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Lessons from Neuroscience
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Much of the layperson's knowledge of the brain is predicated on a lack of understanding about this mysterious organ. To start building a more straightforward, accurate understanding of current breakthroughs in neuroscience, you have to start by shattering popular brain myths.
Each of these 24 lectures takes as its focus a single powerful, prevalent brain myth, and uses it as a launch pad from which to explore myriad topics in neuroscience: decision making, memory, dreams, emotions, neuroplasticity, consciousness, mental illness, and much more.
Our memory is an accurate, objective record of the past. Our senses reflect the world as it really exists. Our dreams have hidden meanings. We are only using 10% of our total brain power. Modern technology (including social media) is making us less intelligent. Dr. Viskontas doesn't just settle for obliterating these and other myths. Instead, she replaces them with scientific facts gathered from experiments, research, and case studies. The result is an eye-opening adventure into the latest understanding of why the brain works the way it does.
Whatever order you enjoy these lectures in, you'll be left with insights that will help you better determine the hard scientific truths behind the breaking news (and myths) of tomorrow.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob between your ears. In seven short essays (plus a bite-sized story about how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible collection reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines of neuroscience research. You'll learn where brains came from, how they're structured (and why it matters), and how yours works in tandem with other brains to create everything you experience.
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slow reader & little bit of a Wokie
- De darren en 06-01-21
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The Self Illusion
- Why There Is No "You" Inside Your Head
- De: Bruce Hood
- Narrado por: Bruce Hood
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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The Self Illusion provides a fascinating examination of how the latest science shows that our individual concept of a self is in fact an illusion. Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body is compelling and inescapable. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances.
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Disappointing
- De David R Pinsof en 05-10-12
De: Bruce Hood
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Think, Learn, Succeed
- Understanding and Using Your Mind to Thrive at School, the Workplace, and Life
- De: Dr. Caroline Leaf, Robert Turner - afterword, Peter Amua-Quarshi - foreword
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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Our thought lives have incredible power over our mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. In fact, our thoughts can either limit us to what we believe we can do or release us to experience abilities well beyond our expectations. When we choose a mindset that extends our abilities rather than placing limits on ourselves, we will experience greater intellectual satisfaction, emotional control, and physical health. The only question is... how?
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Great new perspective
- De Felipe J. Flores III en 05-10-19
De: Dr. Caroline Leaf, y otros
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The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain
- The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
- De: Barbara Strauch
- Narrado por: Nona Pipes
- Duración: 6 h y 52 m
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A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle ageFor many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression.
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Recommended for all Ages
- De Virginia A en 05-28-10
De: Barbara Strauch
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Brain Rules for Aging Well
- 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
- De: John Medina
- Narrado por: John Medina
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to age well - in his signature engaging style. With so many discoveries over the years, science is literally changing our minds about the optimal care and feeding of the brain. All of it is captivating. A great deal of it is unexpected.
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Scientific and practical
- De symya08 en 04-29-18
De: John Medina
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The Ego Tunnel
- The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
- De: Thomas Metzinger
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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We're used to thinking about the self as an independent entity, something that we either have or are. In The Ego Tunnel, philosopher Thomas Metzinger claims otherwise: No such thing as a self exists. The conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain - an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is "a virtual self in a virtual reality." But if the self is not "real," why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct it?
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non-specialist literature at its best
- De Esmeralda en 03-17-10
De: Thomas Metzinger
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When Brains Dream
- Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep
- De: Antonio Zadra, Robert Stickgold
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, When Brains Dream debunks common myths while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming.
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Should be "next-up" on your reading list!
- De Paul Coca en 02-21-22
De: Antonio Zadra, y otros
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Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded)
- 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
- De: John Medina
- Narrado por: John Medina
- Duración: 8 h
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In the New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule - what scientists know for sure about how our brains work - and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medina’s fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science.
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Dear Publishers . . .
