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The new brain : how the modern age is rewiring your mind / Richard Restak. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Emmaus, Pennsylvania : Rodale, (c)2003.Description: xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781579545017
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QP355
  • QP355.R436.N493 2003
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Contents:
Genius and superior performance: Are we all capable? -- Attention deficit: the brain syndrome of our era -- More images than ever: Is it destabilizing our brains? -- The happy brain: the joy and music in you -- Modern imaging techniques: windows on the brain -- Cosmetic psychopharmacology -- Healing the diseased brain: new attempts at brain repair -- The new brain.
Review: "The New Brain is the story of technology and biology converging to influence the evolution of the human brain. Dramatic advances are now possible, as well as the potential for misuse and abuse." "Dr. Restak, author of more than 15 books on the brain, leads you through the latest research and the expanding field of cognitive science, explains its implications, and even offers practical advice such as how for: understand and mitigate the affects of media images and technology on our thoughts and emotions; estimate the effects of stress on our brain function and how to predict who is at greatest risk for harm; and develop the habits that result in peak brain performance."--Jacket.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction QP355.2.R47 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001564109

Brain plasticity: your brain changes every day -- Genius and superior performance: Are we all capable? -- Attention deficit: the brain syndrome of our era -- More images than ever: Is it destabilizing our brains? -- The happy brain: the joy and music in you -- Modern imaging techniques: windows on the brain -- Cosmetic psychopharmacology -- Healing the diseased brain: new attempts at brain repair -- The new brain.

"The New Brain is the story of technology and biology converging to influence the evolution of the human brain. Dramatic advances are now possible, as well as the potential for misuse and abuse." "Dr. Restak, author of more than 15 books on the brain, leads you through the latest research and the expanding field of cognitive science, explains its implications, and even offers practical advice such as how for: understand and mitigate the affects of media images and technology on our thoughts and emotions; estimate the effects of stress on our brain function and how to predict who is at greatest risk for harm; and develop the habits that result in peak brain performance."--Jacket.

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