Author: Michael Hutchinson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345410320
Category : Biofeedback training
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scientists have learned more about the brain in the last decade than in all of previous history, and the implications of the latest research are clear: The human brain is far more powerful, and has the potential for immensely greater growth and transformation, than was ever before imagined. These discoveries may constitute the most significant development in learning since the invention of writing. Michael Hutchison captures all the drama, excitement, and adventure as we finally begin to comprehend the most mysterious and complex structure in the universe, the source of human culture, a still untapped reservoir of power and skills. He looks at the recently developed machines and devices that may soon allow us to increase brain size and intelligence; regenerate brain cells; trigger specific brain states such as euphoria, long- and short-term memory, sexual excitement, and creativity; and control the brain's electrical activity in order to alter such "involuntary" mechanisms as blood pressure, heart rate, and the secretion of hormones. Megabrain is a lucid and lively account of where the pioneers in brain research are headed -- and where they are taking us.
Mega Brain
Author: Michael Hutchinson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345410320
Category : Biofeedback training
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scientists have learned more about the brain in the last decade than in all of previous history, and the implications of the latest research are clear: The human brain is far more powerful, and has the potential for immensely greater growth and transformation, than was ever before imagined. These discoveries may constitute the most significant development in learning since the invention of writing. Michael Hutchison captures all the drama, excitement, and adventure as we finally begin to comprehend the most mysterious and complex structure in the universe, the source of human culture, a still untapped reservoir of power and skills. He looks at the recently developed machines and devices that may soon allow us to increase brain size and intelligence; regenerate brain cells; trigger specific brain states such as euphoria, long- and short-term memory, sexual excitement, and creativity; and control the brain's electrical activity in order to alter such "involuntary" mechanisms as blood pressure, heart rate, and the secretion of hormones. Megabrain is a lucid and lively account of where the pioneers in brain research are headed -- and where they are taking us.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345410320
Category : Biofeedback training
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scientists have learned more about the brain in the last decade than in all of previous history, and the implications of the latest research are clear: The human brain is far more powerful, and has the potential for immensely greater growth and transformation, than was ever before imagined. These discoveries may constitute the most significant development in learning since the invention of writing. Michael Hutchison captures all the drama, excitement, and adventure as we finally begin to comprehend the most mysterious and complex structure in the universe, the source of human culture, a still untapped reservoir of power and skills. He looks at the recently developed machines and devices that may soon allow us to increase brain size and intelligence; regenerate brain cells; trigger specific brain states such as euphoria, long- and short-term memory, sexual excitement, and creativity; and control the brain's electrical activity in order to alter such "involuntary" mechanisms as blood pressure, heart rate, and the secretion of hormones. Megabrain is a lucid and lively account of where the pioneers in brain research are headed -- and where they are taking us.
Mega Brain Power
Author: Michael Hutchison
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492820154
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This is the amazing follow up book after the original classic "Mega Brain" revolutionized the mind tech in USA and around the world. The book is still the single best resource for anyone interested in discovering how to benefit from the original research. It includes many topics from sports to intelligence, from sex to healing, from biofeedback to re-scripting. