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Proust was a neuroscientist / by Lehrer, Jonah.(CARDINAL)484874;
Walt Whitman : The substance of feeling -- George Eliot : The biology of freedom -- Auguste Escoffier : The essence of taste -- Marcel Proust : The method of memory -- Paul Cézanne : The process of sight -- Igor Stravinsky : The source of music -- Gertrude Stein : The structure of language -- Virginia Woolf : The emergent self.
Subjects: Neurosciences and the arts.; Neurosciences;
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Proust was a neuroscientist / by Lehrer, Jonah.(CARDINAL)484874;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-230) and index.Walt Whitman : The substance of feeling -- George Eliot : The biology of freedom -- Auguste Escoffier : The essence of taste -- Marcel Proust : The method of memory -- Paul Cézanne : The process of sight -- Igor Stravinsky : The source of music -- Gertrude Stein : The structure of language -- Virginia Woolf : The emergent self.
Subjects: Neurosciences and the arts.; Neurosciences;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Mindwandering : how your constant mental drift can improve your mood and boost your creativity / by Bar, Moshe(Neuroscientist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: States of Mind -- Always "On" -- Connecting with Our Thoughts -- The Journey from Now -- What Do We Wander About? Our Self First -- This Way Something Potentially Wicked Comes -- Future Memories: Learning from Imagined Experiences -- The Loss of Novelty -- Templates of Mind and the Limits of Boundaries -- Breadth of Thought, Creativity, and Mood -- Meditation, the Default Brain, and the Quality of Our Experience -- Immersed Living -- An Optimal Mind for the Occasion -- In Sum: Five Points to Keep in Mind."Research has revealed that our brains are inherently noisy. A number of brain regions connected in what's dubbed the Default Mode Network (DMN) are always grinding away, engaged in a number of different involuntary activities that neuroscientists collectively call mindwandering: from daydreaming and self-chatter to ruminating about the past and worrying about the future. Not only does all of this inner commotion tug our attention away from the present moment, but it can dampen the quality of our experience, lowering our mood and potentially contributing to anxiety and depression. Yet, there's method to this apparent madness. Mindwandering is our brain's way of developing our sense of self, trying to sort out what others are thinking, and searching for associations to help us interpret what's happening in our lives. It can be both positive and negative. On one hand, can become so engaged in this consideration of the past and making predictions about the future that for much of the time we are disconnected from what is actually happening in the moment. On the other, we can become more aware of where our minds are wandering, learning to direct them to stimulate creative, increase our ability to focus, and boost our mood. We want, in short, to work toward being able to bring the right mind to the right time. Mindwandering is the first book to expose readers to the multi-faceted phenomenon of their wandering minds, the new and exciting research of the brain and the mind behind this default mode of ours, when it is beneficial and when it is harming us to wander, and how we can gain some control over our mental lives. In doing so, Mindwandering will bring to readers the rare and marvelous convergence of advanced neuroscience with ancient wisdom; cognitive psychology with creativity and mood; and the brain's default state linked to the quality of our daily experience"--
Subjects: Abstraction.; Cognition.; Subconsciousness.; Dreams.; Creative ability.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Playing with reality : how games have shaped our world / by Clancy, Kelly(Neuroscientist),author.(CARDINAL)897037;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-347) and index.A wide-ranging intellectual history that reveals how important games have been to human progress, and what's at stake when we forget what games we're really playing. We play games to learn about the world, to understand our minds and the minds of others, and to make predictions about the future. Games are an essential aspect of humanity and a powerful tool for modeling reality. They're also a lot of fun. But games can be dangerous, especially when we mistake the model worlds of games for reality itself and let gamification co-opt human decision making. Playing with Reality explores the riveting history of games since the Enlightenment, weaving an unexpected path through military theory, political science, evolutionary biology, the development of computers and AI, cutting-edge neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. Neuroscientist and physicist Kelly Clancy shows how intertwined games have been with the arc of history. War games shaped the outcomes of real wars in nineteenth and twentieth century Europe. Game theory warped our understanding of human behavior and brought us to the brink of annihilation-yet still underlies basic assumptions in economics, politics, and technology design. We used games to teach computers how to learn for themselves, and now we are designing games that will determine the shape of society and future of democracy. In this revelatory new work, Clancy makes the bold argument that the human fascination with games is the key to understanding our nature and our actions
Subjects: History.; Game theory.; Games and technology.; Video games; War games.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The connected species : how the evolution of the human brain can save the world / by Williams, Mark A.,(Neuroscientist)Author(DLC)n 2023001648;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index."This book argues that by understanding human connection, we can work together toward a less divided, more sustainable, future"--.
