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Stretch : unlock the power of less-- and achieve more than you ever imagined / by Sonenshein, Scott,author.(CARDINAL)414777;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. My stretch -- A tale of two beers: work with what you've got -- The grass is always greener: the causes and consequences of a chasing mind-set -- All things rich and beautiful: the basics and benefits of a stretching mind-set -- Get outside: the value of knowing a little about a lot -- Time to act: why we sometimes perform better without a script (and all the time and money in the world) -- We are what we expect: how beliefs make us and the people we care about better (or worse) -- Mix it up: the power of unlikely combinations -- Avoid injuries: how to get the right stretch -- Workout: exercises to strengthen a stretch -- Conclusion. Your stretch.A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness. We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and possessions; bigger budgets, job titles, and teams; and additional resources for our professional and personal goals. It turns out we're wrong. Using captivating stories to illustrate research in psychology and management, Rice University professor Scott Sonenshein examines why some people and organizations succeed with so little, while others fail with so much. People and organizations approach resources in two different ways: "chasing" and "stretching." When chasing, we exhaust ourselves in the pursuit of more. When stretching, we embrace the resources we already have. This frees us to find creative and productive ways to solve problems, innovate, and engage our work and lives more fully. Stretch shows why everyone-from executives to entrepreneurs, professionals to parents, athletes to artists-performs better with constraints; why seeking too many resources undermines our work and well-being; and why even those with a lot benefit from making the most out of a little. Drawing from examples in business, education, sports, medicine, and history, Scott Sonenshein advocates a powerful framework of resourcefulness that allows anybody to work and live better.
Subjects: Resourcefulness; Creative ability.; Adaptability (Psychology); Success.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Forgetting : the benefits of not remembering / by Small, Scott A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index."A renowned neurologist explains why our routine forgetting-of names, dates, even house keys-is not a brain failure but actually, when combined with memory, one of the mind's most beneficial functions. Who wouldn't want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience every day, appears in sharp relief. Until recently, most everyone-memory scientists included-believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. Forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It's not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us-and, alongside memory, it is a required function for our minds to work best. Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As frustrating as a typical lapse can be, it's precisely what opens up our minds to making better decisions, experiencing joy and relationships, and flourishing artistically. From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned decision-making expert Daniel Kahneman, Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings into illuminating context while also revealing groundbreaking developments about Alzheimer's disease. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good"--
Subjects: Memory disorders.; Memory.; Cognition.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Becoming supernatural : how common people are doing the uncommon / by Dispenza, Joe,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and index."The author of the New York Times bestseller You Are the Placebo, as well as Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself and Evolve Your Brain, draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. Becoming Supernatural marries some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life. Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities; that we have the capacity to tune in to frequencies beyond our material world and receive more orderly coherent streams of consciousness and energy; that we can intentionally change our brain chemistry to initiate profoundly mystical transcendental experiences; and how, if we do this enough times, we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, a more unlimited mind, and greater access to the realms of spiritual truth. Topics include: Demystifying the body's 7 energy centers and how you can balance them to heal. How to free yourself from the past by reconditioning your body to a new mind. How you can create reality in the generous present moment by changing your energy. The difference between third-dimension creation and fifth-dimension creation. The secret science of the pineal gland and its role in accessing mystical realms of reality. The distinction between Space-Time vs. Time-Space realities... and much more. Using tools and disciplines ranging from cutting-edge physics to practical exercises such as a walking meditation, Dr. Joe offers nothing less than a program for stepping outside our physical reality and into the quantum field of infinite possibilities"--
Subjects: Energy medicine.; Mind and body.; Self-care, Health.; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / New Thought.; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth.; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural (incl. Ghosts);