- De Bekah en 04-06-17
De: John Medina
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- De: Matthew Walker
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
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Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
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I recommend this to EVERYONE
- De M. Balfour en 12-11-17
De: Matthew Walker
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The Brain That Changes Itself
- Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
- De: Norman Doidge M.D.
- Narrado por: Jim Bond
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, MD, traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed - people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable.
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***MIND BLOWN***
- De Laura Elsasser en 04-04-21
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Out of Our Heads
- You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
- De: Alva Noe
- Narrado por: Jay Snyder
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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Alva Noë is one of a new breed - part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist - who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the 200-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the brain.
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A bold, yet ultimately unsupported, hypothesis
- De Keith Pyne-Howarth en 01-17-10
De: Alva Noe
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The Emotional Life of Your Brain
- How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live - and How You Can Change Them
- De: Richard J. Davidson Ph.D., Sharon Begley
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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Why are some people so quick to recover from a setback while others wallow in despair? Why are some people so highly attuned to others that they seem psychic, while other people put both feet in it over and over again? Why are some people always up and others always down? In this hotly anticipated book, award-winning, pioneering neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson answers these questions by offering an entirely new model of our emotions - their origins, their power, and their malleability.
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Looks Like I Will Be The First Reviewer...
- De Douglas en 11-03-13
De: Richard J. Davidson Ph.D., y otros
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The Learning Brain
- De: The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Thad A. Polk PhD Carnegie Mellon University
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? The answers to these questions are merely the tip of the iceberg in The Learning Brain.
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Slow, useful, unconvincing
- De Tintin en 03-02-19
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Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- De: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Ken Albala
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: "Gastronomy governs the whole life of man."
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One of my top 3 favorite courses!
- De Jessica en 12-28-13
De: Ken Albala, y otros
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How Memory Works and Why Your Brain Remembers Wrong
- De: Gabrielle F. Principe, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gabrielle F. Principe
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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“Who are you?” Chances are you’d answer this question by describing the highlights of your personality and life experiences. But if you’d been asked this same question yesterday, you might have responded with a slightly different description. Does that mean you are a particular person today but were a different person yesterday? And what about tomorrow? Welcome to the slippery, shape-shifting nature of memory. As Professor Gabrielle Principe reveals, “you” are the conglomeration of the often-unreliable information your brain decides to feed you at any given moment.
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Outstanding
- De Natasha en 01-20-24
De: Gabrielle F. Principe, y otros
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Understanding the Brain
- De: Jeanette Norden, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jeanette Norden
- Duración: 18 h y 28 m
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Considering everything the brain does, how can it possibly be the source of our personalities, dreams, thoughts, sensations, utterances, and movements? Understanding the Brain, a 36-lecture course by award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden of Vanderbilt University, takes you inside this astonishingly complex organ and shows you how it works. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course helps you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions.
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This is essentially a scam
- De George H. en 05-23-19
De: Jeanette Norden, y otros
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Mind-Body Philosophy
- De: Patrick Grim, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick Grim
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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How is it that our brain creates all the subjective experiences of our lives every single day - the experiences we call reality? That is the mind-body problem. In Mind-Body Philosophy, Professor Patrick Grim of the State University of New York at Stony Brook leads an intellectually exhilarating tour through millennia of philosophy and science addressing one of life's greatest conundrums. But you won't just be a spectator as Dr. Grim engages and encourages each of us to come to our own conclusions.
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Another Great Courses Homerun!
- De Mike en 01-24-17
De: Patrick Grim, y otros
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Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA
- De: Sam Kean, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Sam Kean
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
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Locked inside the DNA of every species that ever lived are endless stories - about origins, ancestors, fate, and much more. Until recently, these secrets were completely inaccessible. But with the help of new technologies, scientists are now reading the hidden history of DNA, making remarkable discoveries about ourselves and our fellow species. Your gateway to this treasure trove of information is Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA, 12 informative and accessible lectures delivered by New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean.
