Brain Science
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How the Brain Works: The Facts Visually Explained
This book begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, using visual explanations to distinguish the difference between motor cortex and mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Chapters cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, emotions and communication. Included is a guide to the brain's disorders, including physical problems, such as tumors and strokes, and psychological and functional disorders, ranging from autism to schizophrenia. Bold graphics and step-by-step artworks are sprinkled with bite-sized factoids and question-and-answer features. This is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of the human brain.
$37.99
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How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, this book is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal conundrum of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives. Pollan is also author of many other books including his newest, This is Your Mind on Plants, also available at ODIN BOOKS.
$25.99
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Human Brain Coloring Book
Developed by internationally renowned neurosurgeons, this unique book is designed for students of psychology and the biological sciences, medical, dental, and nursing students, and anyone with an interest in the human brain.
$33.50
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Incognito: the Secret Life of the Brain
If the conscious mind-the part you consider you-is just the tip of the iceberg in the brain, what is all the rest doing? Neuroscientist David Eagleman plumbs the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising questions: Why can your foot jump halfway to the brake pedal before you are consciously aware of danger ahead? What do Odysseus and the subprime mortgage meltdown have in common? Why are people whose name begins with J more likely to marry other people whose name begins with J? Why is it so difficult to keep a secret? Why did Supreme Court Justice William Douglas deny that he was paralyzed? This subsurface exploration includes diversions into brain damage, drugs, infidelity, synesthesia, criminal law, the future of artificial intelligence, and visual illusions-all highlighting how our perception of the world is a hidden and awe-inspiring construction of the brain.
$20.00
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IntraConnected
MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging Both a personal and general meditation on identity and belonging, Daniel J. Siegel's book combines personal reflections with scientific discussions of how the mind, brain, and our relationships shape who we are. Weaving the internal and external, the subjective and objective, IntraConnected reveals how our culture may give us a message of separation as a solo, isolated self, but a wider perspective unveils that who we are may be something more - broader than the brain, bigger even than the body - and fundamental to social systems and the natural world.
$35.99
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Keep Your Brain Alive:
83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness.Based on leading neurobiological research, Keep Your Brain Alive introduces a regimen of mental cross-training-a series of deceptively simple exercises that help stimulate the production of natural growth factors called neurotrophins, which in turn grow brain cells and keep the brain younger and stronger. And nothing so easily stimulates the brain as breaking routines and using the five senses in new and unexpected ways. So if you're right-handed, wake up tomorrow and brush your teeth with your left hand. Or close your eyes before you get in the car and insert the key into the ignition. Every time you open a new circuit in your brain, it's like doing a round of mental sit-ups.
$12.95
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Livewired
The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain The brain is not hardwired, David Eagleman contends--it is livewired. With his theory of info tropism, he demonstrates why the fundamental principle of the brain is information maximization: in the same way that plants grow toward light, brains reconfigure to boost data from the outside world. Learn how a child can function with one half of his brain removed, how a blind man can hit a baseball via a sensor on his tongue, how new devices and body plans can enhance our natural capacities, how paralyzed people will soon be able to dance in thought-controlled robotic suits, how we can build next generation devices based on the principles of the brain, and what all this has to do with why we dream at night.
$22.00
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Male Brain: A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
This book explores the latest breakthroughs in male psychology and neurology with Dr.Louann Brizendine's trademark accessibility and candor. Readers are introduced into the male reality, through insights suggesting that the male brain is a lean, mean, problem-solving machine that thrives under competition, instinctively plays rough and is obsessed with rank and hierarchy. It has an area for sexual pursuit, and experiences such a massive increase in testosterone at puberty that he perceive others' faces to be more aggressive. Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own.
$22.99
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Meditation Interventions to Rewire the Brain
Integrating Neuroscience Strategies for ADHD, Anxiety, Depression & PTSD This book takes a practical, individual, brain-based approach to the practice of meditation. Author Jeff Tarrant, PhD, goes beyond traditional meditation practices to include a broad collection of mind-body strategies to effectively treat ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. This book includes over 50 worksheets, handouts, tips, scripts and exercises on matching the four styles of Neuro-meditation with client needs and goals; yoga, meditation-in-motion and nature-based strategies; using therapeutic tools such as biofeedback, & virtual reality - everything you need to immediately begin using these methods in your practice.
$41.95
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Workbook
In this book, a specialist in mild cognitive impairments offers people who have suffered from a mild traumatic brain injury, the only workbook on the market that will allow them to overcome their emotional pain, and regain their mental capabilities.
$41.95
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Mind in the Making (Executive Function)
The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs This is research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, helping them learn to take on life's challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to learning. These "essential life skills" Ellen Galinsky has spent her career pursuing, through studies and decades of talking with hundreds of outstanding researchers in child development and neuroscience. The good news is that there are simple everyday things that all parents can do to build these skills in their children for today and for the future. They don't cost money, and it's never too late to begin.Children need skills for focus and self control, perspective taking, communicating, making connections, critical thinking, taking on challenges, and self-directed, engaged learning. These are skills that give children the ability to focus on their goals so they can learn more easily and communicate what they've learned, preparing them for life.
$24.99
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Mind Wide Open
Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life This book speaks to brain buffs, self-obsessed neurotics, barstool psychologists, mystified parents, grumpy spouses, exasperated managers, and anyone who enjoys speculating and gossiping about the motivations and behaviors of other human beings. Steven Johnson shows us the transformative power of understanding brain science and offers new modes of introspection and tools for better parenting, better relationships, and better living.
