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Author
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by] Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (ca. 12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM.
Language
English
Description
Neuroscientist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology Indre Viskontas lectures on popular beliefs about the brain and the truths behind them.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Physical Desc
xxv, 498 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"--
4) Trial run
Author
Series
Fault lines volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing group
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Reese Clawson's work is mind-bending--literally. Her company specializes in global data analysis for an elite group of industry executives, and now a lucrative government contract is moving her into the realm of cutting-edge intelligence gathering. She is determined to crack the limits of consciousness--and in doing so, the boundaries of secrets and lies. But her experiment crashes as test subjects slide into a coma-like state. Reese is left scrambling...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A survey of current research into the human mind reveals how top international laboratories have innovated unique technologies for recording profound mental capabilities and enabling controversial opportunities in the field of cognition enhancement.
8) Concussion
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered something he could not ignore. The NFL tried to silence him. His courage would change everything.
“A gripping medical mystery and a dazzling portrait of the young scientist no one wanted to listen to . . . a fabulous, essential read.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta...
“A gripping medical mystery and a dazzling portrait of the young scientist no one wanted to listen to . . . a fabulous, essential read.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta...
Author
Publisher
Pear Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Second edition, updated and expanded edition.
Physical Desc
i, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of Brain Rules extends his popular plan to infants, sharing what the latest science says about raising smart and happy children, in a book that includes such advice as: TV is harmful for children under 2, the best predictor of academic performance is a child's level of self-control, praising effort is better than praising intelligence and much more. --Publishers description.
11) Bounders
Author
Series
Bounders volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jasper and his friends are the first group of cadets, called Bounders, to be trained as astronauts who use new spaceships to teleport, but soon are forced to go up against an alien society seeking revenge for stealing this brain-sync technology.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
13 sound discs (12 hours.) : digital, 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? And how...
Author
Language
English
Description
Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her sisters. Yet rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family.
14) We bought a zoo
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chopra and Tanzi show readers how, through a person's increased self-awareness and conscious intention, the brain can be taught to reach far beyond its present limitations and become a gateway for achieving health, happiness, and spiritual growth.
Author
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by] Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (6 hr.): digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What if you aren't as in control of your actions as you think you are? What if your subconscious is driving your decisions without your approval? Is there a way to "hack" your brain to perform better, live healthier, and break your bad habits? We all can think of things about ourselves we'd like to change, but as neuroscientists are coming to realize, changing our behaviors isn't as straightforward as you might think. Many of our everyday decisions...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life. If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached surgeons, this ... brutally honest account will make you think again"--Amazon.com.
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Launchpad tablet : digital, sound, color ; 14 x 20 x 3 cm ; 1 USB charging cable.
Language
English
Description
Let your smarts and problem-solving ability take you to the next level. Brain Games help train your mind by challenging memory, reaction time, attention span, problem-solving and observation skills, and more. This superpack contains 2x as many apps as the standard Launchpad.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It is a wicked disease that robs its victims of their memories, their ability to think clearly, and ultimately their lives. For centuries, those afflicted by Alzheimer's disease have suffered its debilitating effects while family members sit by, watching their loved ones disappear a little more each day until the person they used to know is gone forever. The disease was first described by German psychologist and neurologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After years of homeschooling and a surgery that helped her lose hundreds of pounds, Libby enters high school but soon becomes entangled in a cruel game with Jack, a boy whose disability prevents him from recognizing faces.