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Becoming supernatural : how common people are doing the uncommon / by Dispenza, Joe,1962-author.(CARDINAL)483752; Braden, Gregg,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)658783;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and index.Foreword / Gregg Braden -- Introduction: Getting ready to become supernatural -- Opening the door to the supernatural -- The present moment -- Turning into new potentials in the quantum -- Blessing of the energy centers -- Reconditioning the body to a new mind -- Case studies: living examples of truth -- Heart intelligence -- Mind movies/kaleidoscope -- Walking meditation -- Case studies: Making it real -- Space-time and time-space -- The pineal gland -- Project coherence: making a better world -- Case studies: It could happen to you -- Afterword: Being peace."The author ... draws on research conducted at his advanced workshops since 2012 to explore how common people are doing the uncommon to transform themselves and their lives. [This book] marries some of the most profound scientific information with ancient wisdom to show how people like you and me can experience a more mystical life. Readers will learn that we are, quite literally supernatural by nature if given the proper knowledge and instruction, and when we learn how to apply that information through various meditations, we should experience a greater expression of our creative abilities; that we have the capacity to tune in to frequencies beyond our material world and receive more orderly coherent streams of consciousness and energy; that we can intentionally change our brain chemistry to initiate profoundly mystical transcendental experiences; and how, if we do this enough times, we can develop the skill of creating a more efficient, balanced, healthy body, a more unlimited mind, and greater access to the realms of spiritual truth. Topics include: Demystifying the body's 7 energy centers and how you can balance them to heal. How to free yourself from the past by reconditioning your body to a new mind. How you can create reality in the generous present moment by changing your energy. The difference between third-dimension creation and fifth-dimension creation. The secret science of the pineal gland and its role in accessing mystical realms of reality. The distinction between Space-Time vs. Time-Space realities ... and much more. Using tools and disciplines ranging from cutting-edge physics to practical exercises such as a walking meditation, Dr. Joe offers nothing less than a program for stepping outside our physical reality and into the quantum field of infinite possibilities"--
Subjects: Nonfiction.; Nonfiction.; Energy medicine.; Mind and body.; Self-care, Health.; Self Care; Médecine énergétique.; Autothérapie.; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT; Paranormal.; Paranormal.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 14
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The disordered mind : what unusual brains tell us about ourselves / by Kandel, Eric R.,author.(CARDINAL)508313;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What brain disorders can tell us about ourselves -- Our intensely social nature : the autism spectrum -- Emotions and the integrity of the self : depression and bipolar disorder -- The ability to think and to make and carry out decisions : schizophrenia -- Memory, the storehouse of the self : dementia -- Our intrinsic creative capability : brain disorders and art -- Movement : Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases -- The interplay of conscious and unconscious emotion : anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and faulty decision-making -- The pleasure principle and freedom of choice: addictions -- That's all, folks -- Sexual differentiation of the brain and gender identity -- Consciousness : the great remaining mystery of the brain -- Conclusion : coming full circle.Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work continues to shape our understanding of how learning and memory work and to break down age-old barriers between the sciences and the arts. In his seminal new book, The Disordered Mind, Kandel draws on a lifetime of pathbreaking research and the work of many other leading neuroscientists to take us on an unusual tour of the brain. He confronts one of the most difficult questions we face: How does our mind, our individual sense of self, emerge from the physical matter of the brain? The brain's 86 billion neurons communicate with one another through very precise connections. But sometimes those connections are disrupted. The brain processes that give rise to our mind can become disordered, resulting in diseases such as autism, depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson's, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder. While these disruptions bring great suffering, they can also reveal the mysteries of how the brain produces our most fundamental experiences and capabilities--the very nature of what it means to be human. Studies of autism illuminate the neurological foundations of our social instincts; research into depression offers important insights on emotions and the integrity of the self; and paradigm-shifting work on addiction has led to a new understanding of the relationship between pleasure and willpower. By studying disruptions to typical brain functioning and exploring their potential treatments, we will deepen our understanding of thought, feeling, behavior, memory, and creativity. Only then can we grapple with the big question of how billions of neurons generate consciousness itself.
