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The owner's manual for the brain : the ultimate guide to peak mental performance at all ages / by Howard, Pierce J.,author.(CARDINAL)333671;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The 4th edition of this book distills the very latest reseach on the brain and explains the practical, real-world applications for our daily lives. Draws information from the frontiers of psychology, neurobiology, and cognitive science. -- From back cover.
Subjects: Brain; Neuropsychology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Switch craft : the hidden power of mental agility / by Fox, Elaine,1963-author.(CARDINAL)606069;
Drawing from decades of research in cognitive psychology and the science of human emotions, a renowned Oxford University psychologist and neuroscientist shows how to expand and increase mental agility to prepare for dealing with anything in life.Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-323) and index.Introduction -- The fundamentals : why switch craft matters: Accepting change and adapting to it ; Managing uncertainty and worry ; The flexibility of nature ; Agility and resilience -- The first pillar of switch craft : Mental agility: The benefits of mental agility ; The nuts and bolts of agility in the brain : cognitive flexibility ; The ABCD of mental agility -- The second pillar of switch craft : self-awareness: Know thyself ; Beliefs and values -- The third pillar of switch craft : emotional awareness: Understanding your emotions ; Learning to regulate your emotions -- The fourth pillar of switch craft : situational awareness: The nature of intuition ; Looking outside : how context fuels intuition -- Conclusion: Some key principles of switch craft -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2.
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Adaptability (Psychology); Change (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The art crusade : an analysis of American drawing manuals, 1820-1860 / by Marzio, Peter C.(CARDINAL)148412;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-94).Primers for a democratic art -- The artist as a public man -- Learning to see -- Drawing by formula -- Can anyone learn to draw? -- Emerson, Ruskin, and the art crusade -- From art to education -- Industrial art and psychology -- The drawing books in perspective -- Appendix : American drawing books, 1820-1860.
Subjects: Drawing books.; Drawing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Why beautiful people have more daughters : from dating, shopping, and praying to going to war and becoming a billionaire : two evolutionary psychologists explain why we do what we do / by Miller, Alan S.(CARDINAL)135908; Kanazawa, Satoshi.(CARDINAL)660337;
Includes bibliographical references and index.An analysis of the ways in which evolution shapes human behavior and human lives draws on the field of evolutionary psychology to offer revealing glimpses of human nature and to shed new light on why humans do the things that they do.
Subjects: Beauty, Personal; Evolutionary psychology.; Sex differences (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Joy of Zentangle / by McNeill, Suzanne.(CARDINAL)537116; Bartholomew, Sandy Steen.(CARDINAL)591999;
"Zentangle(r) is an easy-to-learn method of pattern drawing that reduces stress while promoting creativity. This book will introduce readers to the basic theory of Zentangle and provide instructions for drawing over 100 tangle patterns from such Certified Zentangle Teachers as Suzanne McNeill, Sandy Steen Bartholomew, and Marie Browning. This beautiful book is filled with examples of Zentangle drawings as well as other art projects and compelling stories from those who have improved their well-being through Zentangle"--
Subjects: Drawing; Drawing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Happiness : 25 ways to live joyfully through art / by André, Christophe,author.(CARDINAL)354570; Selous, Trista,1957-translator.;
Includes bibliographical references.Prelude: The enigma of happiness -- Morning: The birth of happiness -- Midday: The plentitude of happiness -- Evening: The twilights of happiness -- Night: Vanished happiness -- Dawn: The return of happiness -- Taking flight: In the great wind of the world."Drawing upon his ground-breaking work in the psychology of happiness and mindfulness, Christophe André shares 25 paintings by a wide range of masters, including Van Gogh, Vermeer and Chagall, and invites us to consider how they capture the many colours of happiness in their art, alongside its inseparable shadow, sadness"--Back cover.
Subjects: Happiness.; Happiness in art.; Painting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Zen doodle : tons of tangles / by Jenny, Tonia,1969-(CARDINAL)471067; Jones, Amy(Editor)(CARDINAL)611783;
Introduction -- Abstract doodles -- Shapes & objects -- Animals & beasts -- Friendship & love.Bring on the doodles! Zen doodle, that is! In Zen Doodle: Tons of Tangles, you'll find gorgeous images of the best doodle art from around the world. This collection of drawings and painted canvases from dozens of contributors features thousands of tangle patterns and doodle designs to inspire you to doodle anything and everything. Create a mythical, doodled beast or abstract work of art. Draw an inspirational tangled card for a friend or add doodled intrigue to your art journal with patterned shapes. Zen Doodle provides you with the first steps toward creating.
Subjects: Drawing; Drawing; Doodles.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Future of denial : the ideologies of climate change / by DeLay, Tad,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This timely, interdisciplinary contribution to the environmental humanities draws on the latest climatology, hints in the energy transition, critical theory, Earth's paleoclimate history, and trends in border violence"--
Subjects: Climatic changes; Environmental psychology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / by Levitin, Daniel J.(CARDINAL)667827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and index.Explores the relationship between the mind and music by drawing on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss such topics as the sources of musical tastes and the brain's responses to music.
Subjects: Music;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 8
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Freeing the creative spirit : drawing on the power of art to tap the magic and wisdom within / by Diaz, Adriana.(CARDINAL)369306;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
Subjects: Spiritual life.; Creative ability; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Art; Self.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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