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La década de 1990 es conocida como "la década del cerebro" por los grandes descubrimientos neurocientíficos, que reflejaban la importancia que ha tenido y tiene esta disciplina en todos los ámbitos: desde la salud, hasta la economía, pasando por el márketing o la política. Pero, ¿pasa lo mismo con la narración?, ¿puede estar también estrechamente vinculada a cómo pensamos y a cómo funciona nuestro cerebro? ¿Podría ser que nuestras estructuras...
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"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018" Robert M. Seyfarth is professor of psychology and Dorothy L. Cheney is professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania. They are the coauthors of How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species and Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. Michael L. Platt is the James S. Riepe University Professor of neuroscience, psychology, and marketing at the University...
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El VI Congreso Internacional del Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudios Transculturales (GLADET) tuvo por objeto de estudio las «Neurociencias y humanidades: Un nuevo paradigma de la psiquiatría». Siguiendo el pensamiento de Francisco Alonso-Fernández, la psiquiatría es la «rama humanística por excelencia de la medicina», al mismo tiempo que epistemológicamente, se le puede considerar «ciencia heteróclita y heterológica», con un acervo mayor...
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Author and journalist Tim Falconer - a self-confessed "bad singer" - is one of only 2.5 percent of the population that has been afflicted with amusia, ie: he is scientifically tone-deaf. Bad Singer chronicles his quest to understand the brain science behind tone-deafness and to search for ways to retrain the adult brain. He is tested by numerous scientists who are as fascinated with him as he is with them. He also investigates why we love music and...
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Este libro es el resultado de un ingente número de horas de estudio y discusión realizado por los integrantes del Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación Mente y Lenguaje, entre los años 2010 y 2013.
El libro está conformado por dos partes principales. En la primera parte, los miembros de Mente y Lenguaje elaboraron una investigación conjunta para explicitar las intersecciones entre la psicología, la lingüística y la filosofía, entrecruzando...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University. Ellen Bialystok is a world-leading expert on the effects of bilingualism on cognitive processes across our lifespan. This conversation examines how she discovered differences in the development of essential cognitive and language abilities for bilingual children, the use of different brain networks by monolingual...
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Combining theory and practice, David A. Sousa helps educators understand what is happening in the brains of students with behavior problems and offers practical, effective intervention strategies compatible with current findings in neuroscience.
In easy-to-understand language, the author presents current information on brain development and function and highlights factors that affect social and emotional decision-making and negative behaviors like...
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Cognitive neuroscientists are gaining greater insights into how the brain interacts with and learns from the environment. Now David A. Sousa, one of the foremost experts in translating this research into classroom practice, examines the brain-compatible leadership practices that sustain effective teaching and learning. The Leadership Brain provides a new model for a whole-brain approach to educational leadership. Examining what we know about the adult...
10) La lecture, une activité qui prend la tête !: Ou comment notre cerveau traite ce que nous lisons
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Premier ouvrage de la série Les Savoirs proposée par les éditions Ex æquo, il paraissait utile que ce fût un livre qui expose aux lecteurs ce que représente la lecture, comment elle sollicite les circuits complexes de notre cerveau.
Lire est un plaisir presque addictif pour certains, une montagne ennuyeuse à franchir pour d'autres. Mais dans tous les cas, lire fait appel à la vue, aux mécanismes cérébraux de l'attention, à ceux du plaisir...
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Every time we think ahead, we are crafting a story. Every daily plan-and every political vision, social movement, scientific hypothesis, business proposal, and technological breakthrough-starts with "what if?" Linking causes to effects, considering hypotheticals and counterfactuals, asking how other people will react: these are the essence of narrative. So why do we keep overlooking story's importance to intelligence in favor of logic?
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