Genius Brain

“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” --Adam Grant Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can...

Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this powerful new guide from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere. After his mother was diagnosed with a...

Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into...

This program includes an introduction read by the author. Too often we live lives that we find unfulfilling, fail to reach our own potential, and neglect to practice creativity in our daily routines. Gay Hendricks's The Genius Zone offers a way to change that by tapping into your own innate...

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. “By capturing the very essence and Da Vinci’s life and genius—the seemingly perfect...

Award-winning science writer David Adam reveals how frontier neuroscience can enhance your intelligence. What if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, best-selling author David Adam explores the groundbreaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement.

In a fascinating tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs--in art, literature, music, and science--the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, and the question of genius and insanity.

With irresistibly persuasive vigor, David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic “giftedness,” and presents dazzling new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. DNA does not make us who we are. “Forget everything you think you know about...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? Counting is an innovative, erudite, world-wrapping journey through humanity’s marvellous ability to impose...

In this book, multi-award-winning sales expert and BRAIN APPS author Robert Best will show you how to leverage the latest in neuroscience research to sell directly to your target: your customer's brain. Learn why and how you should always appeal to your customer's emotions. Discover the weird quirks of the human memory that keep you from making an impact on your customer—and how to overcome them.

Combining the dietary recommendations in his bestselling Genius Foods and the lifestyle recommendations of The Genius Life, Genius Kitchen features shockingly delicious, nutrient-packed recipes that will energize your mind, strengthen your body, and pave a path to health that you’ll feel with...

The author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods is back with a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to its ""factory settings,"" to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression and to optimize cognitive health for a longer and healthier life. The human body was honed...

Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk in a courtroom, shopped for a dinosaur, or conversed with a Bupple, a Wosstrus, a Violinnet, or a Celloon? You will have, once you've...

Il cervello umano è l'organo che controlla ogni funzione del nostro corpo, per cui prendersene cura è vitale se si vuole mantenerlo giovane e attivo a qualsiasi età. Questo audiolibro quindi è veramente per tutti, ed è soprattutto per chi dell'argomento sul benessere, la salute, l'allenamento e il potenziamento cerebrale non sa assolutamente nulla. Mira a introdurre una serie di strategie e tecniche finalizzate sia a garantire il benessere del cervello sia ad allenarlo e potenziarlo.

Un programma pratico e progressivo per migliorare la tua scrittura a mano. La scrittura a mano non è solo una forma di arte, ma soprattutto un modo per tenere allenato il cervello e migliorare le facoltà coinvolte in questa attività. Questo programma pratico ha proprio lo scopo di fare della scrittura a mano un mezzo per allenare il tuo cervello. Lo farai con un percorso composto da cinque passi. Cinque step operativi che ti aiuteranno ad allenare, a migliorare e perfezionare la tua scrittura a mano.

Tre tecniche per migliorare il tuo apprendimento delle lingue. Qui hai a disposizione tre metodi pratici, tre tecniche appositamente create per rafforzare la tua memoria quando apprendi una nuova lingua. In particolare, imparerai a memorizzare e a recuperare senza sforzo parole ed espressioni della lingua che desideri apprendere. Questo ti aiuta a migliorare sia la tua comprensione sia la tua capacità di farti capire quando parli o scrivi.

Con queste tecniche guidate imparerai a velocizzare e semplificare la lettura e anche a migliorare la capacità di studio. Sono strumenti semplici e di immediata esecuzione, utili sia per chi studia sia per chi lavora. Hanno lo scopo di velocizzare la lettura e l'apprendimento: ripetendole frequentemente ottimizzerai i tempi di studio e lavoro e avrai più tempo libero per te.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. “By capturing the very essence and Da Vinci’s life and genius—the seemingly perfect...