Subjects: Mental illness.; Neuropsychology.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 14
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Spontaneous activity in education. Translated from the Italian by Florence Simmonds. by Montessori, Maria,1870-1952.(CARDINAL)142750;
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages xxvi-xxviii).A survey of the child's life : Laws of the child's physical life paralleled by those of its physical : Current objections to a system of education based upon ''liberty'' ; Hygiene has freed the infant from straps and swaddling clothes and left it free to develop ; Education must leave the soul free to develop ; Principle of liberty in education not a principle of abandonment. The liberty accorded the child of to-day is purely physical. Civil rights of the child in the twentieth century : Removal of perils of disease a step toward physical liberation ; Supplying the child's physical needs is not sufficient ; Child's social rights overlooked in the administration of orphan asylums ; Poor child's health and property confiscated in the custom of wet nursing ; We recognize justice only for those who can defend themselves. How we receive the infants that come into the world : Home has no furnishings adapted to their small size ; Society prepares a mockery for their reception in the shape of useless toys ; Child not allowed to act for himself ; Constant interruption of his activities prevents physical growth ; Bodily health suffers from spiritual neglect. With man the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit : Reflex action of the emotions on the body functions ; Child's body requires joy as much as food and air -- A survey of modern education : The precepts which govern moral education and instruction : Child expected to acquire virtues by imitation, instead of development ; Domination of the child's will the basis of education. It is the teacher who forms the child's mind. How he teaches : Teacher's path beset with difficulties under the present system ; Advanced experts prepare the schemata of instruction ; Some outlines of ''model lessons'' used in the schools ; Comparison of a ''model lesson'' for sense development with the Montessori method ; Experimental psychology, not speculative psychology, the basis of Montessori teaching ; False conceptions of the ''art of the teacher'' illustrated by model lessons. Positive science makes its appearance in the schools ; Discoveries of medicine: distortions and diseases ; Science has not fulfilled its mission in its dealings with children : Diseases of school children treated, causes left undisturbed. Discoveries of experimental psychology: overwork; nervous exhaustion ; Science is confronted by a mass of unsolved problems : Laws governing fatigue still unknown ; Toxines produced by fatigue and their antitoxins ; Joy in work the only preventative of fatigue ; Real experimental science, which shall liberate the child, not yet born -- My Contribution to experimental science : The organization of the physical life begins with the characteristic phenomenon of attention : Incident which led Dr. Montessori to define her method. Physical development is organized by the aid of external stimuli, which may be determined experimentally : Tendency to develop his latent powers exists in the child's nature ; Environment should contain the means of auto-education. External stimuli may be determined in quality and quantity : Educative material used should contain in itself the control of error ; Quantity of material determined by the advent of abstraction in pupil ; Relation of stimuli to the age of the pupil. Material of development is necessary only as a starting point : Corresponds to the terra firma from which the aero plane takes flight and to which it returns to rest ; Establishing of internal order, or ''discipline'' ; Physical growth requires constantly new and more complex material ; Difference between materials of auto-education and the didactic material of the schools. Physical truths : "Discipline" the first external sign of a physical reaction to the material ; Initial disorder in Montessori schools ; Physical progress not systematic but ''explosive in nature'' ; Birth of individuality ; Intellectual crises are accompanied by emotion ; Older child beginning in system, chooses materials in inverse order ; Course of physical phenomena explained by diagrams ; Tests of Binet and Simon arbitrary and superficial ; Problems of physical measurement ; Observing the child's moral nature ; Transformation of a ''violent'' child and of a ''spying'' child in Montessori school ; Polarization of the internal personality. Guide to psychological observation : Work ; Conduct ; Obedience -- The preparation of the teacher : The school is the laboratory of experimental psychology ; Qualities the new type of teacher must possess -- Environment : Physical hygiene in school ; The requirements of physical hygiene. Free movement : Misconceptions of physical freedom ; Action without an aim fatigues ; Work of ''preservation'' rather than ''production'' suitable to children -- Attention : Awakens in answer to an impulse of ''spiritual hunger'' ; Attention cannot be artificially maintained by teacher ; Liberty the experimental condition necessary for studying the phenomena of attention ; Child's perception of an internal development makes the exercise pleasant and induces him to prolong it ; External stimuli powerless without an answering internal force ; A natural internal force directs physical formation ; New pedagogy provides