuroscientist, interviewed leading neurologists and reviewed the very latest research in the field. This book is not only educational, but...
2009, 288 p. — ISBN: 1594488738. This book is well worth reading. The stated goal of of the author, Richard Restak, is to educate readers about how to make brain more efficient, effective, engaged. To accomplish this, Restak, who is a neuroscientist, interviewed leading neurologists and reviewed the very latest research in the field. This book is not only educational, but...
2009, 288 p. — ISBN: 1594488738. This book is well worth reading. The stated goal of of the author, Richard Restak, is to educate readers about how to make brain more efficient, effective, engaged. To accomplish this, Restak, who is a neuroscientist, interviewed leading neurologists and reviewed the very latest research in the field. This book is not only educational, but...
Chantilly: The Teaching Company, 2017. — 232 p. We are repeatedly told that one of the keys to a meaningful life is understanding why we do the things we do. Why is it, then, that so many myths about how our brains function persist? Why are our own minds so often misunderstood by their inhabitants? Is it just that the brain is too complicated? Will we ever grasp how it works,...
W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. — 354 p. Perhaps your brain seems to stumble when faced with the 13 times table, or persistently fails to master parallel parking. But you’re in control of it, right? Sorry. Think again. Dotted with popular explanations of social psychology research and fascinating real-life examples, A Mind of Its Own tours the less salubrious side of human...
Canongate Books, 2014. — 189 p. Because brain science is a fast-moving field, it’s rare to step back to view the lay of the land, to work out what our studies mean for our lives, to discuss in a plain and simple way what it means to be a biological creature. This book sets out to do that. Brain science matters. The strange computational material in our skulls is the perceptual...
Canongate Books, 2014. — 189 p. Because brain science is a fast-moving field, it’s rare to step back to view the lay of the land, to work out what our studies mean for our lives, to discuss in a plain and simple way what it means to be a biological creature. This book sets out to do that. Brain science matters. The strange computational material in our skulls is the perceptual...
Little, Brown and Company, 2017. In The Secret Life of the Mind, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman offers a grand yet concise survey of everything you ever wanted to know about how the mind works. From research showing that, even as infants, we are able to form notions of mathematics, language, and morality, to how years and years of formal and informal education can fundamentally...
New York: Sterling, 2016. Based on their successful podcast, Two Guys on Your Head, Brain Briefs draws on Markman and Duke’s expertise as teachers and academics and covers a wide range of common psychology concepts and questions. Like the podcast, Brain Briefs is constructed with the average-but-interested listener in mind. The book requires no familiarity with psychology or...
CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2016. Don’t you think you would feel better on a day to day basis if you actively knew how to influence your natural balance? The e-book explains what neurotransmitters are, what they do, how to recognize a shortage and how to increase their natural balance in our brains for a happier life. We explain you in an understandable way what you can...
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. — 228 p. Have you ever found yourself re-reading the same sentence four or five times and thought 'I should get more sleep'? Are you clueless as to why one paragraph just seems to 'flow' while you simply can't recall the contents of another? Guess what: you are not alone. Even the best writers fail to grasp why their writing works....
Hodder, 2013. — 304 p. Why we behave the way we do has been the life study of pioneering neuroscientist Richard Davidson. One Brain Does Not Fit All The Discovery of Emotional Style Assessing Your Emotional Style The Brain Basis of Emotional Style How Emotional Style Develops The Mind-Brain-Body Connection, or How Emotional Style Influences Health Normal and Abnormal, and When...
Guardian Faber Publishing, 2016. — 336 p. It's happened to all of us at some point. You walk into the kitchen, or flip open your laptop, or stride confidently up to a lectern, filled with purpose — and suddenly haven't the foggiest idea what you’re doing. Welcome to your idiot brain. Yes, it is an absolute marvel in some respects — the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle...
Cómo tomamos cada una de nuestras decisiones? ¿Qué es la conciencia? ¿Y las emociones? ¿De dónde viene la inteligencia? El cerebro humano es la estructura más compleja del universo, tanto, que se propone el desafío de entenderse a sí mismo. Todo lo que hacemos depende de esta “máquina” casi perfecta, que contiene más neuronas que las estrellas que existen en nuestra galaxia....
Paris: DUNOD, 2009. — 258 p. — ISBN: 978-2-10-053538-5. Le cerveau de Nicole Kidman a 24 ans. Son secret: le programme d'entraînement cérébral avancé du Dr Kawashima, tout en se dédouanant grâce à une petite note (astérisque ajoutée à 24 ans) mais mise sur l'autre page de la publicité et en très petits caractères: "L'âge cérébral est un score non scientifique."
Loco Media, 2015. — 23 p. — ASIN: B018UGTVE6 The brain has millions of neurons that are necessary for learning, cognition as well as retention. There is a common belief that the body loses neurons as we age thus affecting the brain function as we age. There are many ways for us to keep our brains healthy. Basically, these exercises are very critical to improve the neural...
2016. Quality: originally electronic The day that 12-year-old James Doty walked in to his local magic shop is the day that changed his life. Once the neglected son of an alcoholic father and a mother with chronic depression, he has gone on to become a leading neurosurgeon, based at Stanford University. He credits Ruth for this incredible turnaround: the remarkable woman who...
First Pear Press, 2009. — 316 p. If workplaces had nap rooms, multitasking was frowned upon, and meetings were held during walks, we'd be vastly more productive. Brain Rules reveals – in plain English – 12 ways our brains truly work.
2me édition. — Paris: Dunod, 2009. — 330 p. — (100 petites expériences de psychologie). Pour le grand public, y compris le public cultivé et de nombreux journalistes, la psychologie se confond souvent avec la psychanalyse ou avec la psychiatrie. Les « psys » sont essentiellement vus comme des gens qui soignent. C’est une erreur de perspective car la psychologie scientifique...
Inconscio, 2012 , ISBN: N/A A cosa ti serve conoscere i meccanismi della mente? Ti faccio un esempio: in questo momento sto sfruttando il meccanismo della mente per il quale si prendono decisioni sulla base di una valutazione logico-emotiva. Ossia ti offro le migliori parole per stimolare la parte emotiva della tua mente e nello stesso tempo darti delle motivazioni logiche che...
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