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Great course
- De MyGrnEyesF en 04-29-21
De: Sam Kean, y otros
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The Learning Brain
- De: The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Thad A. Polk PhD Carnegie Mellon University
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? The answers to these questions are merely the tip of the iceberg in The Learning Brain.
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Slow, useful, unconvincing
- De Tintin en 03-02-19
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Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- De: Ken Albala, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Ken Albala
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: "Gastronomy governs the whole life of man."
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One of my top 3 favorite courses!
- De Jessica en 12-28-13
De: Ken Albala, y otros
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How Memory Works and Why Your Brain Remembers Wrong
- De: Gabrielle F. Principe, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gabrielle F. Principe
- Duración: 5 h y 47 m
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“Who are you?” Chances are you’d answer this question by describing the highlights of your personality and life experiences. But if you’d been asked this same question yesterday, you might have responded with a slightly different description. Does that mean you are a particular person today but were a different person yesterday? And what about tomorrow? Welcome to the slippery, shape-shifting nature of memory. As Professor Gabrielle Principe reveals, “you” are the conglomeration of the often-unreliable information your brain decides to feed you at any given moment.
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Outstanding
- De Natasha en 01-20-24
De: Gabrielle F. Principe, y otros
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Understanding the Brain
- De: Jeanette Norden, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jeanette Norden
- Duración: 18 h y 28 m
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Considering everything the brain does, how can it possibly be the source of our personalities, dreams, thoughts, sensations, utterances, and movements? Understanding the Brain, a 36-lecture course by award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden of Vanderbilt University, takes you inside this astonishingly complex organ and shows you how it works. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course helps you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions.
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This is essentially a scam
- De George H. en 05-23-19
De: Jeanette Norden, y otros
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Mind-Body Philosophy
- De: Patrick Grim, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Patrick Grim
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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How is it that our brain creates all the subjective experiences of our lives every single day - the experiences we call reality? That is the mind-body problem. In Mind-Body Philosophy, Professor Patrick Grim of the State University of New York at Stony Brook leads an intellectually exhilarating tour through millennia of philosophy and science addressing one of life's greatest conundrums. But you won't just be a spectator as Dr. Grim engages and encourages each of us to come to our own conclusions.
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Another Great Courses Homerun!
- De Mike en 01-24-17
De: Patrick Grim, y otros
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Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA
- De: Sam Kean, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Sam Kean
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
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Locked inside the DNA of every species that ever lived are endless stories - about origins, ancestors, fate, and much more. Until recently, these secrets were completely inaccessible. But with the help of new technologies, scientists are now reading the hidden history of DNA, making remarkable discoveries about ourselves and our fellow species. Your gateway to this treasure trove of information is Unlocking the Hidden History of DNA, 12 informative and accessible lectures delivered by New York Times best-selling author Sam Kean.
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Great course
- De MyGrnEyesF en 04-29-21
De: Sam Kean, y otros
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Science of Self
- De: Lee M. Silver, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Lee M. Silver
- Duración: 12 h y 3 m
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In 24 thought-provoking lectures designed for nonscientists, this course explores today's exciting field of genomics, the study of the vast storehouse of information contained within chromosomes. Your professor is Princeton University biologist Lee M. Silver, an acclaimed teacher, scientist, and author of popular books on biotechnology, genetics, and their impact on society.
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disappointing, no accompanying figures.
- De Amazon Customer en 02-10-21
De: Lee M. Silver, y otros
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Creativity and Your Brain
- De: Indre Viskontas, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Indre Viskontas
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Shedding light on what creative people do, and how they do it, neuroscientists are mapping the regions of the brain that come into play during creative work, showing that creativity is a skill and something that all of us can cultivate. In these 24 compelling lectures, Professor Viskontas takes you on a deep dive into the human creative faculty. Through the many areas of knowledge within the course, Creativity and Your Brain offers empowering and inspiring guidelines for developing your own creativity.
