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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The best-selling author of On the Move, Musicophilia, and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Sacks is known for his illuminating case histories about people living with neurological conditions at the far borderlands of human experience. But his grasp of science was not restricted to neuroscience or medicine; he was fascinated...
Author
Publisher
Cadmus Editions
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
117 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"En face edition of a 1992 novella by the Guatemalan writer. Gripping, highly original, allegorical tale of a dehumanizing neuropsychological 'project' carried out on prisoners in a jungle. Elegant work by Bowles, translator of several other works by the author. Short afterword by Bowles; biographical note"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Language
English
Description
As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Our brains, scientific...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A new approach to help kids with ADHD and LD succeed in and outside the classroomThis groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologist, teacher educator, and school consultant to address...
Author
Publisher
Current
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A compelling career memoir by an award-winning neuroscientist describes how while studying his own family's brain scans for research he made the disturbing discovery that his own reflected a pattern he recognized from those in the brains of serial killers, a finding that offered new insights into the role of biology in behavior.
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