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1) Brain power: optimize your mental skills and performance, improve your memory and sharpen your mind
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Today brain power is more important than ever. As technology gets faster and faster, our brains need to keep up.
Luckily, the human brain has virtually infinite potential.You just need to tap into it.
Brain Power, written by a master of the mental arts, will show you how to unleash the magnificent abilities that lie in your brain.
You'll learn exciting new techniques that will help you remember more, think more clearly and creatively, solve complex...
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Are you tired of feeling like you can't trust your own senses? Do you ever wonder if what you're seeing or hearing is actually real, or just a trick of your mind? If so, The Illusion of Perception is the book for you. With captivating examples and mind-bending insights, this book will challenge everything you thought you knew about perception. Discover how optical illusions can fool even the most rational minds, and how cognitive biases can influence...
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A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Described by some as a superpower this mingling of the senses is called "synesthesia," and the people who possess this amazing gift are called "synesthetes."
What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just...
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Shackleton Books
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2023
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La prestigiosa neurocientífica Mara Dierssen nos desvela cómo aprende nuestro cerebro, a partir de las últimas investigaciones en psicología y neurociencia.
"Somos nuestra memoria, somos ese quimérico museo de formas inconstantes", afirmaba Borges en uno de sus poemas. Y no le faltaba razón. Estamos expuestos a una infinidad de estímulos, sensaciones e informaciones que incorporamos a nuestro bagaje de conocimientos a través de la memoria...
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Mastering Your Emotions: A Practical Guide To Living A Positive, Fulfilled And Abundant Life Emotions help you understand what's happening in the present and respond appropriately so that you don't repeat those same situations in the future. Managing your emotions helps you better understand the meaning of emotions and appreciate them. If you don't know what they mean, you might do things without thinking about their consequences. Emotions are natural...
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El estudio de los procesos cognoscitivos se ha convertido en un reto de profundización, dada su injerencia en ámbitos clínico-patológicos de la enfermedad mental y el daño cerebral. Muchos textos académicos han descrito los procesos de evaluación neuropsicológica; sin embargo, pocos están dirigidos a la formación básica del quehacer del neuropsicólogo. La presente publicación apunta en esa dirección. Cada capítulo aborda una función...
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"The latest research in neuroscience and parenting come together in this groundbreaking book, which brings to light new realizations about the power of nurture for our children's mental and physical health outcomes. Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD. is a neuroscientist, doula, and parent. Her work began the goal of developing new treatments for poor mental health; she dreamed of creating a new medication to address conditions like anxiety, depression, addiction,...
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"The Silent Conversation: Mastering the Art of Body Language" is an enlightening and practical guide that delves into the fascinating world of non-verbal communication. From the subtlest facial expressions to the way we position our bodies, every gesture, and cue carries meaning that can significantly impact our relationships and interactions.In this book, you will embark on a journey of discovery, uncovering the intricate nuances of body language...
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¿Cómo se desarrolla el cerebro infantil? ¿Lo hace con etapas prefijadas o depende de circunstancias particulares?A esta crucial cuestión dedicó Piaget gran parte de sus investigaciones, relativas a la COGNICIÓN HUMANA. En 1955 creó el Centro Internacional de Epistemología Genética en Ginebra y puso en marcha un programa interdisciplinario, PARA ESTUDIAR LA FORMACIÓN DE LAS ESTRUCTURAS BÁSICAS DEL CONOCIMIENTO HUMANO A LO LARGO DEL DESARROLLO...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor in Psychology at Northeastern University. This extensive conversations covers topics such as Lisa's winding career path from pre-med to clinical psychology to an academic career in neuroscience and her research on how the brain works and the development of her theory of emotion: every moment of our life, our brain...
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Your Brain is a BEAST. Ready to Unleash It?Think your brain's working as hard as it can? Think again. "The Mind Matrix: How to Unlock Your Brain's Full Potential for Achieving Success" is about to blow your mind (pun intended). This book cracks the code on that crazy thing in your skull – turns out, you can rewire it to be a goal-smashing, problem-solving, creativity-oozing machine.Inside, you'll learn:Mindfulness Made Easy: Quiet the mental chatter...
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. This extensive conversation explores Roy Baumeister's unique combination of biological and psychological thinking from recognizing essential energetic factors involved with willpower and decision-making, to framing free will in evolutionary biological terms to measuring the numbness associated with...
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Two leading neuroscientists examine how the brain is in flux and how this applies to addressing neurological, cognitive, and emotional health.
Beginning with a survey of the fundamental scientific developments that led to our current understanding of the regenerative mind, the authors elucidate the breakthrough neurobiological studies that paved the way for our present understanding of the brain's plasticity and regenerative capabilities. They then...
17) Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
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Alva Noë is one of a new breed-part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist-who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the two hundred-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the...
18) Polyvagal Theory: A Self-Help Polyvagal Theory Guide to Reduce With Self Help Exercises Anxiety, Dep
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Leverage the cutting-edge scientific discovery of the polyvagal theory and unlock your body's natural self-healing capabilities with this definitive guide! If you are tired of having to deal with brain fogs, creative blocks, panic attacks, as well as other mental disorders, if you're sick of struggling with chronic illnesses with seemingly no end in sight, then you've come to the right place. Since the discovery of the Polyvagal Theory by Dr Stephen...
19) Cómo analizar a las personas: Evita gente tóxica Analizando los patrones de Personalidad y cómo Infl
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Cómo analizar a las personas Este es el libro definitivo para comprender cómo analizar a las personas y decidir con quienes estar, qué tipo de gente te rodeará. Recuerda que eres un porcentaje de quienes te rodean y esto puede determinar tu éxito. Evita gente tóxica cerca de ti, evita que influyan en tu estado de ánimo, en tus decisiones, en tu futuro, aprende a influir en las personas para bien, usando técnicas especiales de control mental,...
20) Técnicas de manipulación secretas: Identifica las técnicas de control mental y evita ser manipula
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Técnicas de Manipulación SecretasTe presento el libro que te revelará las técnicas más ocultas y secretas de la manipulación,conócelas para evitar que las ejerzan sobre ti.En Técnicas de Manipulación Secretas encontrarás todo lo relacionado a la manipulación, y sabrástambién cómo puedes tomar esas técnicas y usarlas para el bien, logrando un buen nivel deinfluencia sobre otros.El conocimiento es poder, y conocer las técnicas de control...
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