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Good
- De Cameron S. en 12-19-24
De: Indre Viskontas, y otros
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Great Utopian and Dystopian Works of Literature
- De: Pamela Bedore, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Pamela Bedore
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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Can literature change our real world society? At its foundation, utopian and dystopian fiction asks a few seemingly simple questions aimed at doing just that. Who are we as a society? Who do we want to be? Who are we afraid we might become? When these questions are framed in the speculative versions of Heaven and Hell on earth, you won't find easy answers, but you will find tremendously insightful and often entertaining perspectives.
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A very enjoyable and educational audiobook
- De NH en 04-06-17
De: Pamela Bedore, y otros
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Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
- De: Robert Sapolsky, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: The Great Courses
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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Understanding our humanity - the essence of who we are - is one of the deepest mysteries and biggest challenges in modern science. Why do we have bad moods? Why are we capable of having such strange dreams? How can metaphors in our language hold such sway on our actions? As we learn more about the mechanisms of human behavior through evolutionary biology, neuroscience, anthropology, and other related fields, we're discovering just how intriguing the human species is.
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Somewhat Interesting but not Quite as Advertised
- De Adam J Duhame en 10-05-13
De: Robert Sapolsky, y otros
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Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World
- De: Prince Ea, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Prince Ea
- Duración: 3 h y 21 m
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10 interview-based episodes that take ancient designs and applies them to modern lives. Your expert is Prince EA, an artist and inspirational speaker who’s spent the greater part of his career thinking about the ancient world.
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Ooh my gosh, best course I’ve listened too
- De Margie en 11-08-23
De: Prince Ea, y otros
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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- De: Mark Leary, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Mark Leary
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do.
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I wanted to like this course
- De Diane Tincher en 08-06-18
De: Mark Leary, y otros
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Neuroscience of Everyday Life
- De: The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Sam Wang
- Duración: 17 h y 55 m
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Your nervous system is you. All the thoughts, perceptions, moods, passions, and dreams that make you an active, sentient being are the work of this amazing network of cells. For many centuries, people knew this was true. But no one was sure how it happened. Now, thanks to the exciting new field of neuroscience, we can chart the workings of the brain and the rest of the nervous system in remarkable detail to explain how neurons, synapses, neurotransmitters, and other biological processes produce all the experiences of everyday life, in every stage of life.
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Release date!
- De Amazon Customer en 04-03-19
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The Evidence for Modern Physics
- How We Know What We Know
- De: Professor Don Lincoln, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Don Lincoln
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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In this 24-lesson course aimed at non-scientists, noted particle physicist Dr. Don Lincoln of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory covers more than a century of progress in physics, describing exactly how scientists reach the conclusions they do. He starts with the atom, which was long hypothesized but wasn’t definitively proven until a paper by Albert Einstein in 1905. That was just the beginning, as researchers probed ever deeper into the atom’s complex structure, leading to the weird findings of quantum mechanics.
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Strongly Recommend for Everyone
- De Liam A en 05-23-21
De: Professor Don Lincoln, y otros
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
- De: Gary A. Rendsburg, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Gary A. Rendsburg
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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Whether complete or only fragmentary, the 930 extant Dead Sea Scrolls irrevocably altered how we look at and understand the foundations of faith and religious practice. Now you can get a comprehensive introduction to this unique series of archaeological documents, and to scholars' evolving understanding of their authorship and significance, with these 24 lectures. Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus.
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A comprehensive overview of the Qumran Scrolls
- De Jacobus en 09-25-13
De: Gary A. Rendsburg, y otros
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No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
- De: Robert C. Solomon, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Robert C. Solomon
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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What is life? What is my place in it? What choices do these questions obligate me to make? More than a half-century after it burst upon the intellectual scene - with roots that extend to the mid-19th century - Existentialism's quest to answer these most fundamental questions of individual responsibility, morality, and personal freedom, life has continued to exert a profound attraction.
