Bloom, Paul
Summary: "A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From Sigmund Freud to Lawrence Kohlberg, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the parents' role to turn babies into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 BLOPrat, Chantel Spring
Summary: "From University of Washington professor Chantel Prat comes The Neuroscience of You, a rollicking adventure into the human brain that reveals the surprising truth about neuroscience, shifting our focus from what's average to an understanding of how every brain is different, exactly why our quirks are important, and what this means for each of us. With style and wit, Chantel Prat takes us on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 PRAAnanthaswamy, Anil.
Summary: "In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders--revealing the awesome power of the human sense of selffrom a master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy's extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ANASummary: Because seeing is so important to human functioning, efforts to understand how perceptions are generated have most often focused on vision. Based on research in cognitive neuroscience, this program explores the challenge of explaining visual perception. The video includes an overview of the human visual system, illustrated with animated graphics and live action footage, and describes, using a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The human nerve center never rests-even during sleep, it works diligently to process and build on the information gathered by our senses. Of course, healthy sleep is only one of many vital ingredients the brain needs to develop and thrive, as this film illustrates in detail. Other factors discussed in the program include ongoing contact with negative (deterring) and positive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Ornstein, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.7 ORNDuhigg, Charles.
Summary: Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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Summary: "From a neurologist whose work offers one of the most promising paths to unraveling the mystery of consciousness, an exploration of consciousness unlike any other. Somehow our soul, our consciousness, our world, all is generated by what's inside our skull. This is the essential question of neurology. Consciousness cannot just rest inside the shroud of science, because consciousness is more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 TONDiSalvo, David
Summary: " Let's be honest. You've tried the sticky-note inspirations, the motivational calendar, and the cute (but ineffective) "carpe diem" mug-yet your attitude hasn't changed. It's time to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of daily life. While everyone desires self-improvement, we are quickly frustrated when trying to implement the contradictory philosophies of self-appointed self-help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 DISJackson, James C.
Summary: "Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the shocking mortality figures obscured the fact that death is not the only adverse outcome of the virus. Today, as many as 30 percent of Covid-19 survivors still experience symptoms long after their acute illness has passed, with cognitive and mental health problems especially prominent. For long haulers, this struggle with Long Covid has irrevocably changed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 JACJohnson, Amy
Summary: "Little changes can make a big, big difference! In The Little Book of Big Change, psychologist Amy Johnson shows you how to rewire your brain and overcome your bad habits-once and for all. No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Drawing on a powerful combination of neuroscience and spirituality, this book will show you that you are not your habits. Rather, your habits...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOHWaldman, Ayelet
Summary: "A revealing, courageous, fascinating, and funny account of the author's experiment with microdoses of LSD in an effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder, of her quest to understand a misunderstood drug, and of her search for a really good day. Whena small vial arrives in her mailbox from "Lewis Carroll," Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her mood storms have become intolerably severe; she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALDMAN, AYELET WALKissen, Debra
Summary: "Be the calm and collected parent you aspire to be with this powerful, neuroscience-based guide.Do you worry about your child all the time? Maybe they are behind on certain milestones, struggling in school, having difficulty making friends, or heading off to college and away from home for the first time. Their problems or struggles become your own, and you end up feeling so anxious that you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 KISSummary: From cooking breakfast to driving home from work, we rely on the body's natural interfaces for nearly every task. Ironically, our senses are easily fooled and seem to affect each other in strange ways. This program follows new explorations in biology, neurology, and psychology that are shedding light on how the five senses work-not just as individual abilities but in tandem. Demonstrations...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Laureys, Steven
Summary: Steven explores the effect of meditation on the brain, using hard science to explain the benefits of a practice that was once thought of as purely spiritual. The result is a highly accessible, scientifically questioning guide to meditation, designed to open the practice to a broader audience. A mix of fascinating science, inspiring anecdote and practical exercises, this accessible book offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Tree 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.12 LAUSummary: Evelyn Glennie's music challenges the listener to ask where music comes from: is it more than simply a translation from score to instrument to audience? In this soaring TEDTalk demonstration, the Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer - almost completely deaf since the age of 12 - illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: As far as Dr. Susan Greenfield is concerned, learning, memory, and even the process of individuation should be understood as a restless brain adapting moment by moment to the environment it encounters. This program charts the changes in the human brain as it develops from infancy to adulthood. The brain's extraordinary adaptability, as demonstrated by its ability to reorganize its neural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Perhaps the most intriguing field of medicine is the one that seeks to understand consciousness itself. This program provides a tour of the most advanced work in brain research and cognitive science, as well as the latest applications of these discoveries in treating patients with brain disorders. Using MRI and EEG to determine areas of brain activity, researchers explore the connection between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Bruer, John T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.413 BRUSummary: Is the most exhilarating of human emotions simply nature's way of keeping our species alive and reproducing? This program studies the behavior of men and women as they experience the magical feeling of attraction; it also presents a lively look at what happens inside a love-struck brain. Commentary from renowned anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher reveals the significance of vocal cords, sense of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Siegel, Daniel J.
Summary: "One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out--in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships--is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distractions, this might sound like a tall order. But as bestselling authors Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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Summary: "Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread--in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation, these instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be uniquely valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species." -- Back jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.3 PROSummary: Helping children to grow and bloom properly also means taking into account their biological rhythms. This program seeks out holistic approaches to education that more scientifically organize the school day and strike a better balance between intellectual and physical development. Educators, psychologists, a geneticist, a philosopher, and others consider topics such as the times of day when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Since his book Awakenings first stormed the bestseller lists (and subsequently the silver screen), Oliver Sacks has become an unlikely household name - a pioneer in the field of neurological anthropology as well as an engaging storyteller. In this TEDTalk, he brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome - a hallucinatory disorder that sometimes afflicts the visually impaired. Sacks describes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009