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"A neurologist regales readers with extraordinary stories of the brain under siege. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: The very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are true accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake, from total loss of inhibitions to florid psychosis to compulsive lying. Cognitive neurologist Sara Manning Peskin demystifies...
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Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
264 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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"This is an accessible and authoritative reference book to a fascinating part of the human body. Thanks to improvements in scanning technology, our understanding of the brain is changing quickly. Now in its third edition, The Human Brain Book provides an up-to-date guide to one of science's most exciting frontiers. With its coverage of more than 50 brain-related diseases and disorders--from strokes to brain tumors and schizophrenia--it is also an...
4) Big head!
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
44 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Examines the various features of the body associated with the head, particularly the brain and how it functions.
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Little Gestalten, an imprint of Die Gestalten Verlag GmbH & Co., KG
Pub. Date
[2014]
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180 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"In this book, experts respond to 80 questions posed by children about the brain. Their answers explore how our brains develop, what they are made of, and how they work. They reveal astounding information and facts not only about the human brain, but also about the gray matter of earthworms, ants, and sperm whales. The images created by Jan von Holleben capture our personal control rooms in action--as we taste, get scared, study, juggle, and sleepwalk....
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1049 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Explores the cutting edge world of brain research discussing how the latest findings on brain functioning can be practically applied to everyday life for optimum mental performance and wellbeing.
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Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2012
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1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In this course you'll explore the real research (not the fads) on how memory functions?́?and then apply these findings to help you make better use of the memory abilities you have. By tapping into a series of scientifically proven strategies, tricks, and techniques, and by practicing them through dynamic exercises led by Professor Vishton, you'll emerge from the end of this short course with the ability to process information more effectively and...
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PBS
Pub. Date
2015
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2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain in an epic series that reveals the ultimate story of why people feel and think the things they do. The ambitious project blends science with innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories, and addresses some big questions.
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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58 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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"This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is a comprehensive overview of the brain. It looks at the science behind how it works, how it directs our day-to-day lives and how much we don't know about this key organ in our bodies."--
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
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xv, 298 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm
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"In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating Mind, Dowling conveys the essence and vitality of the field of neuroscience-examining the progress we've made in understanding how brains work, and shedding light on discoveries having to do with aging, mental illness, and brain health. The first half of the book provides the nuts-and-bolts necessary for an up-to-date understanding of the brain. Covering the general organization of the brain,...
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
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xxv, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"--
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"The User's Guide to the Human Mind is a road map to the puzzling inner workings of the human mind, replete with exercises for overriding the mind's natural impulses toward worry, self-criticism, and fear, and helpful tips for acting in the service of your values and emotional well-being--even when your mind has other plans."--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
310 pages
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"Now, Brizendine uses her unique ability of making science approachable to offer an empowering vision of the years in a woman's life that have too often been ignored or misunderstood and creates a positive new framework for this life stage. She never usesthe words perimenopause or menopause, with their suggestions of obsolescence. She guides women to become more of who they are and who they want to be in the second half of life. After analyzing the...
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"The Future of the Mind gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the world--all based on the latest advancements in neuroscience and physics. One day we might have a "smart pill" that can enhance our cognition; be able to upload our brain to a computer, neuron for neuron; send thoughts and emotions around the world on a "brain-net"; control computers and robots with our mind; push...
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