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Yale University Press
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A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature. Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book. Integrating recent insights from evolutionary...
2) Your creative brain: seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life
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Filled with research-based techniques for expanding creativity and increasing productivity This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy, but rather all of us use our creative brains every...
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"Dog lovers and neuroscientists should both read this important book." — Dr. Temple Grandin
What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner — completely awake — so they could figure out what they think and feel. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It's...
What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist and bestselling author Gregory Berns and his team did something nobody had ever attempted: they trained dogs to go into an MRI scanner — completely awake — so they could figure out what they think and feel. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It's...
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Hay House
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2018.
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English
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“As ‘The Secret’ meets the scientist in Dawson’s work, the boundaries of what you’ve believed possible will be stretched far beyond your existing picture of reality.” — Jack Canfield, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup® series and featured teacher in The Secret
Best Health Book of 2018 - American Book Fest.
Best Science Books of 2018 - Bookbub.
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To most of us, learning something 'the hard way' implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition...
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Island Press
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2023.
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xviii, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white) diagrams, photographs ; 23 cm
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English
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"Although their brains are incredibly small—just one million neurons compared to humans’ 100 billion—bees have remarkable abilities to navigate, learn, communicate, and remember. In What a Bee Knows, entomologist Stephen Buchmann explores a bee’s way of seeing the world and introduces the scientists who make the journey possible. We travel into the field and to the laboratories of noted bee biologists who have spent their careers digging into...
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"Discusses the role of intuition in business, relationships, health, and the arts. The author maintains that intuition is a higher cognitive ability that all people possess and that it can be developed with effort and mindful attention. The book includes exercises and self-assessment quizzes"--
8) How We Think
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"How We Think" by John Dewey is a groundbreaking exploration of the process of thinking and its role in education and problem-solving. In this influential work, Dewey delves into the nature of intelligence, inquiry, and reflective thought, offering valuable insights into how individuals can enhance their thinking abilities and engage in meaningful learning experiences. The book begins by challenging traditional notions of thinking as a passive, linear...
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Simon & Schuster
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2021.
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318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and cognitive decline, explores whether there's a "best" diet or exercise regimen for the brain,...
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Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In this unsurpassed resource, Dr. Pierce J. Howard and his team distill the very latest research and clearly explain the practical, real-world applications
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Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In this unsurpassed resource, Dr. Pierce J. Howard and his team distill the very latest research and clearly explain the practical, real-world applications
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Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating,...
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2018]
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4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, colour. + 1 course guidebook
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English
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"This course will explore what's going on in our minds that allows us to learn so effortlessly and in so many ways. The course will examine not only the psychological mechanisms, but also the neural mechanisms, that are involved. You will discover that your brain is equipped with multiple, powerful, but very different learning mechanisms that depend on specific neural circuits and that understanding how learning works can make you a more effective...
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Do you believe that you can consistently beat the stock market if you put in the effort? —that some people have extrasensory perception? —that crime and drug abuse in America are on the rise? Many people hold one or more of these beliefs although research shows that they are not true. And it's no wonder since advertising and some among the media promote these and many more questionable notions.
Although our creative problem-solving...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2021]
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8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age.
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La Psicología, y las ciencias cognitivas en general, tratan precisamente de descubrir la organización y el funcionamiento de la mente, no solo de su parte consciente, sino de la mente en su conjunto, ya que la mente consciente es el resultado del funcionamiento de esa parte más grande a la que no tenemos acceso directo y que explica comportamiento de los individuos. El objetivo último de este libro es llegar a conocer por qué hacemos lo que hacemos...
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The Meaning of Truth is one of William James' most important books. It is a necessary read for anyone looking to understand the nature of truth. Does it exist independently of man or does man make truth what it is? Here you will find answers to this and many other questions on the nature of truth. William James was the older brother of novelist Henry James, and a pioneering psychologist and philosopher. His works pushed the boundaries of psychology...
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Think better. Be happier.
Is your style of thinking affecting your feelings? Could you make some basic changes and improve your self-esteem, motivation, and happiness?
CBT is already a medically approved method of treating depression, and is now growing in popularity as a self-help mechanism.
Need to Know? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy will enable you to assess your own thought patterns, and will show you how to modify your thinking so that you respond...
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Why do we see what we see? This eBook is where cognitive psychology and photographic art collide head-on in a mind-blowing exposé on the power of apophenia. The 133 symmetrical cloud photographs presented in this eBook produce some exceptionally strong visual responses, and this fresh, exciting insight into cognitive phenomena, is sure to ignite the synapses of both scholar and the psychological layman. In short, this eBook is an elegant, artistic...
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