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Publisher
ISTE, Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Cognitive flexibility is the cornerstone of learning and enables us to cope with a constantly changing environment. By adapting our knowledge and habits in order to respond to new situations, cognitive flexibility plays a fundamental role in learning. This book proposes a study of the fundamental notions of cognitive flexibility: its measurement and development, its links with metacognition and critical thinking and the role of context in its expression,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 253 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the past three decades, millions of students have learned about psychology from textbooks by David G. Myers. To create these books and to satisfy his own endless curiosity about the human mind, Myers monitors the leading journals to discover the most extraordinary new developments in psychological science. How Do We Know Ourselves? is a compendium of the most wondrous verities that Myers has found: a thought-provoking book about psychological...
Author
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
MIT Press edition with new afterword, 2003.
Physical Desc
xvii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this medical detective adventure, Cytowic shows how synesthesia, or "joined sensation," illuminates a wide swath of mental life and leads to a new view of what it means to be human.
7) Overcoming stress-induced brain fog: 10 simple ways to find focus, improve memory & feel grounded
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
[First edition].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 audio file (4 hr., 48 min.))
Language
English
Description
Do you ever feel spaced out or stuck in a rut, like you just can't think, or you're moving in slow motion? Perhaps you feel detached or disengaged, defeated and hopeless, or just not fully yourself. If you're struggling with a lack of mental clarity, energy, and belief in yourself and your capabilities, you may be experiencing the dreaded brain fog-a very real issue that can result from the exhaustion, overstimulation, and the stress of modern life....
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unearthing the untold history of how artists, scientists and authors have used mental extensions to solve, discover and create, an acclaimed science journalist presents a dramatic new view of how our minds work, offering practical advice on how we can all think better. --
Author
Publisher
The Guilford Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed"--and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated. Whether it's completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready for school, these kids simply take longer than others to get stuff done. Now parents have a crucial resource that demystifies processing speed and...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"David Adam explores the groundbreaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works--to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent. He considers how we measure and judge intelligence, taking us on a fascinating tour of the history of brain science and medicine, from gentlemen scientist brain autopsy clubs to case studies of mental health patients with extraordinary savant abilities....
18) Your creative brain: seven steps to maximize imagination, productivity, and innovation in your life
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Filled with research-based techniques for expanding creativity and increasing productivity This provocative book reveals why sitting in front of a light box can increase your creativity more than listening to a Bach concerto as example. The author Shelley H. Carson, a Harvard psychologist, explains that creativity isn't something only scientists, investors, artists, writers, and musicians enjoy, but rather all of us use our creative brains every...
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Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Cognitive Mechanisms of Learning presents experimental research works on the issue of knowledge acquisition in Cognitive Psychology. These research works ' initiated by groups of researchers with academic backgrounds in Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence ' explore learning mechanisms by viewing humans as information processing systems. Although the book is centered on research studies conducted in a laboratory, one chapter...
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