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Series
Publisher
Cerebellum Corporation
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the mystery and wonder of human consciousness. It examines how the brain, a one kilogram lump of tissue, can give rise to the exciting world we call consciousness. In an effort to gain a better understanding of consciousness, it studies the case of a man who suffered severe head injuries in a motorcycle accident, resulting in a rare form of memory loss.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that you don't. These products are easy to sell, because good information about how children's minds really work is hard to come by. In their new book, neuroscientists...
23) Brain repair
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
156 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Français
Author
Language
English
Description
"Clear, concise, prescriptive steps for improving memory loss and keeping the brain young -- from one of the world's top memory experts. Everybody forgets things sometimes -- from your keys to your lunch date to the name of an acquaintance. According to Dr. Gary Small, the director of the UCLA Center on Aging, much of this forgetfulness can be eliminated easily through his innovative memory exercises and brain fitness program -- now available for...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Nickerson is like any other career-driven supermom in Welmont, the affluent Boston suburb where she leads a hectic but charmed life with her husband Bob, faithful nanny, and three children-Lucy, Charlie, and nine-month-old Linus. Between recruiting the best and brightest minds as the vice president of human resources at Berkley Consulting; shuttling the kids to soccer, day care, and piano lessons; convincing her son's teacher that he may not,...
33) Neuroscience
Series
Holiday lectures on science volume 2008
Publisher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Version 1.0.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Two leading neuroscientists [Eric R. Kandel, Thomas M. Jessell] discuss our current understanding of memory and brain development"--Container.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early,...
36) The brain
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic story of the brain's role in creating our world, our experience of it, and ourselves; the basis for a PBS television series by the bestselling David Eagleman. How does a three pound mass of biological matter locked in the dark, silent fortress of the skull produce the extraordinary multi-sensory experience that comprises us, while also constructing reality and guiding us through the endless need to make decisions and determine our judgments...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Thomson spent two years interviewing people with unusual neurological disorders, and shares nine of these fascinating stories. They include a woman from Denver who gets lost in her own house; a man from Bilbao, Spain, whose synesthesia gives him the impression of seeing other people?s ?auras?; and a London math teacher prone to musical hallucinations. Thomson places the people at the forefront, exploring their varying responses to their conditions...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 180 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience. Along the way, you'll also learn to dismiss popular myths such as the idea of a "lizard...
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