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Stress affects both body and mind - leading to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, as well as physical illnesses. In this guide, a professor of kinesiology shows listeners how embodying positive emotions such as gratitude, compassion, empathy, and love can rewire the body’s stress response, ignite a sense of calm and connection, and lay the foundation for strength and resilience in the face of everyday stress.

How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? How can we come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted, but it's also critical to our species' evolutionary success. In From Here to There, Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and found - Polynesian sailors, orienteering champions, early aviators - and surveys the science of human navigation.

The human brain is perhaps the most powerful and mysterious arrangement of matter in the known universe. New discoveries that unravel this mystery and let us tap into this power offer almost limitless potential - the ability to reshape ourselves and our thought processes, to improve our health and extend our lives, and to enhance and augment the ways we interact with the world around us. In The NeuroGeneration, award-winning inventor Tan Le explores exciting advancements in brain science and neurotechnology that are revolutionizing the way we think, work, and heal.

Nicolelis undertakes the first attempt to explain the entirety of human history, culture, and civilization based on a series of recently uncovered key principles of brain function. This new cosmology is centered around three fundamental properties of the human brain: its insurmountable malleability to adapt and learn; its exquisite ability to allow multiple individuals to synchronize their minds around a task, goal, or belief; and its incomparable capacity for abstraction.

O que é a alma humana? Do que é feita? Qual é sua natureza? Ao buscar responder a essas questões, o psicólogo, psicoterapeuta, e professor Joaquim Cesário de Mello convida o ouvinte a percorrer os intrincados labirintos da psique, esse princípio vital que nos movimenta e nos torna seres cheios de emoções, sensações, sonhos, sinapses, lembranças e esquecimentos, consciências e inconsciências, divindades e demônios. A busca pela compreensão da mente é desafiadora e estimulante.

In The Brain in Context, the bioethicist Jonathan D. Moreno and the neuroscientist Jay Schulkin provide an accessible and thought-provoking account of the evolution of neuroscience and the neuroscience of evolution. They emphasize that the brain is not an isolated organ - it extends into every part of the body and every aspect of human life. Understanding the brain requires studying the environmental, biological, chemical, genetic, and social factors that continue to shape it.

É possível ser verdadeiramente feliz? Se é possível, o que fazer para alcançar a felicidade? As pessoas sempre me fazem essas perguntas e foi assim que este livro surgiu, para respondê-las e, sobretudo, apresentar dicas para alcançar a felicidade. Está diante de você a oportunidade de mudar antigos conceitos, romper seus próprios preconceitos, assumir suas debilidades e, principalmente, fazer mudanças importantes que lhe proporcionarão felicidade.

Often, those who live through trauma come away with feelings of shame, guilt, anger, and despair. These are common, even normal, responses in the immediate aftermath. Left unaddressed, though, those feelings may develop into substance abuse problems, eating disorders, depression, or anxiety. Learning how to move on, to pick up and live life again, takes effort and guidance. Botwin guides listeners through the stories of others who have gone on to live fulfilling, happy lives, and provides tips and tools for healing and moving on.

Concerns about memory and other thinking skills are common, particularly in middle age and beyond. Due to worries about declining brain health, some seek out dubious products or supplements purportedly designed to improve memory and other cognitive abilities. Fortunately, scientific research has uncovered a clear-cut set of evidence-based activities and lifestyle choices that are inexpensive or free and known to promote brain and cognitive functioning. John Randolph translates this science in an engaging and accessible way.

Age is an important number, but it can also be deceiving. After 40, most people say they feel younger than their years, some lie about their age, and many attempt to hide the signs of growing old. Better with Age addresses the many myths and paradoxes about the aging process. Although most people think of their later years in terms of decline, they can be one of the best times in life. This book presents the latest scientific research about the psychology of aging, coupled with insights from Maya Angelou, Bob Newhart, Jared Diamond, John Glenn, and John Wooden.

Since dyslexia was first described in the British Medical Journal in 1896, there has been debate about the definitions and diagnostic procedures used, with some casting doubt on its very existence. However, there is now a considerable body of research regarding the nature and characteristics of this relatively common learning disorder. The contemporary view of dyslexia has emerged from a century of research in medicine, psychology, and more recently, neuroscience, and we now understand enough about this learning disorder to guide policy and practice.

