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Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be...

What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner - completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different value systems, and a complex understanding of human speech. And dogs were just the beginning. In What It's Like to Be a Dog, Berns explores the fascinating inner lives of wild animals from dolphins and sea lions to the extinct Tasmanian tiger.

In the vein of the international bestselling Freakonomics, award-winning journalist Matthew Syed reveals the hidden clues to success—in sports, business, school, and just about anything else that you’d want to be great at. Fans of Predictably Irrational and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping...

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world. Mental abilities—like seeing, learning, fearing, trusting, and focusing—are discussed from both human and horse perspectives. Throughout, true stories of horses and handlers attempting to understand each other—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—help to illustrate the principles.

What is it that stops us from walking into walls or off cliffs? How do you pick the right moment to cross a busy road Or decide if you can drive through a storm? What helps you discover a shortcut to a familiar route? The answer is PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE Sometimes, you need to do it to know it...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas, read by Hillary Huber. This is the story of one man's fight against a multibillion dollar colossus. A man who stood up for what was right, whatever the cost. The brilliant young forensic...

TWO LOST HOURS ABOARD A UFO—THE ABDUCTION OF BETTY AND BARNEY HILL One of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time—a thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter "True believers will see...

Dr. Dunkley explains NeuroScience and how it relates to Golf Equipment Manufacturing and Practice. Including a short discussion abut the Inner Game of Golf and Zen Golf. Several key areas of the Inner Game that most Golfers are never taught correctly are highlighted. Vision 54 and the 19th Hole aspects.

NeuroScience and the Zen Golf constructs of Balance and ideas of breathing on the golf course.

Parce que le sport, c’est bien plus qu’une question de performance. C’est un terrain d’apprentissage pour la vie. Dans La vie c’est du sport, je vous invite à découvrir des histoires humaines, inspirantes et vraies. Des parcours d’athlètes, de parents, d’entraîneurs et de passionnés qui partagent comment le sport les a transformés sur le terrain, mais surtout dans la vie. Ici, on parle d’intelligence émotionnelle, de neurosciences, de plaisir de jouer, de dépassement de soi, de relations humaines, de résilience et de tout ce que le sport nous apprend sur nous-mêmes. ...