Summary: "'Is addiction really a disease?' In this high-definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest neuroscientific research about addiction along the way. Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute for Addiction Study 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLEWang, Sam
Summary: In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 NEUCall number: DVD 612.8 NEU
Naidoo, Uma
Summary: A Harvard-trained psychiatrist, Cornell nutrition specialist, and professional chef shares actionable dietary recommendations and brain-healthy recipes for foods that can support the treatments of common psychological and cognitive health challenges, from anxiety to sleep disorders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 NAIRestak, Richard M.
Summary: As an expert on the brain, Dr. Restak knows that in the last five years there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain and its performance. Restak has asked his colleagues: What can I do to help my brain work more efficiently? He combines advice culled from cutting-edge research with brain-tuning exercises to show how individuals of any age can make their brains work more...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 RESWilliam, Anthony
Summary: The second of two essential books on the brain offers customizable protocols, new recipes, heavy metal detox guidelines, cleanses, and cutting-edge information to protect yourself from 300+ symptoms and disorders. Your brain has abilities to heal beyond what medical research and science are aware of today. The brain remains a mystery to medicine when it comes to chronic illness and mental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Amen, Daniel G.
Summary: "Clear, concise and effective strategies to make your brain great"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Amen, Daniel G.
Summary: With a page for each day of the year-- 366 motivations, exercises, and strategies-- Amen helps you manage your mind to support your happiness, inner peace, and success. You can literally change your brain, and when you do, you change your life. Learning to love and care for your brain will help you decrease your stress, improve your relationships, and prevent you fro becoming a burden to those...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Refresh 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Perlmutter, David
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It’s normal for the brain to short-circuit every now and then—you put your keys in the fridge, or can’t find the pair of glasses on top of your head. But what if there was away to eat, exercise, and live that could eliminate these “senior moments?” Ageless Brain offers a plan to sharpen your memories and mind so that at 40, you have the quick, agile brain you had at 30. Based on groundbreaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale Books, and imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 AGEKean, Sam
Summary: Offers tales of victims affected by brain injuries and diseases, early studies of the function of the brain, and the history of neuroscience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Brown & Co 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 KEAAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: "The fountain of yourth is between your ears"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Van Heusen, Jimmy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maraville Music 1957
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: "Explore natural ways to boost brainpower, attack common brain illnesses like ADD, anxiety and depression, and increase your chances for long-term brain health"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Burnett, Dean.
Summary: "A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 BURAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: "Dr. Amen will show you how the health of your relationships is directly tied to the health of your brain, and that understanding the brain is the missing link to helping couples and families who struggle"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Perlmutter, David
Summary: "Dr. Perlmutter's #1 New York Times bestseller about the devastating effects of gluten, sugar, and carbs on the brain and body -- updated with the latest nutritional and neurological science." -- Publisher annotation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 PERAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: "10 brain-based secrets to being thinner, smarter, and happier!"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Amen, Daniel G.
Summary: "10 steps to use your brain to get and keep the body you have always wanted"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Suzuki, Wendy
Summary: A guide to improving overall health and outlook shares neuroscientific facts about the relationship between the brain and exercise, outlining practical steps for engaging the mind, improving memory, and increasing learning capacity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2015
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Summary: This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Academy of Pediatrics 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 GINAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the brain decades before you have any symptoms. Learn the actions you can take to help not just prevent memory loss later in life, but to begin restoring the memory you may have already lost. Expert physician Dr. Amen reveals how a multipronged strategy-including dietary changes, physical and mental exercises, and spiritual...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.83 AMEBudson, Andrew E.
Summary: "One of us (Elizabeth) had the opportunity to conduct research with a gentleman named Henry Molaison (better known by his initials, H.M.1), who had the interior portion of his left and right temporal lobes (the part of your brain next to your temples) removed in 1953 because of epileptic seizures that were difficult to control. From a technical standpoint, the surgical procedures went fine....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Nunez, Paul L.
Summary: This book explains in layperson's terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which are often the focus in artificial intelligence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2016