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A Brain-Friendly Life
Modern life is brain-unfriendly: We are flooded with information and excessive cognitive demands, when we are often already depleted from chronic stress, sleep deprivation, and health issues. Many of us experience frequent 'glitches' or memory lapses, despite tests showing there is nothing wrong with our brains. This book provides concrete strategies, derived from neuropsychological science and clinical practice, to help people improve how they function in daily life. Menchola draws on her experience as a clinical neuropsychologist who has worked with a widely diverse group of patients, to translate the findings from highly controlled research into concrete strategies that people can impleme...
Behavioral Neurobiology of Aging
This volume discusses the current state of research findings related to healthy brain aging by integrating human clinical studies and translational research in animal models. Several chapters offer a unique overview of successful aging, age-related cognitive decline and its associated structural and functional brain changes, as well as how these changes are influenced by reproductive aging. Insights provided by preclinical studies in mouse models and advanced neuroimaging techniques in humans are also presented.
Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
Written in a lively and entertaining style, Facts and Fictions in Mental Health examines common conceptions and misconceptions surrounding mental health and its treatment. Each chapter focuses on a misconception and is followed by a discussion of related findings from scientific research. A compilation of the authors' "Facts and Fictions" columns written for Scientific American Mind, with the addition of six new columns exclusive to this book Written in a lively and often entertaining style, accessible to both the undergraduate and the interested general reader Each chapter covers a different "fiction" and allows readers to gain a more balanced and accurate view of important topics in mental health The six new columns examine myths and misconceptions of considerable interest and relevance to undergraduates in abnormal psychology courses Introductory material and references are included throughout the book
Breaking Bad (Habits)
Self-improvement is a lifelong quest. We all have things we'd like to change about ourselves, which is why many people make New Year's resolutions. Yet, research shows that only about 8% of resolution-makers achieve their goals. Making personal change is hard, and making changes to established behavior patterns is harder still – even though the potential reward is great. As the New Year approaches, the editors of Scientific American offer this eBook on breaking bad habits and the ultimate satisfaction of making difficult life changes. We open with Section 1, "Change Is in the Mind," which looks at how our thought processes can either help or hinder these efforts. Elaine Fox writes in "The ...
Think Again
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER If you can change your mind you can do anything. Why do we refresh our wardrobes every year, renovate our kitchens every decade, but never update our beliefs and our views? Why do we laugh at people using computers that are ten years old, but yet still cling to opinions we formed ten years ago? There's a new skill for the modern world that matters more than raw intelligence - the ability to change your mind. To have the edge we all need to develop the flexibility to unlearn old beliefs and adapt when the evidence and the world changes before us. Told through fascinating stories, informed by cutting-edge research and illustratedwith amazing insights from Adam Grant's conversations with people such as Elon Musk, Hilary Clinton's campaign team, top CEOs and leading scientists, this is the ultimate guide to keeping your thinking fresh, learning when to question your ideas and update your own opinions, and how to inspire those around you to do the same.
Cascades of Violence
As in the cascading of water, violence and nonviolence can cascade down from commanding heights of power (as in waterfalls), up from powerless peripheries, and can undulate to spread horizontally (flowing from one space to another). As with containing water, conflict cannot be contained without asking crucial questions about which variables might cause it to cascade from the top-down, bottom up and from the middle-out. The book shows how violence cascades from state to state. Empirical research has shown that nations with a neighbor at war are more likely to have a civil war themselves (Sambanis 2001). More importantly in the analysis of this book, war cascades from hot spot to hot spot with...
Pensar Melhor: O Poder de Saber o Que não Sabemos
Aprenda a questionar as suas opiniões para alcançar a excelência no trabalho e a sabedoria na vida. Recomendado por Bill Gates. «Pensar Melhor é uma leitura obrigatória para quem deseja criar uma cultura de aprendizagem e desenvolvimento, seja em casa, no trabalho ouna escola. Num mundo cada vez mais pidido, as lições deste livro são mais importantes do que nunca.» — Bill e Melinda Gates. A inteligência é vista como a capacidade de pensar e aprender, mas num mundo em rápida mudança há outro conjunto de competências cognitivas que importa ressaltar: a capacidade de repensar e de desaprender. No dia a dia, tendemos a preferir o conforto da convicção ao desconforto da dúvid...
Psihologie socială clinică
Psihologia socială și psihologia clinică sunt domenii interconectate: pe de o parte, numeroase disfuncții psihologice sunt generate în cadrul acțiunilor sociale cotidiene, iar, pe de altă parte, eficiența intervențiilor terapeutice depinde în mare măsură de cunoașterea dinamicilor psihosociale prezente în spațiul clinic. Propunând o abordare integrativă a conceptului de sănătate psihologică, volumul are ca principal obiectiv introducerea disciplinei psihologiei sociale clinice în România. Sunt expuse pe larg problemele emoționale în viața cotidiană, cauzele comportamentului disfuncțional, rolul dinamicilor interpersonale și de grup în adaptare și terapie, procesele de schimbare psihologică, dar și strategiile terapeutice în context social.
Adevăruri și mituri despre sănătatea mentală
Există depresie fără lacrimi? Ne confruntăm, în prezent, cu o epidemie de autism? Divorțul le creează întotdeauna tulburări grave copiilor? Marijuana creează dependență? Prădătorii sexuali recidivează întotdeauna? Din păcate, miturile despre sănătatea mentală sunt larg răspândite și le auzim din nenumărate surse, inclusiv din media și din părerile unor oameni fără pregătire în domeniul psihologiei. Cartea de față ne arată că unele dintre cele mai ferm susținute credințe ale noastre sunt contrazise de descoperirile cercetărilor științifice și ne ajută să ne formăm opinii bazate pe fapte și nu pe ficțiuni, conducând astfel atitudini și comportamen...
