Daniel Kahneman

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Jill Bolte Taylor

A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

A brain scientist discusses suffering a stroke at the age of thirty-seven, describing her discovery of differences in the left and right side of the brain and the steps she took over a period of eight years to recover her health.

My Stroke of Insight

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

An investigation into the effects of exercise on the brain evaluates how aerobic exercise positively influences the progression of such conditions as Alzheimer's disease, ADD, and depression, in a report that shares theory-supporting case studies and the results of a progressive school fitness program. 30,000 first printing.

Spark

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Paul Thagard

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

How brain science answers the most intriguing questions about the meaning of life Why is life worth living? What makes actions right or wrong? What is reality and how do we know it? The Brain and the Meaning of Life draws on research in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to answer some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. Paul Thagard argues that evidence requires the abandonment of many traditional ideas about the soul, free will, and immortality, and shows how brain science matters for fundamental issues about reality, morality, and the meaning of life. The ongoing Brain Revolution reveals how love, work, and play provide good reasons for living. Defending the superiority of evidence-based reasoning over religious faith and philosophical thought experiments, Thagard argues that minds are brains and that reality is what science can discover. Brains come to know reality through a combination of perception and reasoning. Just as important, our brains evaluate aspects of reality through emotions that can produce both good and bad decisions. Our cognitive and emotional abilities allow us to understand reality, decide effectively, act morally, and pursue the vital needs of love, work, and play. Wisdom consists of knowing what matters, why it matters, and how to achieve it. The Brain and the Meaning of Life shows how brain science helps to answer questions about the nature of mind and reality, while alleviating anxiety about the difficulty of life in a vast universe. The book integrates decades of multidisciplinary research, but its clear explanations and humor make it accessible to the general reader.

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

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Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author. An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return. In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.

Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

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Hawaii

The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

A neurologist describes how carbs, even the healthy ones, destroy brain function and cause a range of diseases including ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches and depression and offers a 30-day plan to reprogram dietary habits and repair brain cells.

Grain Brain

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New Jersey

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

A pioneering neuropsychiatrist reveals the link between certain brain structures and particular psychological problems and offers specific recommendations for cognitive exercises, nutritional supplements, and medication to heal each problem. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

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#hardcover #nonfiction #science #brain health #wellness

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

The Revolutionary Science for a Smarter, Happier You

Contrary to accepted belief, YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR INTELLIGENCE AT ANY AGE! Smarter Next Year presents the latest scientific evidence for improving your mind and staying healthy at all stages of life. This inspirational book provides simple but eye-opening steps to lead you to a healthier and happier life.
This quick 1-hour read written by Dr. David Bardsley will change the way you think about your brain. The insightful brain hacks provided in this book give you a foundation of change for improving your health and mind.
The bottom line? GENES DON'T CONTROL YOUR INTELLIGENCE. YOU DO.
Your brain -- and every brain -- is constantly evolving and changing. In fact, there are multiple scientifically proven paths to increasing your memory and IQ -- at any age -- through simple life changes.
Do you ever struggle to recall something you had just been thinking about moments ago? Or have an idea that was fresh in your mind become clouded before you can take action? Eliminate such issues for good using Dr. David Bardsley's simple 8-step program! No matter your age or cognitive abilities, by applying these scientifically proven tips, you can take steps to become smarter, sharper, and healthier -- NOW!

Smarter Next Year

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Louann Brizendine

A tiny bit of scuffing on the cover but otherwise excellent condition. Im also selling the companion book, "The Male Brain." Check my listings!