$26.99
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Mind, Consciousness and the Cultivation of Wellbeing
In this book, Daniel J. Siegel and Marion F. Solomon have gathered leading writers to discuss such topics as: attention, resilience, and mindfulness; neuroplasticity-how the brain changes its function and structure in response to experience; "loving awareness" as the foundation for mindful living; how mindfulness training can help build empathy and compassion in clinicians; self-compassion; addictions; using breath practice to cultivate well-being; tools for clients who feel disconnected; "therapeutic presence"-how we show up for our clients, how we embody being aware and receptive.Contributors include Pat Ogden, Shauna Shapiro, Bonnie Goldstein, Trudy Goodman Kornfield, Jack Kornfield, Kristin Neff, Judson Brewer, Gary Small, Amishi Jha, and more.
$60.00
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Mind: Journey to the Heart of Being
A Journey To The Heart Of Being Human What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents-its emotions, thoughts, and memories-are often described, the essence of mind is rarely, if ever, defined. Daniel J. Siegel, MD, noted neuropsychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author takes readers on a journey into consciousness, subjective experience, and information processing, uncovering the mind's self-organizational properties that emerge from both the body and the relationships we have with one another, and with the world around us.
$35.95
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Mindful Brain: Reflection & Attunement In the Cultivation of Well-Being
Over the last 20 years, there has been growing attention in the Western world to mindfulness--paying attention to life in the present moment. A leading neurobiologist investigates the phenomenon of mindfulness as it impacts daily life, offering readers insight into personal relationships, emotional behavior, parenting, and work.
$40.00
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Mindset
The New Psychology of Success It's not just abilities and talent that bring us success - but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. Praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment and may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.
$23.00
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
According to UCLA psychiatrist Siegel, the notion of "mindsight," or the mind's knack for stepping back and analyzing its own thought processes, is just as critical as emotional intelligence. Drawing on cutting-edge neurobiological research and Eastern meditation practices as well as studies conducted by his own, L.A.-based Mindsight Institute, Siegel presents a convincing case that mindsights' dual focus on mindfulness and empathy can literally rewire the brain and catalyze greater personal fulfillment. In 12 lucid yet scientifically grounded chapters, he provides the evidence for mindsights' powerful effect on human behavior and then presents a guidebook for developing and applying mindsight in one's life. --Carl Hays
$24.95
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Mindup Curriculum PreK - Gr. 2 With Teaching Poster
Grades PreK-2. This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year. Includes a BIG, colorful teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain! Correlates with social and emotional learning goals created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
$30.99
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My First Book About the Brain:
Winner of a Bronze 2014 Moonbeam Children's Book Award! Discover the workings of the body's most complex organ! How does the brain control the rest of the body? How does it enable the senses to function, regulate speech, affect balance, and influence sleep and dreams? These 25 illustrations to color explain every aspect of the brain's important jobs, from communicating with the central nervous system to retaining memories. Suitable for ages 8-12.
$7.95
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Deb Dana Nervous System Workbook
Practical Exercises to Ease Anxiety, Find Safety, and Come Home to Yourself Using Polyvagal Theory Deb Dana, a Polyvagal Theory practitioner, shares effective tools for getting to know your system. Step-by-step, more than 50 short practices and exercises teach you how your nervous system responds to what's happening outside you, to what's happening inside you, and how you communicate with others' systems. Learn how to recognize when you're in a state of distress, what helps you feel calm and centered, and why co-regulation connecting with others can support your sense of security. This book contains strategies to find more safety and ease within yourself. QR codes throughout the book point to bonus guided audio practices.
$30.99
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Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children
Ed Tronick has gathered together his most influential writings in a single, essential volume. Organized into five parts (I) Neurobehavior, (II) Culture, (III) Infant Social-Emotional Interaction, (IV) Perturbations: Natural and Experimental, and (V) Dyadic Expansion of Consciousness and Meaning Making this book represents his major ideas and studies regarding infant-adult interactions, developmental processes, and mutual regulation. As a bonus, the book includes a DVD-ROM, with video clips of Tronick's Still-Face Paradigm, an invaluable teaching aid.
$73.00
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Neurodharma
New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness In Neurodharma, the follow-up to his classic Buddha's Brain, New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson, PhD, not only explores the new neuroscience of awakening but also offers a bold yet plausible plan for reverse-engineering peak experiences, sense of oneness, and even enlightenment itself. And he does so with his trademark blend of solid science and warm encouragement, guiding you along this high-reaching path with good humor, accessible tools, and personal examples. A groundbreaking yet practical book, Neurodharma shares seven practices for strengthening the neural circuitry of profound contentment and inner peace - qualities that offer essential support in everyday life while also supporting the exploration of the most radical reaches of human consciousness. Step by step, this book explains how to apply these insights in order to cultivate unshakable presence of mind, a courageous heart, and serenity in a changing world. The breakthroughs of the great teachers are not reserved for the chosen few. Dr. Hanson shows how we can embody them ourselves in daily life to handle stress, heal old pain, feel at ease with others, and rest in the sense of our natural goodness. With deep research, stories, guided meditations, examples, and applications, Dr. Hanson offers a fascinating, inspiring vision of who we can be - and an effective path for fulfilling this wonderful possibility.
$23.99
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Neuroscience of Human Relationships (2nd Edition)
Attachment and the Developing Social Brain The first edition of this book tackled important questions of interpersonal neurobiology
$72.99
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Organized Mind (Information Overload
Thinking Straight In The Age Of Information Overload In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people excel in the information age-and how readers can use these methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives. With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to gambling in Las Vegas, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to daily life. His practical suggestions call for relatively minor changes that require little effort but will have remarkable long-term benefits for mental and physical health, productivity, and creativity.
$25.00
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