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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"To a 21st century human, the brain is the seat of all our powers. But the hyperbolic way we talk about the brain is more informed by a mystical conception of what the soul is than by scientific fact. From the confines of ancient philosophy to the duality inherent to Christianity, from the mysterious depths of psychoanalysis to today's tendency to compare the brain to a computer, our belief in a mind distinct from the body has tainted the way we think...
Publisher
Mind & Life Institute / New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Draws on studies with leading neuroscience researchers and the Dalai Lama to examine the health benefits of meditation, in a transcript of a scientific conference at Washington, D.C.'s Mind and Life Institute that explores the mind's capacity for influencing physical disease.
Author
Series
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué sientes celos, ansiedad, angustia? ¿Sabías que existen áreas cerebrales de la fidelidad? ¿Sabes qué le sucede a tu cerebro cuando te enamoras? ¿Sabías que algunas neuronas sí pueden regenerarse? Eduardo Calixto, colaborador de Martha Debayle en W Radio y destacado experto en Neurociencias, te explica de manera clara y práctica el funcionamiento de tu cerebro y su papel en tu vida diaria. El destacado médico cirujano y doctor...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again--or rather not 'think' at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies--long dismissed as mere conveyances--actually constitute the core of our intelligent life. From the endocrinal means by which our organs communicate to the...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2010].
Language
English
Description
Inspiring and informative, "Mindsight" offers exciting new proof that people aren't hardwired to behave in certain ways, but instead have the ability to harness the power of their minds to resculpt the neural pathways of their brains.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In You Are What You Watch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and data expert Walt Hickey explains the power of entertainment to change our biology, our beliefs, how we see ourselves, and how nations gain power through entertainment. Virtually anyone who has ever watched a profound movie, a powerful TV show, or read a moving novel understands that entertainment can and does affect us in surprising and significant ways. But did you know that our most popular...
Series
Sweat and soap volume 4
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dinner and dread. Natori and Asako are back from their first trip together, a romantic getaway to Hokkaido. But when Asako returns to the office, her anxiety comes back, too, because it's time to let their secret out and reveal their relationship to their coworkers. Natori sets up an outing to introduce Asako to his teammates in product development, and Natori's coworkers all seem fashionable, ambitious, cool--on a whole different level! Suddenly,...
Series
Sweat and soap volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Wedding bells are ringing The ceremony is just around the corner, but there's still a lot to be done: αnalizing the guest list, sending out invitations, picking out wedding favors, αguring out βower arrangements... The tasks are endless and exhausting. Can Asako and Kotaro get everything done in time for their big day?!"-- cover page 4.
Series
Sweat and soap volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"On their scent. Asako Yaeshima and Kotaro Natori's scent-sual relationship is going well, though they've decided to keep it a secret from their coworkers for now. However, Kotaro's protégé, Korisu Ichise, can sense something's going on between the two of them... but what? And when Asako tells her family about her new beau, her brother decides Kotaro needs to be put to the test. Because a playboy like Kotaro must spell doom for his sister... right?"--Page...
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