nourishment for internal needs ; Organization of knowledge in the child's mind ; teacher directs, but does not interrupt phenomena of attention ; Material offered should correspond to physical needs -- Will : Its relation to attention ; Manifested in action and inhibition ; Opposite activities of the will must combine to form the personality.Powers of the will established by exercise, not by subjection ; Persistence in effort the true foundation of will ; Decision the highest function of the will ; Development of will depends on order and clarity of ideas ; Power of choice, which precedes decision, should be strengthened ; Need of exercise for the will paralleled with need of muscular exercise ; Fallacy of educating the child's will by ''breaking it'' ; ''Character'' the result of established will, not of emulation -- Intelligence : Liberating the child means leaving him to ''his own intelligence'' ; How the intelligence of the child differs from the instincts of animals ; Intelligence the actual means of formation to the inner life ; Hygiene of intelligence ; Intelligence awakens and sets in motion the central nervous mechanisms ; In an age of speed, man has not accelerated himself ; Swift reactions to an external manifestation of intelligence ; Ability to distinguish and arrange the characteristic sign of intelligence ; Montessori ''sensory exercises'' make it possible for the child to distinguish and classify ; The Montessori child is sensitive to the objects of his environment ; Educational methods in use do not help the child to distinguish ; Power of association depends on ability to distinguish dominant characteristics ; Individuality revealed in association by similarity ; by means of attention and internal will the intelligence accomplishes the work of association ; Judgement and reasoning depend on ability to distinguish ; Activities of association and selection lead to individual habits of thought ; Importance of acquiring ability to reason for oneself ; Genius the possession of maximum powers of association by similarity ; Genius of errors in association and reasoning which have impeded science ; The consciousness can only accept truths for which it is ''expectant'' ; The intelligence has its peculiar perils, from which it should be guarded -- Imagination : The creative imagination of science is based upon truth : Imagination based on reality differs from that based on speculation ; Speculative imagination akin to original sin ; Education should direct imagination into creative channels. Truth is also the basis of artistic imagination : All imagination based on sense impressions ; Non-sensorial impressions--Spiritual truths ; Education in sense perception strengthens imagination ; Perfection in art dependent on approximation to truth ; Exercise of the intelligence aids imagination. Imagination in children : Immature and therefore concerned with unrealities ; Should be helped to overcome immaturity of thought ; False methods develop credulity, akin to insanity ; Period of credulity in the child prolonged for the amusement of the adult ; ''Living among real possessions'' the cure for illusion. Fable and religion : Religion not the product of fantasy ; Fable in schools does not prepare for religious teaching. The education of the imagination in schools for older children : Environment and method oppressive ; ''Composition'' introduced to foster imagination ; How composition is ''taught'' ; Imagination cannot be forced. The moral question : Contributions of positive science to morality ; Science raises society to level of Christian standards ; Parents' failure to teach sex morality ; Probable effects of experimental psychology in field of morals ; Experimental psychology should be directed to the schools ; Progress of medicine and its relation to new psychology ; Childish naughtiness a parental misconception ; Infant life different from the adult ; Hindering the child's development a moral question for the adult ; Need of the child ''to touch and to act'' ; How the adult prevents him from learning by doing ; Conceptions of good and bad conduct in the school ; Mutual aid a high crime in the school ; Surveillance for vicious habits originating in the school ; Developing a ''social sentiment'' in the school ; ''A moral with every lesson'' the teacher's aim ; Injurious system of prizes and punishments the school's mainstay ; The fallacy of ''emulation'' ; Necessity of reforming the school ; Good conduct dependent on satisfaction of intellectual needs ; Mere sensory education inadequate ; Love, the preservative force of life ; Christianity teaches the necessity of mutual love. The education of the moral sense : Moral education must have basis of feeling ; Adult the stimulus by which child's feeling is exercised ; How and when the adult should offer affection. The essence of moral education : Importance of perfecting spiritual sensibility ; Necessity of properly organized environment ; Helping the child distinguish between right and wrong ; ''Internal sense'' of right and wrong ; Moral conscience capable of development. Our insensibility : Virtuous person and criminal not detected by contact ; The war as an example of moral insensibility ; Insensibility distinguished from death of the soul ; Spiritually, man must either ascend or die. Morality and religion : Conversion, the sudden establishing of moral order ; The Spirit enslaved by sentiments hostile to love. The religious sentiment in children : Crises of conscience and spontaneous religious feeling ; Some original observations by Dr. Montessori.
