Titoli in Neuroscienza e neuropsicologia

"El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero" se convirtió inmediatamente en un clásico y consagró a Oliver Sacks como "uno de los grandes escritores clínicos del siglo" (The New York Times). En este audiolibro, Oliver Sacks narra veinte historiales médicos de pacientes perdidos en el mundo extraño y aparentemente irremediable de las enfermedades neurológicas. Se trata de casos de individuos, aquejados por inauditas aberraciones de la percepción que han perdido la memoria, y con ella, la mayor parte de su pasado.

This audiobook will be your basic guide to everything you need to know on how you can develop and nurture your brain. You will discover how to improve specific aspects of your brain as well as its overall function.

You rely on your memory in virtually every aspect of your life. In this engrossing audio series, cognitive psychology professor Daniel Reisberg shares modern scientific research on the function and failures of memory. You’ll cover theoretical points, delving into the biology of memory and memory disorders, as well as gain practical information that can help you improve your memory.

'Fun, but still deeply, rigorously researched.' - Professor Neil Shyminsky 'A true masterpiece. Rachel Barr has done a phenomenal job breaking down the complexities of the human mind.' - Jeffrey Meltzer, LMHC 'Insightful and relatable psychoeducation that demystifies the brain . . . it’s a...

In this age of hypercompetition, the Internet constitutes a powerful tool for inventing radical new business models that will leave your rivals scrambling. But as brain scientist and entrepreneur Jeffrey Stibel explains in Wired for Thought, you have to understand its true nature. The Internet is more than just a series of interconnected computer networks; it's the first real replication of the human brain outside the human body.

Das Gehirn ist zwar kein Muskel, ähnelt der Muskulatur jedoch in einer Hinsicht sehr: Nur mit regelmäßigem Training lassen sich maximale Leistungsfähigkeit erzielen, geistiger Abbau verhindern und bis ins hohe Alter mentale Fitness, Eigenständigkeit und Unabhängigkeit erhalten. Das ist zum Glück weder kompliziert noch schweißtreibend, lässt sich auch bei vollem Terminkalender problemlos nebenbei bewältigen – und mit diesem Buch wird das Gehirnjogging zum unkomplizierten Vergnügen.

In einer Welt voller Ablenkungen und ständiger Informationsflut wird es immer schwieriger, den Fokus zu behalten und mental auf höchstem Niveau zu performen. Besser Denken bietet Ihnen wissenschaftlich fundierte Methoden, um Ihre geistige Leistungsfähigkeit zu maximieren und Ihr Gehirn für bessere Konzentration, schnelleres Lernen und effektivere Problemlösungen zu trainieren. Lernen Sie, wie Sie mit gezielten Gehirn-Hacks und einfachen, aber kraftvollen Techniken Ihre mentale Klarheit und Konzentration schärfen.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Voderholzer und sein Expertenteam von der Schön Klinik Roseneck zeigen, wie mithilfe der Exposition, einer Methode aus der Kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie, Schritt für Schritt die Kontrolle über Ihr Leben zurückgewonnen werden kann. Die Lösung heißt: Konfrontation statt Vermeidung.

Professor Allison Friederichs will walk you through six lessons that can help you better know your own mind, and thus understand and transform your own methods of communication. You will learn how your brain acquires, processes, and retains information. You can then take that knowledge and apply it whenever you need to convey something to others, with the best possible results. While you may not have any control over how other people communicate, developing your own methods of connection and conversation can have a positive impact on both your personal and professional life.

Stress affects both body and mind - leading to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, as well as physical illnesses. In this guide, a professor of kinesiology shows listeners how embodying positive emotions such as gratitude, compassion, empathy, and love can rewire the body’s stress response, ignite a sense of calm and connection, and lay the foundation for strength and resilience in the face of everyday stress.

From Parkinson’s disease to Tourette’s syndrome and depression to psychopathy, Broken Brains reveals the mysteries of brain function - and dysfunction. In this no-nonsense introduction, Ian Mitchell takes you on a tour through the sometimes devastating and sometimes bizarre effects of what happens when brains break down.

The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight blends neuroanatomy with psychology to show how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace. For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our...

Boost mental sharpness today and prevent cognitive decline tomorrow, including Alzheimer’s disease, with science-backed strategies that will extend your brain’s longevity beyond what you thought was possible. “Dr. Tommy Wood has spent years at the intersection of neuroscience and...

Leading pain expert Dr. Rachel Zoffness bridges the gap between medicine and psychology to get to the heart of understanding—and treating—pain—it's The Body Keeps the Score for chronic pain. Every one of us will experience pain, be it back pain, the pain of childbirth, or living in an...

Modern times are stressful - and it's killing us. Unfortunately, we can't avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original approach to help listeners harness the power of positive emotions and overcome stress for good.

Discover the ten thinker-types that help you to understand your colleagues, friends, family - and yourself 'Deeply insightful. An essential guide to our many ways of thinking.' CAMILLA PANG '[Ostrowski] is frighteningly clever... with a talent for clear, accessible writing.' DAILY MAIL What is...

Racking your brain? Drawing a blank? Maybe it’s not such a bad thing… Until recently, it was largely believed that forgetting served no purpose. Besides causing slight frustration, the odd slip of the mind was thought of as an inevitable but harmless defect in the brain’s functionality...

Heute gehen wir selbstverständlich davon aus, dass seelische Prozesse mit der Funktion des Gehirns zusammenhängen. Jedoch entzieht sich die Komplexität des Dargestellten oft unserem Verständnishorizont. Nichtmediziner_innen fehlen die notwendigen Grundinformationen, um die Befunde und ihre Bedeutung auch für die Behandlung seelischer Krankheiten zu verstehen. Diese sind allerdings für alle helfenden Berufe wichtig, um z. B. die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten eines Menschen einzuschätzen.

Wie oft haben wir uns schon gewünscht, anders zu sein? Besser, erfolgreicher, mutiger? Weil wir glauben, dass unser Leben dann erfüllter wäre. Doch was, wenn gerade dieses Streben nach ständiger Selbstoptimierung uns von der ersehnten Erfüllung fernhält? Vielmehr lädt dieses Hörbuch dazu ein, heimzukommen – in den eigenen Körper, zu unseren Gefühlen und ins authentische Sein. Statt vorgefertigter Übungspläne öffnet es einen Raum, in dem wir innehalten, unseren Körper spüren und uns selbst wieder begegnen können.

Brought to you by Penguin. Our goal should not be to eliminate vulnerability, but to harness its power. This is a roadmap for figuring out how. We know the gut-wrenching feeling: that post-conversation replay, cringing at how much we just revealed. We live in fear of saying too much, so we keep...