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Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments New York Times best-selling author Jonah Lehrer shows us how we can all learn to be more creative. Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover
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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Publisher Comments Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 2011A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleOne of The Economists 2011 Books of the Year One of The Wall Steet Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year 2011 Daniel... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V S Ramachandran Publisher Comments In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases -- from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric R. Kandel Publisher Comments A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind—our conscious and unconscious... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--And How You Can Change Them by Richard J Davidson Publisher Comments This longawaited book by a pioneer in brain research offers a new model of our emotions- their origins, their power, and their malleability. For more than thirty years, Richard Davidson has been at the forefront of brain research. Now he gives us an... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis Publisher Comments Drawing comparisons to the most eloquent science writing of our day, three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation by Daniel J. Siegel Publisher Comments Foreword by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making and how it can help us make better choices. Since Plato, philosophers have described the decisionmaking process as either rational or... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) by Norman Doidge Publisher Comments An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries- old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G Amen Publisher Comments BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK In this breakthrough bestseller, 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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Trauma & Recovery Rev Edition by Judith Herman Publisher Comments Recognized as a classic in the field, Judith Herman's book has changed the way we think about traumatic events and trauma... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Buddha's Brain : Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom (09 Edition) by Rick Hanson Publisher Comments Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, Gandhi, and the Buddha all had brains built essentially like anyone else's, yet they were able to harness their thoughts and shape their patterns of thinking in ways that changed history. With new breakthroughs in modern... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr Staff Pick Nominated as a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, The Shallows is a fascinating look at the cultural implications and neuroscientific consequences of the Internet Age. The Internet is an unprecedented educational tool and time... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (Vintage) by David Eagleman Publisher Comments If the conscious mind — the part you consider to be you — is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $11.17 Sale - Trade Paper
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Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain (Vintage) by Antonio Damasio Publisher Comments A leading neuroscientist explores with authority, with imagination, and with unparalleled mastery how the brain constructs the mind and how the brain makes that mind conscious. Antonio Damasio has spent the past thirty years researching and and... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson Publisher Comments They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed one on the street today. These are people who have no empathy, who are manipulative, deceitful, charming, seductive, and delusional. The Psychopath Test is the New York Times... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Daniel J. Siegel Publisher Comments Many fields have explored the nature of mental life from psychology to psychiatry, literature to linguistics. Yet no common framework where each of these important perspectives can be honored and integrated with one another has been created in which a... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain: The Neuroscience of Making the Most of Your Mature Mind by Judith Horstman Publisher Comments Praise for The Scientific American Healthy Aging Brain "Judith Horstman elegantly describes the well-aged brain and what the latest research suggests to preserve its power and its function."Mehmet Oz, MD, professor of surgery, New York... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Creative Connection : Expressive Arts As Healing (93 Edition) by Natalie H. Rogers Publisher Comments Dr. Natalie Rogers has developed a process called the Creative Connection "RM" that interweaves all the expressive arts -- movement, sound, drawing, painting, writing, and guided imagery -- to tap into the deep wellspring of creativity within each of us.... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $35.85 New - Trade Paper
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Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders by Rhea (edt) Paul Publisher Comments This easy-to-read textbook provides speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with a strong foundation for clinical practice with clients of any age or disability. Covering topics mandated by ASHA, the contributors?a mix of practicing clinicians and academics... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Trade Paper
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