Subjects: Montessori method of education.;
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The case of the murderous Dr. Cream [large print] : the hunt for a Victorian era serial killer / by Jobb, Dean,1958-author.(CARDINAL)379271;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-638).Prologue: ghosts -- "The first of criminals." "A great sin-stricken city" ; "Detective-fever" ; Ellen Donworth ; Matilda Clover ; "A human 'were-wolf'" -- The Lambeth poisoner. Louisa Harvey ; Blackmail ; "A bad man with no refinement" ; Alice Marsh and Emma Shrivell ; Bitter medicine ; "A strange customer" ; The suspect ; "You have got the wrong man" -- The trusted hand. Jarvis of the yard ; "A young man of rare ability" ; "The animal spirits within" ; Flora Eliza Brooks ; Student no. 2016 ; A premature death ; The licentiate ; Catharine Hutchinson Gardner ; By some person unknown -- Inquest. Missing links ; Resurrection -- Crimes and punishment. Mary Anne Matilda Faulkner ; "Pure cream" ; Ellen Stack and Sarah Alice Montgomery ; A despicable scheme ; Daniel Stott ; "Crooked Cream" ; Inmate no. 4374 ; "As innocent as the child unborn" ; Chasing shadows -- "Jack the poisoner." "A systematic and deliberate course of action" ; "A murder so diabolical" ; "Insane in no legal sense" ; Dead man's walk ; "I am Jack" -- Epilogue: "an Elizabethan tragedy of horrors" -- Cast of characters."I the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada. Poison was his weapon of choice. Structured around the doctor's London murder trial in 1892, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to the medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women who had turned to him for help."--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Biographies.; Case studies.; Creative nonfiction.; Large print books.; Cream, Thomas Neill, 1850-1892.; Serial murders; Serial murders; Serial murders; Serial murderers; Physicians;
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Lead with a story : a guide to crafting business narratives that captivate, convince, and inspire / by Smith, Paul,1967 July 3-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why tell stories? -- Set a vision for the future -- Set goals and build commitment -- Lead change -- Make recommendations stick -- Define customer service success and failure -- Structure of a story -- Define the culture -- Establish values -- Encourage collaboration and build relationships -- Value diversity and inclusion -- Set policy without rules -- Keep it real -- Stylistic elements -- Inspire and motivate -- Build courage -- Help others find passion for their work -- Appeal to emotion -- The element of surprise -- Teach important lessons -- Provide coaching and feedback -- Demonstrate problem solving -- Help everyone understand the customer -- Metaphors and analogies -- Delegate authority and give permission -- Encourage innovation and creativity -- Sales is everyone's job -- Earn respect on day one -- Recast your audience into the story -- Getting started.Storytelling has come of age in the business world. Today, many of the most successful companies use storytelling as a leadership tool. At Nike, all senior executives are designated "corporate storytellers." 3M banned bullet points years ago and replaced them with a process of writing "strategic narratives." Procter & Gamble hired Hollywood directors to teach its executives storytelling techniques. Some forward-thinking business schools have even added storytelling courses to their management curriculum. The reason for this is simple: stories have the ability to engage an audience the way logic and bullet points alone never could. Whether you are trying to communicate a vision, sell an idea, or inspire commitment, storytelling is a powerful business tool that can mean the difference between mediocre results and phenomenal success. "Lead with a Story" contains both ready-to-use stories and how-to guidance for readers looking to craft their own. Designed for a wide variety of business challenges, the book shows how narrative can help: define culture and values; engender creativity and innovation; foster collaboration and build relationships; provide coaching and feedback; lead change; and more. Whether in a speech or a memo, communicated to one person or a thousand, storytelling is an essential skill for success. Complete with examples from companies like Kellogg's, Merrill-Lynch, Procter & Gamble, National Car Rental, Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut, and more, this practical resource gives readers the guidance they need to deliver stories to stunning effect.