This overview discusses how important imagination is and the major effect it has on our lives, including the role it plays in hallucinations, moods, and creativity.

Cosa sono l'intelligenza, la memoria e le emozioni? Come prendiamo decisioni e ricerchiamo la felicità? Oggi possiamo comprendere almeno in parte come il cervello, la nostra scatola delle meraviglie, ci metta in grado di percepire il mondo attraverso i cinque sensi, come ci permetta di rielaborarlo e di tradurlo in azioni concrete e pensieri astratti. Non tutto ci è ancora chiaro: ad esempio non abbiamo svelato gli intimi meccanismi che inducono proprio alcune cellule del cervello a "decidere" di interagire tra di loro per dare origine a un pensiero o a un'azione concreta.

Du wolltest dich schon immer gesünder ernähren? Du wolltest schon immer früher aufstehen und produktiver sein? Dann ist dieses Hörbuch ein MUSS für dich! Es zeigt dir wie du in 5 einfachen Schritten neue Gewohnheiten entwickelst und dich ganz leicht von schlechten Gewohnheiten löst.In diesem Hörbuch erfährst du: WAS Gewohnheiten überhaupt sind, WELCHE Vorgänge sich in deinem Gehirn dabei abspielen, WIE du positive Gewohnheiten entwickelst, WIE du die Willenskraft stärkst, WIE du dich von schlechten Gewohnheiten lösen kannst, und vieles mehr.

Haptics, or haptic sensing, refers to the ability to identify and perceive objects through touch. This is active touch, involving exploration of an object with the hand rather than the passive sensing of a vibration or force on the skin. The development of new technologies, including prosthetic hands and tactile surfaces for flat screen displays, depends on our knowledge of haptics. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lynette Jones offers an accessible overview of haptics, or active touch sensing, and its applications.

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Julia Kelly met charismatic and successful artist Charlie Whisker while she was working on her first novel. He was 20 years older than her. Their relationship was passionate and extraordinary; each of them inspired the other. Their friends were writers, artists and rock stars; they lived a glamorous life of exhibitions, parties and concerts. They became parents to a daughter they adored. But Charlie suddenly changed, becoming hopelessly forgetful, angry and confused.

Découvrez votre cerveau, découvrez vous-même ! Votre cerveau est votre ami qui peut vous aider à réussir dans la vie : trouver le travail de vos rêves, gagner de l'argent, rencontrer votre amour et fonder la meilleure famille ! Cela vous intéresse ? Si oui, écoutez ce livre et vous allez apprendre : La structure du cerveau ; Ses capacités extraordinaires ; L'origine des maladies cérébrales ; Votre cerveau est le centre de vos émotions, de votre intelligence, de vos connaissances, de vos peurs, de vos pensées et de vos sentiments.

Nachdem sich die moderne Hirnforschung in den letzten zwanzig Jahren rasant entwickelte, hat auch das Interesse an ihren Resultaten zugenommen. Was will der Mensch? Entscheidet er selbst? Oder ist er nur das Opfer chemischer und neuronaler Affekte? Das sind spannende Fragen, besonders für Werbung und Kommunikation. Wie nimmt der Mensch wahr? Und vor allem: Was nimmt er auf? Werner T. Fuchs beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit der Umsetzung moderner Hirnforschung ins Marketing. Seine These - inzwischen von der Hirnforschung untermauert - lautet: Der Mensch lernt durch Geschichten. Wer diese Erkenntnis in die Praxis einfließen lässt, wird sein Gegenüber besser erreichen. Fuchs hat zwölf leicht zu verstehende, unterhaltsame "Werkzeuge" kreiert, die helfen, Kommunikation grundsätzlich neu zu verstehen und auf die Arbeitsweise des Gehirns abzustimmen.

Wirkt schon beim Hören Selbst wenige Milligramm einer Arzneisubstanz können große Effekte haben. Doch wie kommen diese Wirkungen zustande und welche Mechanismen liegen ihnen zugrunde? Professor Mutschler erklärt Ihnen eindrucksvoll und verständlich, wie das Rezeptorkonzept funktioniert und welche Wirkungungen Arzneistoffe haben. Kommen Sie mit auf Entdeckungsreise!