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Good for even a non-existentialist
- De Gary en 07-24-15
De: Robert C. Solomon, y otros
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Introduction to Cognitive Science
- De: Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thad A. Polk
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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For millennia, philosophers and scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of the mind with only limited success—until now. Today, with modern technologies including the best in neuroscience, medical imaging, and recent advances in artificial intelligence, we are making more progress than ever before. In Introduction to Cognitive Science, Professor Thad A. Polk takes you on a fascinating tour of the latest discoveries in the relatively new field of cognitive science. In 24 exciting lectures, Professor Polk shares dozens of the most challenging questions in cognitive science today.
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AI is over rated
- De hilda shurbaji en 01-19-25
De: Thad A. Polk, y otros
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10 Great What-Ifs of American History
- De: Adam Jortner, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Adam Jortner
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
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Accompanied by a selection of guests, Professor Jortner takes you through a mind-bending exploration of the history that could have been. Captivating storytellers and imaginative thinkers, these experts show how history is contingent on split-second decisions, near misses, and sheer dumb luck. By reflecting on what didn’t happen, 10 Great What-Ifs of American History gives you new insights on what did happen—and the impact on our world today.
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Overacting and Multiple Narrators Distracting
- De homedaddy en 05-09-24
De: Adam Jortner, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Brain Myths Exploded
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- Kevin Potter
- 02-18-19
Awesome course!
Wow, this course was so jam packed with information!
I've been listening to audiobooks about neuroscience lately, and this is the first thing that hasn't left me feeling that the content was extremely superficial and anecdotal.
The speaker had a very natural, conversational way of relating information that makes it fun, while she still challenges a lot of our beliefs and puts things into perspective.
I think my favorite myth that she tackled was the idea that people only use 10% of their brains. Utter nonsense!
If you are even remotely interested in how the brain works and are open to having your beliefs challenged (and in some cases proved wrong!) this is just the thing!
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- 01-12-19
Informative! Enjoyed exploring a new subject!
Great lectures and interesting. Helpful in understanding lots of things I didn't understand. I'll probably revisit this lecture again.
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- Jacque
- 03-09-22
Interesting, informative, and inspiring!
This was a great book and left me feeling more inquisitive to further learn. Also incorporates different perspectives and promotes thoughtfulness.
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- Adi
- 02-23-18
Very interesting
Great lecture. Even tough I read a lot on the brain I learned a lot. Full of interesting points.And served in a fun way.
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- Murcielago
- 02-04-18
excellently presented
professor was great, material interesting, well organized, learned a lot, another fifteen words are needed in total
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- Glenda
- 01-17-19
The story was about the human brain
This book talks about many neuroscience subjects and also about the human brain in the beginning it talks about neuroplasticity and how no two brains will ever be the same it talks about how the brain ages over time and how you can slow down the effects of aging and it also talks about how old people have a cognitive decline as they get older the story was good but the performance was not the book also talks about technology and how technology makes us less smart but it also adds an extension to our memory overall I think you should not get the book because it is very expensive you should use an audible token to buy the book.
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- Aleksi
- 01-19-18
Great info for those nice to know conversations
It's a great introduction into different matters of the brain and its workings. After this you can start to deepen your knowledge with the different topics.
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- KazooGuy
- 06-30-24
Great narration and a compelling series
The content and the quality of delivery combined to give me high confidence in the information.
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- Cariad Chester
- 03-12-17
Perfect mix of information and entertainment
I just finished Brain Myths Exploded and loved every minute of the course. Indre does an incredible job mixing high-quality information with an entertaining delivery. Lots of great anecdotes and explanations delivered in memorable and accessible ways. I would absolutely recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about the brain. I studied neuroscience in college and found Indre's summaries and commentary much more enjoyable and clearer than my classes!
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- Daniel
- 05-22-17
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Excellent performance and documentation of the facts and myths about human brain. Great voice of the author helped me enjoy the book.
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