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONE: The Brain Revolution In Search of Tools for Waking Up TWO: Peak Performance Brain Waves THREE: Whole-Brain Power FOUR: Working Out In the Brain Gym: The New Science of Brain Growth and Mind Fitness FIVE: Taking Charge: Biofeedback and Brain Power SIX: Sound: The Heartbeat of Life SEVEN: Light Power EIGHT: The Technicolor Symphony: Orchestrating Your Brain with Light and Sound NINE: Electric Brain Power: Recharging the Batteries TEN: Motion and the Brain ELEVEN: Supercharging Your Senses: Acoustic Field Generators TWELVE: Sounds of Silence, Visions from the Void: Reduced Stimulation THIRTEEN: Changing Channels: Brain Tuning and State Change FOURTEEN: Deep Relaxation on Command FIFTEEN: Beyond Relaxation: Self-Hypnosis and Suggestion SIXTEEN: Seeing in the Mind's Eye: Visualization SEVENTEEN: Deep Self: Exploration and Transformation EIGHTEEN: REscriptING NINETEEN: Your Tools for Superintelligence TWENTY: Becoming the Ultimate Athlete TWENTY-ONE: The Mental Edge: Peak Performance and the Inner Game TWENTY-TWO: Brain-Powered Sex TWENTY-THREE: Creativity TWENTY-FOUR: Awakening and Transcendence: Techno-Shamanism and the Democratization of Bliss TWENTY-FIVE: Riding the Big Wave: Ultradian Rhythms and Mind Machines TWENTY-SIX: Full-Speed Recovery: Ending Addiction and Substance Abuse TWENTY-SEVEN: Your High-Tech Weight-Loss System TWENTY-EIGHT: Free At Last: Ending Anxiety, Depression and Phobias TWENTY-NINE: Ending the Reign of Pain THIRTY: From Learning Disabilities to Learning Superabilities THIRTY-ONE: Supercharging Your Immune System THIRTY-TWO: Brain Power Nutrients THIRTY-THREE: the smart drug revolution cognition-enhancement drugs and peak performance pills THIRTY-FOUR: Using Smart Drugs with Mind Machines bibliography RESOURCES
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492820154
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This is the amazing follow up book after the original classic "Mega Brain" revolutionized the mind tech in USA and around the world. The book is still the single best resource for anyone interested in discovering how to benefit from the original research. It includes many topics from sports to intelligence, from sex to healing, from biofeedback to re-scripting. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ONE: The Brain Revolution In Search of Tools for Waking Up TWO: Peak Performance Brain Waves THREE: Whole-Brain Power FOUR: Working Out In the Brain Gym: The New Science of Brain Growth and Mind Fitness FIVE: Taking Charge: Biofeedback and Brain Power SIX: Sound: The Heartbeat of Life SEVEN: Light Power EIGHT: The Technicolor Symphony: Orchestrating Your Brain with Light and Sound NINE: Electric Brain Power: Recharging the Batteries TEN: Motion and the Brain ELEVEN: Supercharging Your Senses: Acoustic Field Generators TWELVE: Sounds of Silence, Visions from the Void: Reduced Stimulation THIRTEEN: Changing Channels: Brain Tuning and State Change FOURTEEN: Deep Relaxation on Command FIFTEEN: Beyond Relaxation: Self-Hypnosis and Suggestion SIXTEEN: Seeing in the Mind's Eye: Visualization SEVENTEEN: Deep Self: Exploration and Transformation EIGHTEEN: REscriptING NINETEEN: Your Tools for Superintelligence TWENTY: Becoming the Ultimate Athlete TWENTY-ONE: The Mental Edge: Peak Performance and the Inner Game TWENTY-TWO: Brain-Powered Sex TWENTY-THREE: Creativity TWENTY-FOUR: Awakening and Transcendence: Techno-Shamanism and the Democratization of Bliss TWENTY-FIVE: Riding the Big Wave: Ultradian Rhythms and Mind Machines TWENTY-SIX: Full-Speed Recovery: Ending Addiction and Substance Abuse TWENTY-SEVEN: Your High-Tech Weight-Loss System TWENTY-EIGHT: Free At Last: Ending Anxiety, Depression and Phobias TWENTY-NINE: Ending the Reign of Pain THIRTY: From Learning Disabilities to Learning Superabilities THIRTY-ONE: Supercharging Your Immune System THIRTY-TWO: Brain Power Nutrients THIRTY-THREE: the smart drug revolution cognition-enhancement drugs and peak performance pills THIRTY-FOUR: Using Smart Drugs with Mind Machines bibliography RESOURCES
The Brain-Dead Megaphone
Author: George Saunders
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408822520
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional and reveals it to be brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness. As he faces a political and cultural reality saturated with lazy media, false promises and political doublespeak, Saunders invokes the wisdom of American literary heroes Twain, Vonnegut and Barthelme and inspires us to re-examine our assumptions about the world we live in, as we struggle to discover what is really there.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408822520
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this, his first collection of essays, Saunders trains his eye on the real world rather than the fictional and reveals it to be brimming with wonderful, marvellous strangeness. As he faces a political and cultural reality saturated with lazy media, false promises and political doublespeak, Saunders invokes the wisdom of American literary heroes Twain, Vonnegut and Barthelme and inspires us to re-examine our assumptions about the world we live in, as we struggle to discover what is really there.
Mega Brain Power
Author: Michael Hutchison
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The thinking person's guide to finding and using mind machines--the cutting-edge, inexpensive new technology for tapping into and improving brain power. Human beings never use 90% of their brain power, but a growing mental fitness movement is changing that with technological mind-expansion. Photos and line drawings.
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The thinking person's guide to finding and using mind machines--the cutting-edge, inexpensive new technology for tapping into and improving brain power. Human beings never use 90% of their brain power, but a growing mental fitness movement is changing that with technological mind-expansion. Photos and line drawings.
