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What your body knows about happiness : how to use your body to change your mind / by Kaplan, Janiceauthor(CARDINAL)721686;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-365) and index.What your apple watch can't tell you -- How your body makes you happy -- Your mixed-up mind -- How your senses give you joy -- Why blue and green are the happiest colors -- Places that make your spirits soar -- Why wine taste better in Paris -- What body positivity really means -- The happy body food plan -- How exercise makes you happy -- Everybody hurts (sometimes) -- Pain, pain, go away -- Sugar pills are sweeter than you think -- The neuroscience of invention -- How your body makes you smart -- What language does your body talk? -- The body-mind happiness plan."In school, we're taught that the central nervous system, including the brain, is the big computer telling our bodies how to respond to a trigger. But there's a growing body of research proving that in fact the system often works in reverse, that it's our body programming the brain by acting without being told what to do. For example, the act of smiling can improve your mood. Or when you pass a dark alley and your body tenses and your heart starts pounding, your cardiovascular system is sending a message to your brain to be scared. In this book, Janice Kaplan, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, will explore the mind-body connection and show that our feeling bodies are often smarter than our thinking minds, by weaving together new scientific research from experts from around the globe and from various disciplines, including psychologists, neuroscientists, and environments. And she'll provide tips and strategies for discovering this vital mind-body connection so they can work together to make you happier." --
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Happiness.; Mind and body.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 12
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The stuff of thought : language as a window into human nature / by Pinker, Steven,1954-(CARDINAL)332272;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-481) and index.Presents a study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveals facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.
Subjects: Language and languages; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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Smart thinking : three essential keys to solve problems, innovate, and get things done / by Markman, Arthur B.(CARDINAL)650727;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.What is smart thinking? -- Creating smart habits and changing behavior -- Promoting quality learning by knowing your limits -- Understanding how things work -- Making comparisons and applying your knowledge -- Maximizing memory effectiveness -- Smart thinking in practice -- Creating a culture of smart.
Subjects: Critical thinking.; Problem solving.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The stuff of thought [sound recording] : language as a window into human nature / by Pinker, Steven,1954-(CARDINAL)332272;
Psychologist Pinker explains how the mind works in a completely new way--by examining how we use words. Every time we swear, we reveal something about human emotions. When we use an innuendo to convey a bribe, threat, or sexual come-on (rather than just blurting it out), we disclose something about human relationships. Our use of prepositions and tenses tap into peculiarly human concepts of space and time, and our nouns and verbs tap into mental models of matter and causation. Even the names we give our babies, as they change from decade to decade, have important things to day about our relations to our children and to society. Pinker takes on both scientific questions--such as whether language affects thought, and which of our concepts are innate--and questions from the headlines and everyday life.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Language and languages; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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How successful people think : change your thinking, change your life / by Maxwell, John C.,1947-(CARDINAL)349202;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).Cultivate big-picture thinking -- Engage in focused thinking -- Harness creative thinking -- Employ realistic thinking -- Utilize strategic thinking -- Explore possibility thinking -- Learn from reflective thinking -- Question popular thinking -- Benefit from shared thinking -- Practice unselfish thinking -- Rely on bottom-line thinking.
Subjects: Success; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 11
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Bozo sapiens : why to err is human / by Kaplan, Michael,1959-(CARDINAL)469181; Kaplan, Ellen,1936-(CARDINAL)423544;
From the logbook of the ship of fools -- Idols of the marketplace -- Tinted glasses -- Off the rails -- One of us -- Fresh off the Pleistocene Bus -- Living right.
Subjects: Errors.; Practical reason.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The knowledge illusion : why we never think alone / by Sloman, Steven A.,author.(CARDINAL)339778;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.Ignorance and the community of knowledge -- What we know -- Why we think -- How we think -- Why we think what isn't so -- Thinking with our bodies and the world -- Thinking with other people -- Thinking with technology -- Thinking about science -- Thinking about politics -- The new definition of smart -- Making people smart -- Making smarter decisions -- Appraising ignorance and illusion."Two cognitive scientists explain how the human brain relies on the communal nature of intelligence and knowledge, constantly gathering information and expertise stored outside our mind and bodies, to overcome its shortcomings of being error prone, irrational and often ignorant, "--NoveList.
Subjects: Knowledge, Sociology of.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Make your brain smarter : increase your brain's creativity, energy, and focus / by Chapman, Sandra Bond.(CARDINAL)401152; Kirkland, Shelly.(CARDINAL)401153;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-276) and index.Discover the frontal lobe frontier -- Maximize your cognitive performance -- Make your brain smarter at any age -- Mind the gap in injury and disease -- Fulfill the promise.One of the world's most innovative and respected cognitive neuroscientists combines the latest scientific discoveries with unique tests and exercises to improve readers' brainpower for life.
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Cognition.; Brain.; Neurosciences.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 8
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Everything is obvious : once you know the answer / by Watts, Duncan J.,1971-(CARDINAL)654883;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-324) and index.The myth of common sense -- Thinking about thinking -- The wisdom (and madness) of crowds -- Special people -- History, the fickle teacher -- The dream of prediction -- The best laid plans -- The measure of all things -- Fairness and justice -- The proper study of mankind.Discusses how the concept of common sense is inadequate in an increasingly complex world and draws on multiple disciplines to offer insight into the sources of such topics as popularity, economics, and self-deception.
Subjects: Common sense.; Reasoning.; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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3 seconds [sound recording] : the power of thinking twice / by Parrott, Les.(CARDINAL)372395; Harper Audio (Firm)(CARDINAL)539013;
Read by the author.Three seconds is all that stands between those who settle for "whatever" and those who insist on "whatever it takes." Award-winning author and psychologist Dr. Les Parrott reveals six common impulses that sabotage greatness in our lives. We can unleash our full potential and excellence when we learn how to give our first impulses a second thought.Compact discs.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Success; Thought and thinking.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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