Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0393334775
Explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life.
Author : Gary van Warmerdam
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : Attitude change
ISBN : 9780990584605
Why do we generate thoughts and emotional reactions which drive us to sabotaging behaviors and emotional drama? Making life altering changes requires more than just telling yourself to think happy thoughts. Learning to understand and shift your point of view, your beliefs and even your language, can end much of the emotional suffering you create for yourself and in relationships. MindWorks offers a simple guide for understanding the complexities of your mind's inner workings and a step by step practice to facilitate change. Whether your transformation is large or small, you will surely look at yourself and the world in a completely new way.
Author : Antonino Ferro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317723988
Is the analyst's mind a factor in the analytic process? In Mind Works Antonino Ferro uses clinical material such as detailed reports of sessions, together with client's analytic histories, to develop Bion’s original findings and illustrate complex concepts in the field of psychoanalytic technique. These concepts include: interpretive modalities the end of analysis psychosomatic pathologies narcissism. Mind Works: Technique and Creativity in Psychoanalysis also suggests that dreaming is a fundamental moment in analytic work, and Ferro discusses how dreams can go beyond the present to become a continuous act of the mind in the waking state, allowing internal and external stimuli to be transformed into thoughts and emotions. Focusing on how the minds of the analyst and the analysand work in psychoanalysis, this book will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists and will be helpful in psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic work on a day-to-day basis.
Author : David Rock
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0061943541
In Your Brain at Work, David Rock takes readers inside the heads—literally—of a modern two-career couple as they mentally process their workday to reveal how we can better organize, prioritize, remember, and process our daily lives. Rock, the author of Quiet Leadership and Personal Best, shows how it’s possible for this couple, and thus the reader, not only to survive in today’s overwhelming work environment but succeed in it—and still feel energized and accomplished at the end of the day.
Author : John E. Dowling
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780393027464
What makes us human and unique among all creatures is our brain. Conciousness, perception, emotion, memory, learning, language and intelligence all originate in, and depend on, the brain. During the 20th century, our understanding of the brain has revealed many of the mechanisms by which the brain creates mind and consciousness.
Author : Ronald Kotulak
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 23,44 MB
Release : 1997-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780836232899
Describes recent scientific understanding of how the brain gets built, providing insight into human behavior and the effects of nature and nurture; and discusses how the brain gets damaged by environmental, internal, and external influences.
Author : Ernst Pöppel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Author : Dr. Parag Chandarana
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1480979139
How Mind Works By: Dr. Parag Chandarana “Working with Dr. Parag Chandarana is a very pleasant experience. She has been organized, always completes tasks on time with responsibilities. Problem solving is her utmost talent which she describes as solving a jigsaw puzzle. Being smart and experienced, she can look up and learn any new material that she comes across. With a friendly smile, good eye contact and handshake with confidence, she makes friends with ease. Many years of experience in her practice and being well-traveled, she understands different ethnic background people and their problems. Being empathetic, caring and sharing mutual feelings, she is able to think and help others.” -Krista Lane “Dr. Parag Chandarana has multiple backgrounds and qualifications that make her versatile in various different fields. Besides teaching students, students wanted to learn more about her personal experiences and share her knowledge with them. She enjoyed and was always consulting with other specialized professionals, discussing and solving problems. Her enthusiasm made her participate in various public speaking and educational seminars. She has been consulted by many pharmaceutical research companies as well as has recording of audio sessions on Internet, for professional use. Keeping up with the latest research materials, reading various published materials and attending dinner conferences help her keep in touch with advances in her field. Meeting many famous researchers and university professionals in her field and discussing with them has helped her collect the materials that she has introduced in her book. “Her book is written with the intention to help various different types of people having day-to-day issues that need to be understood and dealt with. Being closely involved with her own family and friends of various kinds, she is herself very spiritual with philosophy of ultimate truth in life. Beside her own field of subjects, she has a lot of hobbies and is very much sports-oriented. She keeps her mind and body active all the time with a lot of energy and enthusiasm and has sense of humor also. Best of all, her attitude, helping others and sharing her knowledge with others has kept her lively.” -Dr. Sandeep Gaoankar
Author : Michael S. Sweeney
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1426207573
A companion book to the National Geographic TV series uses brain teasers and optical illusions to shed light on the workings of the human brain.
Author : Leanne Boucher Gill
Publisher : American Psychological Association
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433835789
2022 KIDS' BOOK CHOICE AWARDS WINNER FOR BEST INFO MEETS GRAPHICS! Readers are welcomed to the Lobe Labs and Dr. Brain activities in this brightly illustrated, highly engaging book that uses science to answer interesting questions that kids have about the brain and human behavior. This is a fun primer on psychology and neuroscience that makes complex psychological phenomenon and neural mechanisms relatable to kids through illustrations, interesting factoids, and more. Chapters include: What is the brain made up of and how does it work? Why can’t I tickle myself? Why do they shine a light in my eyes when I hit my head in the game? Answers draw from both psychology and neuroscience, giving ample examples of how the science is relevant to the question and to the reader’s life experiences.
