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Using Brainpower in the Classroom : five steps to accelerate learning / / Steve Garnett
Using Brainpower in the Classroom : five steps to accelerate learning / / Steve Garnett
Autore Garnett Steve <1966->
Pubbl/distr/stampa London : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 371.1
Soggetto topico Brain
Learning, Psychology of
Teaching
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910476822003321
Garnett Steve <1966->  
London : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2005
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The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / / Alain Berthoz
The Vicarious Brain, Creator of Worlds / / Alain Berthoz
Autore Berthoz Alain
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (224 pages)
Disciplina 153
Altri autori (Persone) WeissGiselle
Soggetto topico Adaptability (Psychology)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Mind and reality
Brain
Identity (Psychology)
Avatars (Virtual reality)
ISBN 0-674-97281-3
0-674-97283-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I: The Vicarious Act -- 1. The Brain as a Problem- Solver -- 2. Perceiving and Acting -- 3. The Personal Body, Self, and Identity -- 4. Vicariance and Changing Perspective -- Part II: Ontogenesis and Plasticity -- 5. The Stages of Vicariance -- 6. Vicariance and Brain Plasticity -- Part III: Vicariance and Sharing Emotions -- 7. Sympathy and Empathy -- 8. Vicarious Emotions -- Part IV: Education -- 9. Vicarious Learning -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910157439003321
Berthoz Alain  
Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
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Why and how is the self related to the brain midline regions? / / topic editors, Pengmin Qin, Niall W. Duncan and Georg Northoff
Why and how is the self related to the brain midline regions? / / topic editors, Pengmin Qin, Niall W. Duncan and Georg Northoff
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (207 pages)
Collana Frontiers Research Topics
Soggetto topico Brain
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910137222803321
[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2014
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Why we do what we do : understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others / / Helena Boschi
Why we do what we do : understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others / / Helena Boschi
Autore Boschi Helena
Pubbl/distr/stampa West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 153
Soggetto topico Self-help techniques
Brain
ISBN 1-119-56154-X
1-119-56153-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- About Lansons -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Our Brain -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Why we need to keep it all in balance -- Our brain, neurons and synapses -- Our four lobes . . . -- . . . and two hemispheres -- How neurons communicate with each other -- Our nervous system -- Function of the nervous system -- Central nervous system (CNS) -- Peripheral nervous system (PNS) -- What happens when we activate the autonomic nervous system? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Do women and men have different brains? -- Why are both nature AND nurture important? -- What difference does being right- or left-handed make? -- Why do adolescents do what they do? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Was Einstein's brain different? -- Should young children head footballs? -- The making of Vanessa-Mae -- References for Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 Our Brain and Emotion -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Our brain's emotional circuitry -- Why do we have emotions? -- What exactly is emotion? -- The importance of endorphins -- How can we read emotions in others? -- Empathy: a force for good in the brain? -- We need to read emotional expression -- Why do women tend to be faster than men at identifying emotions? -- Why is our brain designed for fear? -- Why do psychopaths not feel fear? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do emotions influence our decision-making? -- We rationalise - but we are not rational! -- Why do fear and anger colour our judgement? -- Why are emotional memories so vivid? -- What is our gut feel? -- Emotional intelligence: thinking about feeling -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We are fooled by our emotions -- A dream that stirred a nation -- A display of affection that touched a child.
The dark side of emotion -- The impact of medication on our mood -- Positive emotions make us strong -- References for Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 Our Brain and Memory -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we research memory? -- How does memory work in our brain? -- How do we form memories? -- Different types of memory -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do we remember what we remember? -- Types of amnesia -- What memories are most memorable? -- What affects our memory? -- Is the Internet making us stupid? -- Use it or lose it -- Lost and false memories -- How do we improve our memory? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We do not remember accurately -- A memory of 10 seconds and still a brilliant musician -- How does Alzheimer's Disease affect long-term memory? -- Does time of day affect our memory? -- The brain of the London black cab driver -- References for Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 Our Brain and Attention -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we pay attention? -- We do not see what we do not expect to see -- How do we know what to focus on? -- Our autopilot makes us lazy thinkers -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do experts miss what is right in front of them? -- Focus is critical to improvement . . . -- . . . but focus can also make us blind -- No one can multitask -- Trying to multitask hurts our brain -- Why does multitasking make us feel good? -- Why is distraction so dangerous? -- We take mental shortcuts to deal with information -- Why do we like our comfort zone? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Attention-related accidents are on the rise -- The march of the machine -- Is our attention span shrinking? -- The relationship between attention and learning -- References for Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 Our Brain and Language -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained.
