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1) Cognition
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There are many aspects of cognition: thinking, understanding, learning, remembering, problem solving, language and more. This guide explains what affects your thinking (e.g., age, sleep problems, medications) and what cognitive changes can happen in Parkinson's disease. It includes coping tips for both people with Parkinson's and care partners and stories that show strategies others use to manage their thinking changes.
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While the general wisdom has it that behaviorism is dead, it not only survives but is intellectually active in areas such as psychological theory, the analysis of language and cognition, and behavioral economics. It is a successful, albeit limited, source of behavioral science. Its chief difficulty arises when its practitioners look out from their laboratory windows and attempt to explain the complexities of human behavior that will never be amenable...
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La mise en liaison des modes de production, de diffusion et de partage de connaissances différents fonde la légitimité de toute démarche dite «cognitive». Le souhait de montrer, dans les collectifs socioprofessionnels, la variété des formes de cognition ainsi que leur ordonnancement possible est au cœur de l'ouvrage Une stratégie de la cognition. Pour chaque expérience professionnelle collective, un «champ cognitif» peut faire l'objet...
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Pedagogical Perspectives on Cognition and Writing addresses a scholarly audience in writing studies, specifically scholars and teachers of writing, writing program administrators, and writing center scholars and administrators. Chapters focus on the place of cognition in threshold concepts, teaching for transfer, rhetorical theory, trauma theory, genre, writing centers, community writing, and applications of the Framework for Success in Postsecondary...
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For the creative fulfillment of writers, who identify as runners, walkers, or movers, Running, Thinking, Writing: Embodied Cognition in Composition unveils the varied understandings of the relationship between writing activity and physical activity. Jackie Hoermann-Elliott provides an interdisciplinary overview of relevant research from the fields of composition studies, cognitive science, neuroscience, and sports psychology before proposing a new...
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Aimeriez-vous pouvoir penser intelligemment avec un esprit clair? Pendant très longtemps, des techniques de pensée intelligentes et de pensée critique ont été utilisées pour améliorer tous les aspects de la vie des gens!
L'utilisation de la pensée intelligente aide les personnes à mener une vie plus saine et plus prospère.
Contenu du livre :
- Prendre des décisions intelligentes.
- Améliorer les relations.
- Améliorer le potentiel de...
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An alien race known as the Xzebuliens that exists in an alternate universe has developed the technology to create a rift in our own, that appears on the blind side of the moon. They send asteroids through the rift and deflect them to land on all the major continents of Earth, containing a virus engineered to wipe out the human race, so they can leave their dying world behind after we are gone. There will however, be limitations to the virus, like...
12) How We Think
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"How We Think" by John Dewey is a groundbreaking exploration of the process of thinking and its role in education and problem-solving. In this influential work, Dewey delves into the nature of intelligence, inquiry, and reflective thought, offering valuable insights into how individuals can enhance their thinking abilities and engage in meaningful learning experiences. The book begins by challenging traditional notions of thinking as a passive, linear...
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The brain gets fed first! That is the important idea for the book, The Hungry Brain's Nutrition
Cognition Connection that relates to: mood, mind, memory and behavior. After several
years of teaching children with attention deficit disorder (ADD and ADHD), learning
disabilities, and severe behavior problems Dr. Augustine decided to look to the brain and to
biochemistry.
The theme throughout the book is biochemical individuality and feeding...
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Would you like to be able to think intelligently with a clear mind? For the longest time, intelligent thought and critical thinking techniques have been utilized to enhance all aspects of people’s lives!
Utilizing intelligent thinking helps individuals with living healthier & more prosperous lives.
What’s Inside:
- Make Intelligent Decisions.
- Improve Relationships.
- Improve Earning Potential.
- Improve Energy.
- Improve Overall Health.
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Feed the brain first to make the nutrition/cognition connection! Focusing on nutrition's role in promoting learning, the author calls on educators to model good food choices for their students. Building on a simple three-part framework of plant foods, animal foods, and junk foods, and incorporating exercise, the text shows educators how:
Healthy eating provides a powerful link to learning
Childhood obesity, food allergies, and other disorders may...
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No reader curious about our "little grey cells" will want to pass up Harvard neuroscientist John E. Dowling's brief introduction to the brain. In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating Mind, Dowling conveys the essence and vitality of the field of neuroscience--examining the progress we've made in understanding how brains work, and shedding light on discoveries having to do with aging, mental illness, and brain health. The first half of...
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Mental Models - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Think Differently, How to Rewire Your Brain and How to Mind Map.
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HOW TO THINK DIFFERENTLY:
7 Steps to Master Mental Models, Critical Thinking, Decision Making & Problem Solving.
YOU WILL LEARN:How to become the master of your choices.How to develop your critical thinking abilities.How to think logically and reasonably.How to learn to see the bigger picture.How to become a master...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Physical and Chemical Bases of Intelligence and Cognition is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"In The End of Alzheimer's Dale Bredesen laid out the science behind his revolutionary new program that is the first to both prevent and reverse symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Now he lays out the detailed program he uses with his own patients. Accessible and detailed, it can be tailored to anyone's needs and will enhance cognitive ability at any age. What we call Alzheimer's disease is actually a protective response to a wide variety of insults...
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Great Courses volume 14
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Turn to cases where music cognition breaks down in disorders such as dystimbria and amusia. General Ulysses S. Grant and novelist Vladimir Nabokov appear to have been affected by amusia. Investigate what they and others with similar deficits miss when listening to music, and explore the underlying cause.
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