Subjects: Communication in management.; Storytelling.; Leadership.; Organizational behavior.; Communication.; Narrative medicine.; Corporate culture.; Misinformation.;
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The revolutionary genius of plants : a new understanding of plant intelligence and behavior / by Mancuso, Stefano,author.(CARDINAL)424534; Di Stefano, Vanessa,translator.(CARDINAL)629884;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.Do plants have intelligence? Do they have memory? Are they better problem solvers than people? The Revolutionary Genius of Plants--a fascinating, paradigm-shifting work that upends everything you thought you knew about plants--makes a compelling scientific case that these and other astonishing ideas are all true. Plants make up eighty percent of the weight of all living things on earth, and yet it is easy to forget that these innocuous, beautiful organisms are responsible for not only the air that lets us survive, but for many of our modern comforts: our medicine, food supply, even our fossil fuels. On the forefront of uncovering the essential truths about plants, world-renowned scientist Stefano Mancuso reveals the surprisingly sophisticated ability of plants to innovate, to remember, and to learn, offering us creative solutions to the most vexing technological and ecological problems that face us today. Despite not having brains or central nervous systems, plants perceive their surroundings with an even greater sensitivity than animals. They efficiently explore and react promptly to potentially damaging external events thanks to their cooperative, shared systems; without any central command centers, they are able to remember prior catastrophic events and to actively adapt to new ones. Every page of The Revolutionary Genius of Plants bubbles over with Stefano Mancuso's infectious love for plants and for the eye-opening research that makes it more and more clear how remarkable our fellow inhabitants on this planet really are. In his hands, complicated science is wonderfully accessible, and he has loaded the book with gorgeous photographs that make for an unforgettable reading experience. The Revolutionary Genius of Plants opens the doors to a new understanding of life on earth.
Subjects: Plants.; Plants; Plant physiology.; Biological rhythms in plants.; Plant cellular signal transduction.;
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Why we sleep : unlocking the power of sleep and dreams / by Walker, Matthew P.,author.(CARDINAL)347027;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. This thing called sleep -- To sleep ... -- Caffeine, jet lag, and melatonin: losing and gaining control of your sleep rhythm -- Defining and generating sleep: time dilation and what we learned from a baby in 1952 -- Ape beds, dinosaurs, and napping with half a brain: who sleeps, how do we sleep, and how much? -- Part 2. Why should you sleep? -- Your mother and Shakespeare knew: the benefits of sleep for the brain -- Too extreme for the Guinness Book of World Records: sleep deprivation and the brain -- Cancer, heart attacks, and a shorter life: sleep deprivation and the body -- Part 3. How and why we dream -- Routinely psychotic: REM-sleep dreaming -- Dreaming as overnight therapy -- Dream creativity and dream control -- Part 4. From sleeping pills to society transformed -- Things that go bump in the night:" sleep disorders and death caused by no sleep -- iPads, factory whistles, and nightcaps: what's stopping you from sleeping? -- Hurting and helping your sleep: pills vs. therapy -- Sleep and society: what medicine and education are doing wrong; what Google and NASA are doing right -- A new vision for sleep in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: To sleep or not to sleep -- Appendix: Twelve tips for healthy sleep."The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life--eating, drinking, and reproducing--the purpose of sleep remained elusive. An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming. Within the brain, sleep enriches our ability to learn, memorize, and make logical decisions. It recalibrates our emotions, restocks our immune system, fine-tunes our metabolism, and regulates our appetite. Dreaming mollifies painful memories and creates a virtual reality space in which the brain melds past and present knowledge to inspire creativity. Walker answers important questions about sleep: how do caffeine and alcohol affect sleep? What really happens during REM sleep? Why do our sleep patterns change across a lifetime? How do common sleep aids affect us and can they do long-term damage? Charting cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and synthesizing decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood, and energy levels; regulate hormones; prevent cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes; slow the effects of aging; increase longevity; enhance the education and lifespan of our children, and boost the efficiency, success, and productivity of our businesses. Clear-eyed, fascinating, and accessible, Why We Sleep is a crucial and illuminating book"--
Subjects: Sleep.; Sleep;
Available copies: 32 / Total copies: 48
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