Where is language processed in our brain? -- Language: a left-brained thing? -- How is language affected by injury or brain trauma? -- Language is complex -- Intonation affects meaning -- Different words light up different parts of our brain -- Our brain is organised for communication -- Our brain sees words -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why nouns make us respond more quickly than verbs -- We see words as shapes -- Can an understanding of language help stroke patients? -- What do our emails say about us? -- The power of words -- Why do some words annoy or repel us? -- Does feedback work? -- So how we do we make a feedback sandwich? -- Three separate feedback conversations -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Language inspires us -- Language sells -- Headlines harness and hold attention -- Stories switch on our brain -- References for Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 Our Brain and Visual Perception -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we see? -- Visual perception: a complex process -- We see the whole first and details second -- We see faces everywhere -- Blindness in our brain -- We take shortcuts to simplify what we see -- How do we see colour? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- We fill in the gaps -- Why are we susceptible to visual illusions? -- Our visual perception protects us . . . -- . . . but can also prevent new thinking -- Our truth is subjective -- We do not see ourselves accurately -- Mirror, mirror on the wall -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Our reality is what we are used to -- What should we believe? -- Fact, fiction or just fake? -- The Lab of Misfits: enabling people to perceive differently -- The dangers of our digital age -- References for Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 Our Brain and Biases -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- A psychological immune system in the brain.
Why are our biases so powerful? -- Types of biases -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- We think other people are more biased than we are -- We hate being wrong -- Our brain avoids complexity -- We are easily influenced -- Nudge theory -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Even children become biased quickly -- Who are our friends? -- Do we ever learn from our mistakes? -- Nudges or dark patterns? -- Being human makes us biased -- We see outcomes and not probabilities -- Can we beat our biases? -- References for Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 Our Brain and Creativity -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How does creativity work in our brain? -- Creativity is messy and contradictory -- How are new ideas formed? -- Why is a eureka moment not 'out of the blue'? -- Are creative people different from everyone else? -- But creativity is also in the small stuff -- Our senses affect our creativity -- Is intelligence linked to creativity? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Can we learn to be creative? -- Creativity is not fragile: we need to challenge it! -- Convergent versus divergent thinking -- Creativity helps us to imagine the future -- Why do many of us stop being creative? -- Why does brainstorming not always work? -- How we crush creativity early on -- Reigniting and harnessing the creative spark -- Why are bad ideas still good ideas? -- Green is good for creativity -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Sleepiness removes constraints . . . -- . . . but sometimes constraint is good -- Do the opposite to what people expect -- Innovator or fast follower? -- References for Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 Our Brain and Change -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Change is painful for the brain -- Anxiety is contagious -- Why do our brains love routine and habits? -- We are all lazy -- Experience and expectation are interlinked.
How does the brain make and change decisions? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why does most change fail in organisations? -- Successful change needs the right leadership -- Leading change: dealing with the push-back first -- We like the challenge of change - if we are given enough freedom -- We need other people around us -- Information is essential during change -- Change rewires our brain -- We need to stay fit and healthy -- The importance of resilience -- Create the right conditions for change -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We need to change, even when life is good! -- We need to change our thinking in order to change -- Make change easy for people -- Employee mobility can be a good thing -- Successful change goes beyond facts -- Culture is key -- Change is essential for a healthy brain -- References for Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 Our Brain and Stress -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- What is stress? -- How do we get stressed? -- Where does stress start in the brain? -- 1) Sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) system -- 2) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis -- Causes of stress -- Stress can shrink our brain -- How do we measure stress? -- Stress, inflammation and disease -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- What we think is stressful will be stressful -- Can stress be good for us? -- Our braking system -- The power of meditation and mindfulness -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Are our jobs killing us? -- Stress can affect anyone -- The cost of commitment -- We can all do something to help others -- Exercise reduces stress -- References for Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 Our Brain and Leadership -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Neuroscience and leadership -- Are there chemicals of leadership? -- The cognitive cost of decisions -- Leaders can help us reshape our brain.
Expectations drive results.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910794013603321
Boschi Helena  
West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Why we do what we do : understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others / / Helena Boschi
Why we do what we do : understanding our brain to get the best out of ourselves and others / / Helena Boschi
Autore Boschi Helena
Pubbl/distr/stampa West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 153
Soggetto topico Self-help techniques
Brain
ISBN 1-119-56154-X
1-119-56153-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- About Lansons -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Our Brain -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Why we need to keep it all in balance -- Our brain, neurons and synapses -- Our four lobes . . . -- . . . and two hemispheres -- How neurons communicate with each other -- Our nervous system -- Function of the nervous system -- Central nervous system (CNS) -- Peripheral nervous system (PNS) -- What happens when we activate the autonomic nervous system? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Do women and men have different brains? -- Why are both nature AND nurture important? -- What difference does being right- or left-handed make? -- Why do adolescents do what they do? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Was Einstein's brain different? -- Should young children head footballs? -- The making of Vanessa-Mae -- References for Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 Our Brain and Emotion -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Our brain's emotional circuitry -- Why do we have emotions? -- What exactly is emotion? -- The importance of endorphins -- How can we read emotions in others? -- Empathy: a force for good in the brain? -- We need to read emotional expression -- Why do women tend to be faster than men at identifying emotions? -- