Summary: "Provides primary health information on traumatic brain injury (TBI), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments, other conditions and disabilities that occur due to TBI, and coping methods. Includes a glossary of terms and directory of organizations for additional help and information"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Omnigraphics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 617.4 TRAHart, John
Summary: Most people place more attention on taking care of their skin, their body weight, their job, home and pet, and ignore the most crucial organ in their body. By working on a positive brain health balance, it is possible to increase your IQ as you age and maintain your memory, vitality and libido throughout your lifetime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd 2016
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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 NAISwanson, Jennifer
Summary: "QUICK: Name the most powerful and complex supercomputer ever built. Give up? Here's a hint: It's housed in your head and it's the one thing that makes you YOU. Your brain is mission control for the rest of your body and steers you through life. Not bad for something the size of a softball that looks like a wrinkled grey sponge! In this fascinating, interactive book -- a companion to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 611.81 SWALiontas, Annie
Summary: "Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the "walking wounded," facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024
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Summary: Examines the emergent processes that bridge the gap between organisms that think and have consciousness and those that do not and discusses the origins of life, information, and free will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 DEAAsprey, Dave
Summary: "From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower--in two weeks or less. For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover the latest, most innovative methods for making humans perform better--a process known as "biohacking."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ASPStoler, Diane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Pub. Group 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 STOBrizendine, Louann
Summary: Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 BRIEagleman, David.
Summary: "In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate its surprising mysteries. Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Is there a true Mel Gibson? How is your brain like a conflicted democracy engaged in civil war? What do Odysseus and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 EAGKwik, Jim
Summary: "Let's say you set out to learn a new subject or skill, and you succeed. That's great. You've added to your knowledge and abilities. But it's limited to just that one thing you've learned. Now imagine that instead, the skill you learn is ... how to learn. Once you know how to learn-smarter, faster, and better-you can apply it to anything. You can learn to master your mindset or your motivation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House, Inc. 2020
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Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 LEVPerlmutter, 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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Summary: "Your brain has an amazing ability to make changes and reorganize itself throughout your lifetime. This is called neuroplasticity. Supported by the latest in brain research, this motivating title helps readers understand how our brains learn and how each of us has our own personal learning style. Key concepts include brain functions and processes related to learning such as memory, attention,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.8 SZPBrizendine, Louann
Summary: The founder of the first clinic in the country to study women's brain functions provides a comprehensive look at the way women's minds work, combining two decades of research and real-life stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Road Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 BRIElliott, Clark
Summary: "The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas. In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 ELLAmen, 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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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 BRIPrat, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 ZIMLevitin, Daniel J.
Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 612..8 LEVMcAnulty, Stacy
Summary: "Brains. 78% water, 100% delicious. A zombie chef who has sworn off eating brains salivates over this super powerful organ in this . . . picture book. From learning about how the brain processes messages from our five senses, to learning why wrinkly human brains are so much more powerful than smooth mouse brains, this is an introduction to the organ that does it all"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612.8 MCAJohnson, 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 JOHAbramovitz, Melissa
Summary: "Thrilling new discoveries in science and technology are announced almost daily. Cutting-Edge Science and Technology keeps readers at the forefront of new research. Brain Science covers fascinating cutting-edge neuroscience topics, from brain-to-brain communication systems to thought-controlled limbs and brain-mapping technologies. High-impact photos and explanatory graphics and charts bring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016