Grafton, Scott T.
Summary: An examination of the intricate, mutually responsive relationship between the mind and the body as they engage (or don't engage) in all manner of physical action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 GRAGazzaniga, Michael S.
Summary: Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 GAZHawkins, Jeff
Summary: "For all we hear of neuroscience's great advances, the field has generated more questions than answers. We know that the brain combines sensory input from all over your body into a single perception, but not how. We think brains "compute" in some sense, but we can't say what those computations are. We believe that the brain is organized as a hierarchy, with different pieces all working...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 HAWRedgrove, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 1988
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Summary: "An eye-opening examination of the stupid things smart people do -- and how to cultivate skills to protect ourselves from error" -- From book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.9 ROBTallis, Raymond.
Summary: "...writes about the head, what happens in it and how it is and is not connected to our sense of identity and conscousness..." -- from DJ.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.2 TALGregg, Justin
Summary: If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, less brainy species? There's a good argument to be made that humans might be a less successful animal species precisely because of our amazing, complex intelligence. All our unique gifts like language, math, and science do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: "What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ from the brain? Though the mind's contents--its emotions, thoughts, and memories--are often described, the essence of mind is rarely, if ever, defined. In this book, noted neuropsychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Siegel, MD, uses his characteristic sensitivity and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 150 SIESilverman, Linda Kreger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delson Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 SILJohnson, Steven
Summary: The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating adrenaline junkies dominate the ratings. But prominent social and cultural critic Steven Johnson argues that our popular culture has never been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 JOHNoir, Michel
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 NOISagan, Carl
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine 1977
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Summary: DNA does not make us who we are. Journalist David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic "giftedness," and presents new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines, Shenk maintains the problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2010