Summary: Anna has built a successful business from the ground up-and upon retirement, leaves the company to her employees, not to her son. What does that decision tell us about Anna's psychology, and about the development of the human brain over a lifetime? This program explores the emotional and neurological side of learning, explaining how the brain processes and stores experiences and prepares for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Sarma, Sanjay E.
Summary: "In the spirit of Thinking, Fast and Slow, a groundbreaking look at the science of how we learn--and how we can use it to discover our true potential, as individuals and across society As the vice president for Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to educate the world. But if you're going to undertake such an ambitious project, it behooves you first to ask: How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 SARDehaene, Stanislas
Summary: "In today's technological society, with an unprecedented amount of information at our fingertips, learning plays a more central role than ever. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes its biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place in the brain. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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Summary: A leading neuroscientist presents an exploration of what is known about learning and memory that considers how to adapt such negative characteristics as ignorance and laziness to expand learning potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CARBoorstin, Julia
Summary: "A groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC's Julia Boorstin that reveals the key commonalities and characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navigate crises--an essential resource for anyone in the workplace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 BOORoberts, Simon
Summary: "Drawing upon an incredible range of cutting-edge science, real-life examples, and personal experience, Simon Roberts explores the complexity of even the simplest of tasks that humans perform every day and explains how, with a greater awareness of the processes at work, we can tap into our full potential and excel in any area of our lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help RobertsBernstein, Paula
Summary: "An unparalleled American icon, Betty White started show business in 1939 in radio and was a pioneer in the early days of TV. Over eight decades, she's appeared on countless sitcoms, game shows, and talk shows, including the iconic comedy hits The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. Her accolades over the years include two Emmy nominations, a Grammy, and induction into the Television...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 BERSummary: This classic program uses brain research, cognitive development research, and educational practice as windows into the process of learning. Animation depicts the firing of synapses, the growth of dendrites, and the concept of brain plasticity, making the point that learning is as basic a human activity as breathing or eating. Also, factors that lead to school success are presented in a model...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Guterson, David.
Summary: Although Guterson teaches other children in a public high school, he and his wife teach their own four children at home. "The most important lesson he has to teach is that no matter where education takes place, family matters; homeschooling is just one way of embodying that neglected truth and reaffirming the bond between parents and children."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.68 GUTKing, Michelle P.
Summary: In her two decades researching organizations, Michelle King has discovered that people who succeed possess a particularly unique skill: They know how workplaces work. More specifically, to get ahead, they do not rely on the often generic and outdated written formal rules that for a century have defined the workplace. Instead, they have learned to gauge how they should behave and perform by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 KINSummary: The ultimate goal of any aspiring athlete is to execute skills with form and efficiency. This program helps cultivate an awareness of how skills are developed and conditioned at an elite level. Drawing a distinction between skills and abilities, the video explores types of skills, the three stages of skill acquisition, and the importance of accepting that all athletes have different learning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: A former award-winning middle school science teacher provides tips on study skills for high school students to improve their academic achievement. Parent participation is also discussed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.4 HOWJavanbakht, Arash
Summary: "In this book, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist answers these questions. It is a comprehensive review of fear and anxiety in most tangible aspects of the modern life. Arash Javanbakht explores how our childhood experiences define the role fear plays in us as adults, how fear may or may not affect our genes, what excessive fear and anxiety can do to our brains and bodies, and the role of fear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psych JavanbskhtHaslam, Andrew.
Summary: Children reach a deeper understanding of historical peoples by participating in the activities that shaped their lives. This hands-on series lets them discover history with projects, facts, photographs, costumes, and maps. Tested projects reinforce traditional lessons and research. A powerful, graphic style combines with informative, sensitive text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two-Can Pub. 2001
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Summary: From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered 'What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. For so long, our neighbor in the solar system has been shrouded in mystery. Was there ever life on Mars? How can we enable astronauts to land on that planet—and return safely? Mars rovers, including the latest: Perseverance, may just provide the answers! They might...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 COHRubin, Robert Edward
Summary: "In The Yellow Pad, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs Robert Rubin sets out a number of methods and processes that have guided him through moments of crisis. He offers both qualitative and quantitative ways of sifting through difficult economic and social problems, the sum of which is an original intellectual framework that can be applied to both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 RUBKelly, Miranda
Summary: "This relatable book helps young children understand how we learn kindness by taking turns, sharing, and caring about our friends."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177 KELWiking, Meik
Summary: The CEO of the Happiness Institute explores how we can learn to create happy memories and do better at holding onto them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.1 WIKRabe, Tish.
Summary: In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat teaches Sally and Dick about different weather conditions and how we learn about them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JE 551.6 Rabe,Dirksen, Julie
Summary: "If you've ever fallen asleep over a boring lecture or fast-forwarded through a tedious elearning exercise, you know that creating a great learning experience is harder than it seems. And many of us are teaching, even when it's not in our job description - maybe you have to give a presentation, write documentation, or help your audience understand your product or service. Often you know a lot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Riders 2016
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Summary: "Statistics are everywhere, as integral to science as they are to business, and in the popular media hundreds of times a day. In this age of big data, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever if we want to separate the fact from the fiction, the ostentatious embellishments from the raw evidence-- and even more so if we hope to participate in the future, rather than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 519.5 SPICollins, Lauren
Summary: "When journalist Lauren Collins moved to Geneva, Switzerland, she decided to learn French in order to be closer to her French husband and his family. Her hilarious and idiosyncratic memoir about the things we do for love is an exploration across cultures and history into how we learn languages, and what they say about who we are"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 COLLINS, LAUREN COLAriely, Dan.
Summary: How can confusing directions actually help us? Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions. Now, in The Upside of Irrationality, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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Summary: "Embracing Elderhood offers an alternative to the pessimism that leads to 'dying before we die!' It loudly proclaims that being old is about chronology; being an Elder is about attitude. This book is a genuine contribution to the narrative about aging that redefines the concept of Elderhood by asking and answering three important questions: Why am I here? Why am I still here? And why was I...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023