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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Presents a new theory of personality types that describes how the top and bottom parts of the brain work together which differs from the left brain vs. right brain theory. In doing so, four modes of thought are introduced: Mover, Perceiver, Stimulator, and Adaptor.
Author
Language
English
Description
“Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’s fixations, so you can stop seeking and start living.”٬٢٠١٤؛Melissa Urban, Whole30 CEO and New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Boundaries “Michael Easter’s genius is that he puts data around the edges of what we intuitively believe. His work has inspired many to change their lives for the better.”٬٢٠١٤؛Dr. Peter Attia, #1 New York Times...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
Encourages parents to help optimize their child's neural development along with their vocabularies to ensure future success in school and life through tuning in to what they are doing, speaking to them using many descriptive words, and engaging them in conversations.
44) The philosophical baby: what children's minds tell us about truth, love, and the meaning of life
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
46) Trucks on trucks
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While exploring basic concepts such as size, shape, color, numbers, professions and communtiy, this lively picture book features page after page of trucks hauling trucks.--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
''From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. Utilizing the linguistic insights of her "witty and brilliant" (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks while foraging for fish, we find clear examples of the transmission of information among cetaceans. Just as human cultures pass on languages and turns of phrase, tastes in food (and in how it is acquired),...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Drawing on extraordinary research to help parents and teachers guide the next generation to become perceptive and insightful thinkers, the author offers a scientifically based approach that will encourage children’s intellectual growth and set them on the path of inquiry, invention and ideas.
"Susan Engel has spent her career observing and interacting with children as they learn. Drawing on a wealth of research-her own and others'-Engel shows parents...
Author
Publisher
Corwin
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
"Marcia Tate's Preparing Children for Success in School and Life: 20 Ways to Enhance Your Child's Brain Power is an authoritative and practical guide for parents who are interested in creating a brain-compatible home environment conducive to the optimal growth and development of their children. In this collection of recommended best practices, Tate draws on what we know about how our brains behave and learn, the latest research in human growth and...
Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and neuroscientist offers simple, scientifically proven steps to help parents show their children how to overcome the unhealthy thinking habits that contribute to anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts, so they can replace them with positive thinking that leads to health, happiness, and success"--
"Every Parent's Guide to Supporting Their Child's Mental Health Increasingly, children ages 3-10 are struggling with anxiety,...
Author
Publisher
Owl Kids
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Describes seventeen ways in which some people are unlike everyone else because of differerences in their bodies or their brains, and interviews people with these conditions, many of whom did not know there was anyone else like them.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Distilling insights from dozens of interviews and hundreds of research studies from around the world, an MIT and Harvard-trained brain researcher turned Silicon Valley technologist, introduces the cutting-edge world of neuroscience and biohacking to help transform your cognition in just 15 minutes a day.
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