Tennessee

The founder of the first clinic in the country to study and treat women's brain functions provides a truly comprehensive look at the way women's minds work, combining two decades of research, real-life stories, and all of the latest information from the scientific community at large. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

The Female Brain

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Tan Le

Pennsylvania

The New Era in Brain Enhancement That Is Revolutionizing the Way We Think, Work, and Heal

Brain science is at the dawn of a new era—and the technologies emerging as a result could forever alter what it means to be human. Welcome to what tech pioneer and inventor Tan Le calls "the NeuroGeneration." It will blow your mind. The human brain is perhaps the most powerful and mysterious arrangement of matter in the known universe. New discoveries that unravel this mystery and let us tap into this power offer almost limitless potential—the ability to reshape ourselves and our thought processes, to improve our health and extend our lives, and to enhance and augment the ways we interact with the world around us. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it is quickly becoming reality. In The NeuroGeneration, award-winning inventor Tan Le explores exciting advancements in brain science and neurotechnology that are revolutionizing the way we think, work, and heal. Join Le as she criss-crosses the globe, introducing the brilliant neurotech innovators and neuroscientists at the frontiers of brain enhancement. Along the way, she shares incredible stories from individuals whose lives are already being transformed by their inventions—an endurance racer paralyzed in a fall, who now walks thanks to neural stimulation and an exoskeleton; a man who drives a race car with his mind; even a color-blind "cyborg" whose brain implant allows him to "hear" colors. The NeuroGeneration reveals the dizzying array of emerging technologies—including cranial stimulation that makes you learn faster, an artificial hippocampus that restores lost memories, and neural implants that aim to help us keep up with or even outpace artificial intelligence—that promise to alter the brain in unprecedented ways, unlocking human potential we never dreamed possible. Le also explores how these futuristic innovations will impact our world, disrupt the way we do business, upend healthcare as we know it, and remake our lives in wondrous and unexpected ways. As fascinating as it is timely, The NeuroGeneration offers a thrilling glimpse of the future of our species, and how changing our brains can change human life as we know it.

The NeuroGeneration

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Sharon Begley

No damage, writing, highlighting, etc. Minimal wear at cover edges. See Photos. 

Nevada

How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity–the ability of the brain to change in response to experience–reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, a power we retain well into old age. The brain can adapt, heal, renew itself after trauma, compensate for disabilities, rewire itself to overcome dyslexia, and break cycles of depression and OCD. And as scientists are learning from studies performed on Buddhist monks, it is not only the outside world that can change the brain, so can the mind and, in particular, focused attention through the classic Buddhist practice of mindfulness.

With her gift for making science accessible, meaningful, and compelling, Sharon Begley illuminates a profound shift in our understanding of how the brain and the mind interact and takes us to the leading edge of a revolution in what it means to be human.

“There are two great things about this book. One is that it shows us how nothing about our brains is set in stone. The other is that it is written by Sharon Begley, one of the best science writers around. Begley is superb at framing the latest facts within the larger context of the field. . . . This is a terrific book.”
–Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

“Excellent . . . elegant and lucid prose . . . an open mind here will be rewarded.”
–Discover magazine

“A strong dose of hope along with a strong does of science and Buddhist thought.”
–The San Diego Union-Tribune

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain

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Daniel G. Amen

California

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life. To quell anxiety and panic: Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil To fight depression: Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) To curb anger: Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus: Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle To stop obsessive worrying: Follow the "get unstuck" writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises You'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with.

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded)

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Gary Small

Gigi Vorgan

Kentucky

Keep Your Brain Healthy for the Rest of Your Life

Offers a complete plan for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, covering nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction and including memory-boosting workouts, puzzles, and games.

The Alzheimer's Prevention Program

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The world’s smartest person shows you how to exercise yourself smarter ….
Brain Building in Just 12 weeks
By
Marilyn vosSavant and Leonore Fleischer
Forward by Robert Jarvik, MD

ISBN 9-553-35348-9

September 1991

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New York

Brain building in 12 weeks 

Marilyn Vos Savant

Leonore Fleischer

The World's Smartest Person Shows You How to Exercise Yourself Smarter ...

