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      By Nichols, Wallace J
       2014., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: 155.91 N623b   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "We know instinctively that being near water makes us healthier and happier, reduces stress, and brings us peace. But why? A wave of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and medical research illuminates the physiological and brain processes that underlie our transformative connection to water. Proximity to water can improve performance in a wide range of fields, increase calm and diminish anxiety much better than medication, amplify creativity, artistic and otherwise, increase generosity and compassion, increase professional success, improve our overall health and well-being and reinforce our connection to the natural world and one another"--From publisher description.
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      By Hanson, Rick
       [2013], Adult, Harmony Books Call No: 158 H251h   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "... tells you why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Your brain was wired this way when it evolved, primed to learn quickly from bad experiences, but not so much from the good ones. It's an ancient survival mechanism that turned the brain into Velcro for the negative, but Teflon for the positive. Life isn't easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated and stressed, instead of confident, secure and happy. Every day is filled with opportunities to build these strengths inside, but the brain is designed to ignore and waste them. This makes you come down harder on yourself than you do other people, feel inadequate even though you get a hundred things done, and lonely even when support is all around. Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed neuropsychologist and internationally bestselling author, shows us what we can do to override the brain's default programming. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures that stick to happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Dr. Hanson's four steps build a brain strong enough to withstand its ancient negativity bias, allowing contentment and a powerful sense of well-being to become the new normal. In mere minutes each day, we can transform our brains into oases of calm and happiness. We can hardwire in happiness"--From publisher description.
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      By Ananthaswamy, Anil
       c2015., Adult, Dutton Call No: 616.8 A534m    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders--revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from science journalist Anil Ananthaswamy. Venture into the lives of individuals who have lost some part of what we think of as our self, but they then offer remarkable, sometimes heart-wrenching insights into what remains. One man cut off his own leg. Another became one with the universe. Recent research into Alzheimer's illuminates how memory creates your narrative self by using the same part of your brain for your past as for your future. Those afflicted with Cotard's syndrome think they are already dead. Neuroscience has identified specific regions of the brain that, when they misfire, can cause the self to move back and forth between the body and a doppelganger, or to leave the body entirely. So where in the brain is the self actually located? Neuroscientists now see that the elusive sense of self is both everywhere and nowhere in the human brain"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Sharot, Tali
       c2011., Pantheon Books Call No: 612.8 S531o   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: From a leading neuroscience researcher, an exploration of the neural basis of optimism, and how the brain simulates the future. How does the brain generate hope? How does it trick us into moving forward? What happens when it fails? How do the brains of optimists differ from those of pessimists? Psychologists have long been aware that most people tend to entertain an irrationally positive outlook on their lives. Optimism may be so crucial to our existence that it is hard-wired into our brains. With the emergence of MRI brain imaging, we are beginning to understand the neural mechanisms and to understand the biological basis of optimism, and how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional and emotional decisions.
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      By Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
       2017., General, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Bio S121r   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "A collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders - autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude). Sacks, an Oxford-educated polymath, had a deep familiarity not only with literature and medicine but with botany, animal anatomy, chemistry, the history of science, philosophy, and psychology. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human"--Provided by publisher.
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      -- Sex, drugs and rock and roll.
      By Cormier, Zoe
       [2015], Adult, Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group Call No: 500 C811s    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Explores science at the edge, where scientists ask big, strange questions -- and sometimes experiment on themselves to find answers. It shines a light into the lesser-known corners of scientific research to gain insight into the nature of consciousness, happiness, and humanity. Why do certain patterns of sound send shivers down our spines and tickle ancient parts of our brains? How did a chemist's quest to create a drug to ease the pain of childbirth result in the creation of LSD? Zoe Cormier is a freelance journalist with a background in zoology. Originally from Toronto, she now lives in London"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
       c2010., W.W. Norton Call No: 612.80285 C312s   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: 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 evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. Building on insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a case that every information technology carries a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. The printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In contrast, the Internet encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information. As we become ever more adept at scanning and skimming, are we losing our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection?--From publisher description.
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      By Thomson, Helen
       2019., Adult, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 612.82 T483u   Edition: First Ecco Paperback Edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain through nine extraordinary cases. Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathize, and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced - or disappeared overnight? From the man who thinks he's a tiger to the doctor who feels the pain of others just by looking at them to a woman who hears music that's not there these people have had experiences that illustrate how the brain can shape our lives in unexpected and, in some cases, brilliant and alarming ways.