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A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animals
The Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson, two leading authorities on the study of emotion, this accessible and original book recasts the discipline and demonstrates that in order to understand emotion, we need to examine its biological roots in humans...
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The definitive guide to keeping your brain healthy for a long and lucid life, by one of the world's leading scientists in the field of brain health and ageing.
The brain is our most vital and complex organ. It controls and coordinates our actions, thoughts and interactions with the world around us. It is the source of personality, of our sense of self, and it shapes every aspect of our human experience.
Yet most of us know precious little about...
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Preposterous as it sounds, we are not who we seem to be. Not even close. At the heart of this misperception is our deep-seated conviction of free choice. Based on emerging neurobehavioral science findings, The Deceptive Brain makes the case for human experience as a narrative illusion-an executive summary of sorts-that emerges from an incredibly complex brain. The Deceptive Brain drills down on what this finding means for the way we blame and punish,...
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Au-delà de l'impudence de déclarer sa flamme à la folie, il est tout aussi délicat d'associer nos folies « douces » ou « ordinaires » aux pathologies les plus douloureuses telles que les psychoses et l'autisme. En référence à « l'Éloge de la folie » d'Érasme, qui se proposait de se moquer de la société anglaise de la Renaissance jusqu'à parler en son nom et la tourner en dérision, il nous est apparu que la folie était toujours...
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Secrets the professionals use to optimize their brains!
With decades of tested strategies, this ebook will show you the fastest and most effective way to upgrade your memory. You will learn how to increase cognition and boost IQ in as little as a few hours. Not only that, but you will be more focused, accomplish more, and more energy than ever before.
Want to know how the worlds best and brightest perform at such high levels? Even if you are...
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Ne ratez pas ce guide clinique à la pointe de la neuropsychologie développementale!
La neuropsychologie développementale a largement évolué au cours de ces dernières décennies. Il ne s'agit plus simplement d'appliquer, à des enfants, les cadres théoriques qui définissent les troubles acquis de l'adulte. Aujourd'hui, cette discipline intègre les apports de la psychologie du développement cognitif et des neurosciences développementales...
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The Secret Behind Our Perceptions Finally Revealed! Why do we gravitate to products endorsed by celebrities? Why does time seem to go by faster as we get older? Why are some athlete's perpetual winners and others losers? Exploring the brain's ability to interpret and make sense of the world, Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler describes how your perception can be reality or fantasy and how to separate the two, which is the basis of improving your Perceptual Intelligence...
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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...
89) The Mind
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Everything from neurons to consciousness in the blink of an eye (which takes 300 milliseconds).
Take a "fantastic voyage" through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturization required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think faster) to why being bad feels so good (yes, there's a biochemical explanation).
Whether you're a fan of Scientific American's wildly popular "60-Second Science"...
90) 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...
91) Le diagnostic des troubles du neurodéveloppement chez l'adulte: TSA, TDAH, dyslexie, tics et SGT
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Un ouvrage de référence sur le diagnostic des troubles du neurodéveloppement chez l'adulte!
Si les troubles du neurodéveloppement (TND) sont largement reconnus et diagnostiqués chez les enfants, nombre d'adultes se trouvent en situation d'errance diagnostic. En effet, peu de cliniciens sont correctement formés à l'évaluations, spécifique et complexe, des TDN chez l'adulte.
Maëva Roulin, psychologue spécialisée en neuropsychologie, accompagne...
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Understand your brain for wisdom, stability, peace, and clarity.
Improve your critical and rational thinking skills by understanding the science of your brain.
Being irrational and making snap judgments is natural. But you can prevent both if you know what cognitive patterns to look for. Start thinking effectively from the root - neuroscience and how it impacts your critical analysis and thinking.
Critical thinking skills improve your decision-making...
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Une approche psychologique et neurocognitive afin de comprendre les effets que le binge drinking peut avoir sur notre fonctionnement émotionnel, cognitif et cérébral.
Comme tout pan de la société, nos modes de consommation d'alcool évoluent. Ces dernières années, un phénomène nouveau s'est intensifié: le binge drinking. Cette pratique, qui consiste à boire épisodiquement de manière très intense jusqu'à l'ivresse, est aujourd'hui très...
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Plusieurs dysfonctions peuvent être la conséquence du stress, voire des multiples traumatismes ayant encombré le cerveau à divers moments de la vie. Tout comme on le ferait pour un ordinateur ralenti, lancer une défragmentation de la mémoire permet d'y mettre de l'ordre. À cet effet, quelques exercices de logique permettront de comprendre pourquoi et comment le faire.
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Sorry, you can't actually "train your brain." But you can force it to adapt, grow, and perform to it's full potential.
The brain is the seat of our consciousness, identity, and higher thoughts. But it is also a flesh and blood machine that can wear down, grow tired, and malfunction. Learn how to prevent this and be your best.
Become quicker, sharper, smarter, more observant.
The Brain Boost Blueprint is a guide to how to revitalize, polish, and...
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Keep learning, or risk becoming irrelevant.
It's a truism in today's economy: the only constant is change. Technological automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you're competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet and other communication technologies have radically increased the potential impact of individual knowledge.
The relentless dynamism of these forces shaping our...
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A New York Times Bestseller. Renowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers. Dr. Frances E. Jensen is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. As a mother, teacher, researcher, clinician, and frequent lecturer to parents and teens, she is in a unique position...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and neurophilosopher Pat Churchland, UC San Diego. Pat Churchland has done extensive research in the fields of philosophy of neuroscience, philosophy of the mind and neuroethics. During this mind-stretching conversation Pat explores how the brain works, how we are able to represent the external world of objects and our inner world of thoughts, self and consciousness.
This...
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NLP II: The Next Generation is about significant new developments in the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Founded on the "study of the structure of subjective experience," NLP has developed some very powerful tools and skills for communication and change in a diverse assortment of professional areas including, coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, education, health, law, business, sales, and parenting. NLP processes and procedures address an...
100) Votre cerveau vous trompe: Le guide pour éviter les pièges de votre cerveau grâce aux neurosciences
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Prendre la direction du bureau alors qu'on veut se rendre au magasin, oublier de fermer la porte à clé ou d'éteindre la lumière, envoyer un message au mauvais destinataire… Pourquoi, après tant d'années d'expérience, fait-on encore des erreurs au quotidien ? Pouvons-nous nous fier aveuglément à notre cerveau et à ses automatismes ? Et si tout cela était une question de neurosciences ?
Les automatismes, ces "coupe-files" développés...
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