A New Brain

Author : William Finn
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0573627134
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Brain written by William Finn and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the Tony-award winning authors of Falsettos, here is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children's television show that features a frog - Mr. Bungee - and the spector of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal. What was thought to be a tumor turns out to be something more operable and Gordon recovers, grateful for a chance to compose the songs he yearns to produce.

Author : Nancy C. Andreasen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195167283
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brave New Brain written by Nancy C. Andreasen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, leading neuroscientist Nancy Andreasen offers a state-of-the-art look at what we know about the human brain and the human genome--and shows how these two vast branches of knowledge are coming together in a boldly ambitious effort to conquer mental illness. Andreasen gives us an engaging and readable description of how it all works---from billions of neurons, to the tiny thalamus, to the moral monitor in our prefrontal cortex. She shows the progress made in mapping the human genome, whose 30,000 to 40,000 genes are almost all active in the brain. We read gripping stories of the people who develop mental illness, the friends and relatives who share their suffering, the physicians who treat them, and the scientists who study them so that better treatments can be found. Four major disorders are covered--schizophrenia, manic depression, anxiety disorders, and dementia--revealing what causes them and how they affect the mind and brain. Finally, the book shows how the powerful tools of genetics and neuroscience will be combined during the next decades to build healthier brains and minds. By revealing how combining genome mapping with brain mapping can unlock the mysteries of mental illness, Andreasen offers a remarkably fresh perspective on these devastating diseases.

Author : Teddy O'Connor
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780375906268
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Brain for Igor written by Teddy O'Connor and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dim-witted assistant to a mad scientist wants his master to give him a new brain that will make him smart. Will Igor's ingenius plan to steal Master's favorite fuzzy pink slippers succeed in getting him a new brain, or does Master have other plans for his assistant? This hilarious spoof of the Frankenstein legend is sure to delight young readers.

Author : William Finn
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573681530
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Trousers written by William Finn and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erik Hoffman
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1848508328
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Brain, New World written by Erik Hoffman and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Brain, New World uses cutting-edge brain research to show how the ongoing evolution of the human brain could bring about a shift in human consciousness, ultimately creating a better world. We all know that over millions of years the human brain has evolved in many significant ways – so why would we assume that this process is not still happening? Based on a lifetime of research into brain function, the science of consciousness, and brain wave training, this book looks at how our brains may yet evolve, and the exciting implications that these developments may have for human consciousness. The author maintains that the global crisis facing us is basically a crisis of consciousness, and it is the human ego with its destructive feelings and insatiable greed that stands in the way of a new and better world. He believes that the evolution of the human brain can make that world a reality. This book explores: • the science of consciousness • the evolution of the human brain – how it has developed over millions of years, and how there is a huge potential latent in the part of the brain called the frontal cortex • expanding human consciousness – the effects on the brain of meditation, feeling release therapy, and the drinking of ayahuasca • kundalini: an evolutionary energy in man • awareness as a driving force in consciousness development – how we can play our own parts in helping our brains to evolve and access higher levels of consciousness by using alpha brain wave training for body-awareness and 'grounding', and frontal gamma wave training for focus and presence • the new human brain • looking towards a new future – the exciting possibilities for positive change and increased peace, love and compassion in the world if the human brain evolves.

Author : Judith Horstman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470602813
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scientific American Brave New Brain written by Judith Horstman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating and highly accessible book presents fantastic but totally feasible projections of what your brain may be capable of in the near future. It shows how scientific breakthroughs and amazing research are turning science fiction into science fact. In this brave new book, you'll explore: How partnerships between biological sciences and technology are helping the deaf hear, the blind see, and the paralyzed communicate. How our brains can repair and improve themselves, erase traumatic memories How we can stay mentally alert longer—and how we may be able to halt or even reverse Alzheimers How we can control technology with brain waves, including prosthetic devices, machinery, computers—and even spaceships or clones. Insights into how science may cure fatal diseases, and improve our intellectual and physical productivity Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaining look at the future of your brain, based on articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, and the work of today’s visionary neuroscientists.

Author : César Aira
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081122418X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musical Brain: And Other Stories written by César Aira and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction. A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of microfiction, César Aira–the author of at least eighty novels, most of them barely one hundred pages long–The Musical Brain & Other Stories comprises twenty tales about oddballs, freaks, and loonies. Aira, with his fuga hacia adelante or "flight forward" into the unknown, gives us imponderables to ponder and bizarre and seemingly out-of-context plot lines, as well as thoughtful and passionate takes on everyday reality. The title story, first published in the New Yorker, is the creme de la creme of this exhilarating collection.

Author : Rick Hanson, PhD
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0385347332
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hardwiring Happiness written by Rick Hanson, PhD and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You’ll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.

Author : Lisa Wimberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611250138
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Beliefs, New Brain written by Lisa Wimberger and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Citing the role of stress in a wide range of health disorders, a guide based on the experiences of police officers, firefighters and other "first responder" emergency aid providers provides easy-to-practice meditations for proactively relieving the effects of stress. Original.

Author : Richard M. Restak
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780446305181
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brain written by Richard M. Restak and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: