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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor in Psychology at Northeastern University. This extensive conversations covers topics such as Lisa’s winding career path from pre-med to clinical psychology to an academic career in neuroscience and her research on how the brain works and the development of her theory of emotion: every moment of our life, our brain...
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This book is based on an in-depth, filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jennifer Groh, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. After an inspiring story about how she became interested in neuroscience, this extensive conversation examines Jennifer Groh's extensive research on how the brain combines various streams of sensory input to determine where things are, together with the corresponding implications for a wide range...
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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Greg Hickok, Professor of Cognitive science at UC Irvine, where he directs the Center for Language Science and the Auditory and Language Neuroscience Lab. This thought-provoking conversation examines Greg Hickok’s neuroscience research related to speech and language which led him to eventually reject many aspects of the mirror neuron hypothesis, while giving his views on the...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. This extensive conversation explores Roy Baumeister's unique combination of biological and psychological thinking from recognizing essential energetic factors involved with willpower and decision-making, to framing free will in evolutionary biological terms to measuring the numbness associated with...
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FIVE BOOKS IN ONE! This collection includes the following 5 complete Ideas Roadshow books featuring leading researchers providing fully accessible insights into cutting-edge academic research while revealing the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. A detailed preface highlights the connections between the different books and all five books are broken into chapters with a detailed introduction and questions for discussion at the...
6) Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
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Alva Noë is one of a new breed-part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist-who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the two hundred-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the...
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Modern computers might be faster, and whales might have larger brains, but neither can match the sheer intellect or capacity for creativity that the human mind enjoys. It is arguably the most complex organ in the universe.
If you've ever wondered why your dog can remember where it buried its bone but you can't find your keys, or whether it's true that we use only ten percent of our brainpower, this concise book offers some answers-and introduces...
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In the equation of the meaning of life the two most important variables are also the least agreed upon. They're how the universe came into existence and what happens after we die. In other words, God and the afterlife. These are the keys to solving the problem since they explain the creation of life and our destiny afterwards, both of which entail and imply why we're here.
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and one of the world’s leading experts on autism Uta Frith, Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London. Topics that are examined in this extensive conversation are what autism actually is, the reasons behind the increased number of diagnoses over the last few years, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome, mentalizing, brain imaging to research...
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Are you looking to improve your mental and physical health, and experience greater happiness and well-being? Look no further than "The Neuroscience of Meditation: Rewiring Your Brain for Health and Happiness" by Maxwell Scott.In this groundbreaking book, Scott delves into the fascinating intersection of meditation and neuroscience, exploring how different meditation practices can help rewire the brain for optimal health and happiness. With 20 chapters...
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Why Being Smart is Not an Accident And How to Use Your Brain Correctly For Peak Success How often does it seem that success and fortune are passing you by? How often do recognitions go to individuals who are less deserving, who don't have your skills and competences? You know that you're capable and you know that you'll excel if you're given a chance. So, what exactly is keeping you from achieving greatness? The answer is often a lot simpler than...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Martin Monti, Associate Professor in Psychology and Neurosurgery, Brain Injury Research Centre, UCLA. This extensive conversation examines Martin Monti's innovative work with patients who are in a vegetative state or minimally conscious state, which has led to some surprising results that might well prove to be integral to our development of a deeper understanding of consciousness.
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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Chris Frith, Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at University College London and Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London. After an interesting exploration of how Chris Frith became interested in the study of schizophrenia, this detailed conversation examines topics such how our understanding of schizophrenia has...
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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues’ extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life...
15) Working With Children and Young People: A Guide to Clinical Psychology, Mental Health and Psychot
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Perfect for psychology students, professionals and anyone into psychology.Clinical psychologists work with children and young people to decrease psychological distress, improve lives and give them hope for the future.In this fascinating, engaging and informative psychology book, you'll learn about:How clinical psychologists work with children and young people?What Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are?How psychologists work with...
16) Superar la ansiedad: reconectar su cerebro usando la terapia de neurociencia para superar la depr
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¡Conquista permanentemente la ansiedad y libérate de los ataques de pánico y los pensamientos negativos con este práctico manual basado en acciones!¿Con qué frecuencia quieres esconderte del mundo? Te sientes invisible y, para ser sincero, sería lo mejor porque te sentirías abrumado de otra manera.Cada vez que intentas tener confianza, te equivocas.Hablas rápido y quieres salir de la situación lo antes posible, para que nadie se dé cuenta.Las...
17) Issue 12: Working With Children and Young People a Guide to Clinical Psychology, Mental Health An
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Over 60,000 words of psychological knowledge, theory and practice by bestselling writer Connor Whiteley in one great collection. If you want great, fascinating information covering a wide range of psychological topics you NEED to buy this issue!BUY NOW!Issue 12 contains two brilliant full-length psychology books:Working With Children And Young People: A Guide To Clinical Psychology, Mental Health and PsychotherapyDevelopmental Psychology: A Guide...
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What is language without a body? A software in a box. The idea, as unappealing as it is, has been dominant in mainstream linguistics and, regrettably, has also been essential for the characterization of language as a learnable symbolic system in many usage-based approaches (see also Torres-Martínez, 2021, for a discussion). In contrast to the idea that humans are a symbolic species (Deacon, 1997), my point is that we are a semiotic species and that...
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A genetics expert and professor challenges our understanding of intelligence, explaining what it truly means to be "smart," why conventional assessments are misleading, and what everyone can do to optimize their potential.
Growing up in middle-class suburban Los Angeles in the 1980s, Rina Bliss saw intelligence as her ticket out. Like height and stature, intelligence was said to run in families. The prevailing idea was that mental capacity was determined...
20) Reprogramando tu cerebro: Técnicas simples para vencer el miedo, la ansiedad y el pánico, mejora
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¿Alguna vez has sentido que tu cerebro es tu peor enemigo? ¿Te sientes ansioso, deprimido y sin ánimos de trabajar? Entonces este libro es para ti, puedes mejorar todos los aspectos de tu vida aprovechando los beneficios de la neuroplasticidad. Todos hemos sentido en algún momento que nuestra conflictuada cabeza hace que todo sea más difícil o tenemos problemas para dormir porque no dejamos de repasar todo lo malo que pasa en nuestra vida, pero...
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