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"Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing. A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember, pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath...
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"Psychologists Art Markman and Bob Duke, hosts of the popular KUT radio show and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, answer some of the most engaging quandaries about the human brain and behavior. Featuring the latest empirical findings in the dynamic field of psychology, this is science served up in fun and revelatory bite-size bits!"--Page 4 of cover
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Based on cutting-edge science, Boost Your Brain is internationally recognized neurologist Majid Fotuhi's complete program for increasing brain size and enhancing brain function, including memory, creativity, comprehension, and concentration.
Our brains don't have to decline as we get older, argues Dr. Fotuhi. Depending on the things we do or neglect to do, we can actually get smarter and measurably improve our brain speed. In Boost Your Brain, the...
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A neuroscientist's groundbreaking, science-driven plan for revitalizing, nourishing and rejuvenating your most essential asset--your brain. Your brain is the most essential organ in your body. The brain and spinal cord are intimately connected to every bodily system and organ, so when it is balanced everything in your body and mind will function more efficiently. It's vitally important to take proactive steps now, or you risk losing everything, including...
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Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike--strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents--and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the community...
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In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule -- what scientists know for sure about how our brains work -- and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. You'll learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. You'll peer over a surgeon's shoulder as he proves that...
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A groundbreaking, medication-free, scientifically based approach to healing depression, anxiety, and brain fog by focusing on your "whole brain"-the brain, the gut, the microbiome, and the thyroid.
There is a fundamental connection between the brain, the gut, the microbiome, and the thyroid: if any one part of this system is malfunctioning, it will impact the others, and this is where “The Whole Brain” comes in. Integrative health pioneer Dr....
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Firefly Books
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2019.
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"The Brain Book combines the latest image technology with easy-to-understand authoritative text. Written by an international team of medical experts on brain science, it covers all aspects of brain function, from development and disorders, to the nature of consciousness, through to the aging brain and brain diseases. Topics include brain chemistry, memory, the teenage brain, illusions and hallucinations, music and the brain, sleep and wakefulness,...
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Rodale
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[2011]
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"While gray hair and wrinkles may be unwelcome if inevitable signs of the passing years, the memory loss, intellectual impairment, and mood swings that come with an aging brain can be truly devastating. According to bestselling author and anti-aging expert Dr. Eric Braverman, getting older does not have to mean becoming forgetful, clueless, or depressed quite the opposite, in fact. Distilling his 35 years of research and clinical experience into an...
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Hay House
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2022.
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"The brain remains a mystery to medical research and science when it comes to chronic illness. Measuring deficits of the brain doesn't equate to knowing what's really wrong or what to do about it. Where can you turn to get answers and finally find healing? In Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses, and Recipes, Anthony William, the Medical Medium, provides compassionate, life-altering guidance to help you understand and heal from a vast range of brain symptoms,...
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Ediciones Obelisco
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2023.
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Por qué aprender es difícil y cómo puedes hacerlo fácil En esta revolucionaria, completa y accesible guía sobre cómo aprende el cerebro, descubrirás cómo estudiar de manera más eficiente y efectiva, podrás evitar el estrés de los exámenes y, lo que es mejor, disfrutarás aprendiendo. Cuando estudiamos, tendemos a centrarnos en aquellas tareas que controlamos más fácilmente -como subrayar y releer-, pero estas prácticas sólo nos proporcionan...
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Little, Brown Spark
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2020
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The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Grain Brain and his son, also a medical doctor, explore how modern culture threatens to rewire our brains and damage our health, offering a practical plan for healing. Includes a ten-day practical program with meal plan and recipes.
Modern culture is rewiring our brains and damaging our health. We immerse ourselves in foods whenever we want; enter an enticing world of digital media; buy goods and services...
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Random Comics
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2022.
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Ansiedad, síndrome del impostor, nuevos tipos de amor e identidades, redes sociales y un montón de cosas son los temas centrales de esta generación marcada por las crisis económicas, la precariedad laboral y los memes virales. Un retrato social actual para entender por qué somos como somos y qué define a la generación milenial desde el punto de vista neurológico y científico. Un libro de divulgación accesible y divertido para finalmente...
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Hay House, Inc
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2021.
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"At age 37, Harvard neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a massive left-hemisphere stroke that took away her ability to speak, walk, read, write, or remember any of her life--and gave her an unprecedented, profound experience of dwelling in the right hemisphere and the sense of oneness and peace to be found there. Her recovery led to her writing the New York Times bestseller My Stroke of Insight, being named one of Time Magazine's Most Influential...
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