A developmental psychologist evaluates the ways in which reading and writing have transformed the human brain, in an anecdotal study that reveals the significant changes in evolutionary brain physiology throughout history.
Brain
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Auteur:Krauss, NicoleSommaire:Samson Greene, who, during the removal of a brain tumor, loses his adult memories. Feeling lost as an outsider in his own life, Samson agrees to participate in a scientific experiment in which memories are grafted from one brain to...
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Auteur:Amen, Daniel G.Sommaire:"It all starts with your brain: how you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams Based on the most up-to-date research, as well as on Dr. Daniel Amen’s more than...
- Auteur:Rivers, KarenSommaire:
Mischa "Ish" Love knows she'll be one of the first settlers on Mars. She's applied to - and been rejected from - the Mars Now project forty-seven times, but the mission won't leave for ten years, and Ish hasn...
- Auteur:Eagleman, DavidSommaire:
The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric. And there is no more accomplished and accessible guide than renowned...
- Auteur:Genova, LisaSommaire:
Genova's novel revolves around Sarah Nickerson, a high-powered consultant whose fast-paced world comes to a screeching halt when a brain injury leaves her with a condition called Left Neglect. Now Sarah must pay attention to things she...
- Auteur:Fainaru-Wada, MarkSommaire:
Reveals how the NFL, over a period of nearly two decades, sought to cover up and deny mounting evidence of the connection between football and brain damage.Comprehensively, and for the first time, award-winning ESPN investigative...
- Auteur:Gupta, SanjaySommaire:
Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and mental decline, explores whether there's a "best" diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it's healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or...
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Auteur:Davies, JimSommaire:We don't think of imagination the way that we should. The word is often only associated with children, artists, and daydreamers-viewed as something separate from everyday adult life. However, imagination is an integral part of almost...
- Auteur:Swingle, Mari K.Sommaire:
Many of us would no more go out without our cell phone than we would leave the house without clothes. We live our lives on social media, and PDAs, tablets, computers and other devices are completely integrated into our global culture....
- Auteur:Swingle, Mari K.Sommaire:
Engaging and scientifically rigorous, this fully updated edition of i-Minds explores screen-based technology's assimilation into our lives, pondering them as both godsend and plague, demonstrating how constant connectivity is changing...
- Auteur:Doneen, Amy, Cool, Lisa Collier, Bale, BradleySommaire:
The founders of the Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center offer a proven, personalized plan to prevent and reverse arterial disease that can be tailored to any individual.
- Auteur:Fitzpatrick, Billie, Suzuki, WendySommaire:
A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide--a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that...
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Auteur:Perlmutter, David, Loberg, KristinSommaire:Neurologist David Perlmutter explains what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, why your brain thrives on fat and cholesterol, and how you can spur the growth of new brain cells at...
- Auteur:Lugavere, MaxSommaire:
In his first two books, Max Lugavere provided information on brain health. This is the companion cookbook, filled with recipes to help you lose weight, feel great, and reach optimum health.
- Auteur:Amen, Daniel G.Sommaire:
If you want to feel happier, more optimistic, more joyful, and resilient, Dr. Amen's groundbreaking new book is for you. We've all felt anxious, sad, traumatized, grief-stricken, stressed, angry, or hopeless at some point in...
- Auteur:McGarry, KatieSommaire:
Echoes Between Us is bestselling author Katie McGarry's breakout teen contemporary novel about a girl with everything to lose and the boy who will do anything to save her. Veronica sees ghosts—more specifically, her mother's...
- Auteur:Veloso, Felix, Veloso, Joanne, Veloso-Tang, RoxanneSommaire:
Unless preventative measures are taken a new dementia patient will be diagnosed in Canada every two minutes over the next 30 years.
- Auteur:Laskas, Jeanne MarieSommaire:
Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite...
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Auteur:Gazzaniga, Michael S.Sommaire:
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