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Most of us probably assume we do a pretty good job of thinking as we go about our work or personal lives. Art Markman’s book, Smart Thinking, shows us how wrong many of us are -- but it also shows us how to begin to change the way we think. This is a fascinating book for ...

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Imagine growing up in a family in which the father reads to his children every night before they go to bed. Now imagine that the stories he reads are those about Sherlock Holmes. Such is Maria Konnikova's introduction to the celebrated sleuth and subject of her intriguing book, Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. ...

Suicidal poets use “I” more. Presidential candidates who say “we” come across as arrogant and aloof toward their audience. In the week after September 11, 2001, bloggers’ use of “I” spiked to exponential highs. Curious? So was James Pennebaker. Dr. Pennebaker, psychology ...

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In his latest book, Are We Getting Smarter?, James R. Flynn tackles serious debates. Flynn is a psychologist, professor, and author of 12 books — most notably Where Have All the Liberals Gone? (Cambridge, 2008) and, the precursor to this book, What Is Intelligence? (Cambridge, 2007). He is influential in his field; the trend he previously ...

Heart failure has been linked to detrimental changes in the brain, says new research published recently in the European Heart Journal. The condition may occur due to ischemic heart disease or high blood pressure, and affects about three percent of all adults. As heart failure has been linked to depression and cognitive impairment, Professor Osvaldo ...

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There’s a great quote from Charles Darwin that forms the basis of Wendy Jago’s new book: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” This is the thesis of Wired for Success: Using NLP to Activate Your ...

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"Chicken Soup for the Soul: Boost Your Brain Power! You Can Improve and Energize Your Brain at Any Age" is an empowering collection of stories on how anyone, at any age, can enhance their brain power. This anthology of stories is accompanied by advice from renowned brain expert Dr. Marie Pasinski. She wrote it with the help ...

Teaching is hard enough, but when you have a child who has a hard time focusing, it can seem impossible! I’m talking about the type of child who has the uncontrollable need to fidget ...

It happens every semester. A freshman shyly approaches me after the first class with the form from the advising center stating that the student has a documented learning disability and needs reasonable accommodations. I always ask to meet with the ...

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When many people think of immigrants disembarking at Ellis Island a century ago, they imagine swarms of recent arrivals being examined for infectious diseases and many being quarantined or turned away because they were deemed a threat to public health. But in Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Intelligence Testing at Ellis Island, the British scholar ...

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The Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology is a streamlined compilation of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), which use multidisciplinary views to help understand the human mind. The objective of this relatively new field is to study “the ways in which relationships and the brain interact to shape our mental lives” and “is meant ...

Unlike his colleague Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler -- another early 20th century psychologist -- wasn’t interested in analyzing the psyche of individuals. Instead, he focused on the degree to which people feel nested in community. To Adler, the ...