Denworth, Lydia
Summary: "An engaging and deeply reported investigation of friendship: its evolution, purpose, and centrality in human and nonhuman lives alike. The bonds of friendship are universal and elemental. In Friendship, journalist Lydia Denworth visits the front lines of the science of friendship in search of its biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations. Finding it to be as old as life on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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Summary: Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2017
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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 LAUBoissiere, Phil
Summary: Focus, organization, stress management, and more--these qualities are gained and improved by strengthening executive functioning and core skills. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of practical, evidence-based exercises to build this mental skill set and take control of ADHD. From managing common distractions at work to regulating emotions with family and friends, these proven-effective...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Althea Press 2018
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Summary: Every creation begins as a thought, from a symphony to a marriage to an ice cream cone to a rocket launch. When we have an intention, a complex chain of events begins in our brains. Thoughts travel as electrical impulses along neural pathways. When neurons fire together they wire together, creating electromagnetic fields. These fields are invisible energy, yet they influence the molecules of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 612.8 CHUForgan, James W.
Contents: The big deal about executive functioning -- General support for executive functioning difficulties -- Holding back impulses -- Keeping information in working memory -- Shifting, being flexible and regulating emotion -- Focusing and self-monitoring -- Not just ordinary organizing -- Managing time -- Taking action -- Sustaining effort -- Planning/problem solving/goal setting/using critical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2015
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Summary: "The Emory University sociologist who coined the term languishing-low-grade mental weariness that affects our self-esteem, relationships, and motivation-explores the rise of this phenomenon and presents a comprehensive guide to flourishing in a world that demands too much. If you're muddling through the day in a fog, often forgetting why you walked into a room . . . If you feel emotionally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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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 BLOHoffman, Donald D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.14 HOFPinker, Steven
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 PinkeHobson, J. Allan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 154.63 HOBProvine, Robert R.
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 PRODuhigg, 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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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 DUHNerenberg, Jenara
Summary: "A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women-those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences-exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish As a successful, Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 1991
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Summary: The most ambitious and enlightening work to date from the bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses, An Alchemy of Mind combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 ACKCacioppo, John T.
Summary: A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for chronic loneliness--which he defines an unrecognized syndrome--and brings it out of the shadow of its cousin, depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2008
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Summary: As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2010
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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 DISKissen, 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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Summary: Tap into the hidden power of your brain. In this startling and provocative look at how the human mind deals with change, Leonard Mlodinow teaches us to unleash the natural abilities we all possess so we can thrive in these dynamic and troubled times. Truly original minds capitalize when everyone else struggles. And most of us assume that these abilities are innate, reserved for a select few....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 MLONewberg, Andrew B.
Summary: Outlines a strategy for "compassionate communication" in order to forge bonds for more effective conversation and productivity, explaining how to use strategic steps to overcome conflicts and to promote more collaborative environments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.6 NEWNicolelis, Miguel A. L.
Summary: "A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist placing the human brain at the center of humanity's universe. Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces readers to a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe. Nicolelis undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8233 NICSharot, Tali
Summary: "We all have a duty to affect others--from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts--from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control--are ineffective, because they are incompatible with how peoples minds operate. Sharot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2017