Subjects: Social participation.; Belonging (Social psychology); Brain;
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Lines, bars and circles : how William Playfair invented graphs / by Becker, Helaine,author.(CARDINAL)663496; Tremblay, Marie-Ève(Neuroscientist),illustrator.(CARDINAL)412678;
"Born in Scotland more than 250 years ago, William Playfair was a dreamer who ?saw the world differently from other people.? Unfortunately, this difference sometimes got in the way of his success. Early on, as he attempted to apply his unique perspective to a series of career opportunities in order to gain ?riches! fame! glory!? he instead suffered one failure after another. Then, while writing a book about economics, Will's innovative vision inspired an idea that would set him apart: he created the first modern line graph. Next came a bar graph and later a pie chart. These infographic inventions provided a way for numbers to be seen as pictures, which made them easier to understand and to remember --- and thus changed the way the world would interact with data forever. "--820L
Subjects: Biographies.; Graphs.; Playfair, William, 1759-1823; Graphic methods; Graphic methods; Mathematical statistics; Mathematical statistics; Mathematics; Mathematics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Deeper mindfulness : the new way to rediscover calm in a chaotic world / by Williams, Mark A.(Neuroscientist),author.(CARDINAL)872726; Penman, Danny,1966-author.(CARDINAL)685890;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index."Based on Mark Williams's research into the therapeutic powers of mindfulness, and an extension of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Deeper Mindfulness continues the story told by Mark Williams and Danny Penman's runaway success, Mindfulness: APractical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World. Where the author's previous book crafted the foundations necessary to live a happier and more fulfilling life, and has proven transformative for many people, many readers have asked whether there was anything more they could do to enhance their practice and resolve their remaining issues. Deeper Mindfulness answers that question with a resounding, yes. It is possible to deepen the effect of mindfulness practice by focusing on what the authors describe as vedana, or "feeling tone," which targets certain core processes in the meditating mind. Over eight weeks, readers will learn to apply this practice to such unpleasant emotions and mood disorders as anxiety, depression, stress, and general unhappiness; when these unpleasant emotions evaporate, readers will be left with a calm space inside from which they can rebuild their lives"--
Subjects: Mindfulness (Psychology); Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Deeper mindfulness : [sound recording] the new way to rediscover calm in a chaotic world / by Williams, Mark A.(Neuroscientist),author,narrator.(CARDINAL)872726; Penman, Danny,1966-author.(CARDINAL)685890;
Read by Mark Williams.This guide allows both new and seasoned practitioners of mindfulness and meditation to deepen their practice and alleviate anxiety, stress, and depression and to improve their overall quality of life.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Meditations.; Self-help publications.; Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.; Mindfulness (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The man without a shadow / by Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-author.(CARDINAL)137751;
While studying Elihu Hoopes, the most famous amnesiac in history, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe embarks on an illicit relationship with her subject.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Amnesia; Neuroscientists;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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The man without a shadow : a novel / by Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-author.(CARDINAL)137751;
In 1965, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes: the "man without a shadow," who will be known, in time, as the most-studied and most famous amnesiac in history. A vicious infection has clouded anything beyond the last seventy seconds just beyond the fog of memory. Over the course of thirty years, the two embark on mirrored journeys of self-discovery: Margot, enthralled by her charming, mysterious, and deeply lonely patient, as well as her officious supervisor, attempts to unlock Eli's shuttered memories of a childhood trauma without losing her own sense of self in the process. Made vivid by Oates' usual eye for detail, and searing insight into the human psyche, The Man Without a Shadow is eerie, ambitious, and structurally complex, unique among her novels for its intimate portrayal of a forbidden relationship that can never be publicly revealed.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Neuroscientists; Amnesia;
Available copies: 38 / Total copies: 50
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