Marilyn vos Savant—credited by the Guinness Book of World Records with the highest IQ ever recorded—brings you an effective, entertaining program designed to strengthen your intelligence and expand your brain power in just twelve weeks. Because intelligence is the result of many often neglected smaller skills, she offers more than 150 exercises to delight and engage you as you: • Build a powerful vocabulary • Learn visualization—the secret of the “mathematical mind” and the “calculating brain” • Broaden sensory perception and perspective for creative problem solving • Deepen your concentration and expand your attention span • Sharpen your logic and communications skills • Enhance your powers of comprehension, insight, and intuition • And much more! Be smart! You don’t have to go to college to use more of your brain. You’ll see immediate improvement in your confidence, in your self-esteem, in your personal and professional lives. You’ll be amazed at how much more life has to offer when you take control of your brain!

Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks

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Typically is coupled with the book Memory Rescue for best results.

Memory Rescue Question aire & Workbook 

Oliver Sacks

Seven Paradoxical Tales

Profiles seven neurological patients, including a surgeon with Tourette's syndrome and an artist whose color sense is destroyed in an accident but finds new creative power in black and white

An Anthropologist on Mars

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Editors at Editors at Reader's Digest

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

175 Great Recipes ToThink Fast, Kepp Calm under Stress, and Boost Your Mental Performance

A mouthwatering guide to incorporating the most brain-friendly foods into your everyday life.

Days filled with energy, a bright mood, no memory lapses, a good night's sleep--that's what the Brainpower Cookbook can help you achieve. It's the go-to-book for brain-healthy eating. Our expert nutritionists have created 175 great-tasting recipes that will help protect your brain and boost alertness, concentration, and energy.

With this book, you will:

Learn how the brain functions and discover what foods affect your brainpower and how you feel.

Enjoy easy-to-prepare snacks, soups, salads, main course, and even desserts.

Give your brain a boost with recipes for particular situations: from breakfast ideas for sustained energy to lunches to avoid that afternoon slump and quiz-night snacks for fast brainwork.

Have fun with mind-sharpening puzzles to help promote brain fitness.

Brain Power Cookbook

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Simple Daily Practices to Strengthen Your Mind, Memory, Moods, Focus, Energy, Habits, and Relationships

366 Days to a Better Brain, Mind, and Life! In Change Your Brain Every Day psychiatrist and clinical neuroscientist Daniel Amen, MD, draws on over 40 years' clinical practice with tens of thousands of patients to give you the most effective daily habits he has seen that can help you improve your brain, master your mind, boost your memory, and make you feel happier, healthier, and more connected to those you love. Incorporating Dr. Amen's tiny habits and practices over the course of a year will help you: Manage your mind to support your happiness, inner peace, and success Develop lifelong strategies for dealing with whatever stresses come your way Create an ongoing sense of purpose in a way that informs your daily actions Learn major life lessons Dr. Amen has gleaned from studying hundreds of thousands of brain scans Imagine what you could learn by spending every day for a year on a psychiatrist's couch. In the pages of Change Your Brain Every Day, you'll get a year's worth of life-changing daily wisdom from Dr. Amen, one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists. Today is the day to start changing the trajectory of your life, one tiny step at a time.

Change Your Brain Every Day

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Norman Doidge

Colorado

Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.--From publisher description.

The Brain That Changes Itself

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Rick Hanson

The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. 

Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this.
 
Life isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain's default pessimism.
 
Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You'll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson's four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.

Hardwiring Happiness

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12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

Presents twelve scientifically proven facts about how the human brain works and explains how to apply each fact to get the most out of one's brain on a daily basis, discussing such concepts as attention, memory, and sleep.

Brain Rules

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David L. Felten

Mary Summo Maida

Reinforce your knowledge of neuroanatomy, neuroscience, and common pathologies of the nervous system with this active and engaging learn and review tool! Netter's Neuroscience Coloring Book by Drs. David L. Felten and Mary Summo Maida, challenges you to a better understanding of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system using visual and tactile learning. It's a fun and interactive way to trace pathways and tracts, as well as reinforce spatial, functional, and clinical concepts in this fascinating field. More than "just" a coloring book, this unique learning tool offers: More than 100 key topics in neuroscience and neuroanatomy, using bold, clear drawings based on classic Netter art. Clinical Notes that bridge basic science with health care and medicine. Workbook review questions, and bulleted lists throughout to reinforce comprehension and retention. Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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