Building a Second Brain
Author: Tiago Forte
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982167386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Building a second brain is getting things done for the digital age. It's a ... productivity method for consuming, synthesizing, and remembering the vast amount of information we take in, allowing us to become more effective and creative and harness the unprecedented amount of technology we have at our disposal"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982167386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Building a second brain is getting things done for the digital age. It's a ... productivity method for consuming, synthesizing, and remembering the vast amount of information we take in, allowing us to become more effective and creative and harness the unprecedented amount of technology we have at our disposal"--
Washing the Brain
Author: Andrew Goatly
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027227133
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Contemporary metaphor theory has recently begun to address the relation between metaphor, culture and ideology. In this wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly, using lexical data from his database Metalude, investigates how conceptual metaphor themes construct our thinking and social behaviour in fields as diverse as architecture, engineering, education, genetics, ecology, economics, politics, industrial time-management, medicine, immigration, race, and sex. He argues that metaphor themes are created not only through the universal body but also through cultural experience, so that an apparently universal metaphor such as event-structure as realized in English grammar is, in fact, culturally relative, compared with e.g. the construal of 'cause and effect' in the Algonquin language Blackfoot. Moreover, event-structure as a model is both scientifically reactionary and, as the basis for technological mega-projects, has proved environmentally harmful. Furthermore, the ideologies of early capitalism created or exploited a selection of metaphor themes historically traceable through Hobbes, Hume, Smith, Malthus and Darwin. These metaphorical concepts support neo-Darwinian and neo-conservative ideologies apparent at the beginning of the 21st century, ideologies underpinning our social and environmental crises. The conclusion therefore recommends skepticism of metaphor's reductionist tendencies.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027227133
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Contemporary metaphor theory has recently begun to address the relation between metaphor, culture and ideology. In this wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly, using lexical data from his database Metalude, investigates how conceptual metaphor themes construct our thinking and social behaviour in fields as diverse as architecture, engineering, education, genetics, ecology, economics, politics, industrial time-management, medicine, immigration, race, and sex. He argues that metaphor themes are created not only through the universal body but also through cultural experience, so that an apparently universal metaphor such as event-structure as realized in English grammar is, in fact, culturally relative, compared with e.g. the construal of 'cause and effect' in the Algonquin language Blackfoot. Moreover, event-structure as a model is both scientifically reactionary and, as the basis for technological mega-projects, has proved environmentally harmful. Furthermore, the ideologies of early capitalism created or exploited a selection of metaphor themes historically traceable through Hobbes, Hume, Smith, Malthus and Darwin. These metaphorical concepts support neo-Darwinian and neo-conservative ideologies apparent at the beginning of the 21st century, ideologies underpinning our social and environmental crises. The conclusion therefore recommends skepticism of metaphor's reductionist tendencies.
The Brain Electric
Author: Malcolm Gay
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374139849
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies that will enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs and will give all of us the power to manipulate computers and other objects through thought alone. These fiercely competitive scientists are vying for government and venture capital funding, prestige, and wealth. Part life-altering cure, part science fiction, part Defense Department dream, these cutting edge brain-computer interfaces promise to improve lives-but they also hold the potential to augment soldiers' combat capabilities. In The Brain Electric, Malcolm Gay follows the dramatic emergence of these technologies, taking us behind the scenes in operating rooms, startups, and research labs, where the future is unfolding. With access to many of the field's top scientists, Gay illuminates this extraordinary race-where science, medicine, profit, and war converge-for the first time. But this isn't just a story about technology. At the heart of the scientists' research is a group of brave patient-volunteers, whose lives are given new meaning through these experiments. The Brain Electric asks us to rethink our relationship to technology, our bodies, even consciousness itself, challenging our assumptions about what it means to be human.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374139849
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies that will enable paraplegics and wounded soldiers to move prosthetic limbs and will give all of us the power to manipulate computers and other objects through thought alone. These fiercely competitive scientists are vying for government and venture capital funding, prestige, and wealth. Part life-altering cure, part science fiction, part Defense Department dream, these cutting edge brain-computer interfaces promise to improve lives-but they also hold the potential to augment soldiers' combat capabilities. In The Brain Electric, Malcolm Gay follows the dramatic emergence of these technologies, taking us behind the scenes in operating rooms, startups, and research labs, where the future is unfolding. With access to many of the field's top scientists, Gay illuminates this extraordinary race-where science, medicine, profit, and war converge-for the first time. But this isn't just a story about technology. At the heart of the scientists' research is a group of brave patient-volunteers, whose lives are given new meaning through these experiments. The Brain Electric asks us to rethink our relationship to technology, our bodies, even consciousness itself, challenging our assumptions about what it means to be human.
The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!
Author: Todd Clark
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449458491
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
When Irwin Snackcracker leaves for school in the morning all he can think about is pizza, tater-tots, and winning first place in the booger contest. He leaps down the bannister, quickly eats breakfast before brushing his teeth and dashing out the door. Little does Irwin know, this day will change his life. He is just one brain freeze away from superpowers! When Irwin unexpectedly scores the last Fudgsicle left in the ice cream cart at school, he finds out that he is no longer an ordinary fourth grader. Taking a big bite of the delicious frozen treat transforms Irwin into "The Ice Cream Kid" who, with a steady supply of ice cream, has the ability to run at lightning speed and talk to animals along the way! Even though Irwin isn't sure if he wants to fight crime, he puts riding bikes with his friends on hold to learn how his new powers work. With his superhero Grandpa and sarcastic side-kick, Bert the pigeon, Irwin learns to control his powers, culminating in the ultimate showdown with Sweaty Crocker, the villainous evil lunch lady, poisoner of children.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449458491
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
When Irwin Snackcracker leaves for school in the morning all he can think about is pizza, tater-tots, and winning first place in the booger contest. He leaps down the bannister, quickly eats breakfast before brushing his teeth and dashing out the door. Little does Irwin know, this day will change his life. He is just one brain freeze away from superpowers! When Irwin unexpectedly scores the last Fudgsicle left in the ice cream cart at school, he finds out that he is no longer an ordinary fourth grader. Taking a big bite of the delicious frozen treat transforms Irwin into "The Ice Cream Kid" who, with a steady supply of ice cream, has the ability to run at lightning speed and talk to animals along the way! Even though Irwin isn't sure if he wants to fight crime, he puts riding bikes with his friends on hold to learn how his new powers work. With his superhero Grandpa and sarcastic side-kick, Bert the pigeon, Irwin learns to control his powers, culminating in the ultimate showdown with Sweaty Crocker, the villainous evil lunch lady, poisoner of children.
Brain Games Kids - Amazing Activity Book - Pi Kids
Author: Editors of Phoenix International Publications
Publisher: Pi Kids
ISBN: 9781450830577
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looking for a way to challenge young children and feed their creativity. This collection will keep kids focused, thinking, and entertained all at the same time. Inside, find more than 100 brightly designed pages offering a range of boredom-busters for home or on the go.
Publisher: Pi Kids
ISBN: 9781450830577
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looking for a way to challenge young children and feed their creativity. This collection will keep kids focused, thinking, and entertained all at the same time. Inside, find more than 100 brightly designed pages offering a range of boredom-busters for home or on the go.
The Entangled Brain
Author: Luiz Pessoa
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262544601
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ. Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger question: What kind of object is the brain? Neuroscientist Luiz Pessoa describes the brain as a highly networked, interconnected system that cannot be neatly decomposed into a set of independent parts. One can’t point to the brain and say, “This is where emotion happens” (or any other mental faculty). Pessoa argues that only by understanding how large-scale neural circuits combine multiple and diverse signals can we truly appreciate how the brain supports the mind. Presenting the brain as an integrated organ and drawing on neuroscience, computation, mathematics, systems theory, and evolution, The Entangled Brain explains how brain functions result from cross-cutting brain processing, not the function of segregated areas. Parts of the brain work in a coordinated fashion across large-scale distributed networks in which disparate parts of the cortex and the subcortex work simultaneously to bring about behaviors. Pessoa intuitively explains the concepts needed to formalize this idea of the brain as a complex system and how to unleash powerful understandings built with “collective computations.”
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262544601
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ. Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger question: What kind of object is the brain? Neuroscientist Luiz Pessoa describes the brain as a highly networked, interconnected system that cannot be neatly decomposed into a set of independent parts. One can’t point to the brain and say, “This is where emotion happens” (or any other mental faculty). Pessoa argues that only by understanding how large-scale neural circuits combine multiple and diverse signals can we truly appreciate how the brain supports the mind. Presenting the brain as an integrated organ and drawing on neuroscience, computation, mathematics, systems theory, and evolution, The Entangled Brain explains how brain functions result from cross-cutting brain processing, not the function of segregated areas. Parts of the brain work in a coordinated fashion across large-scale distributed networks in which disparate parts of the cortex and the subcortex work simultaneously to bring about behaviors. Pessoa intuitively explains the concepts needed to formalize this idea of the brain as a complex system and how to unleash powerful understandings built with “collective computations.”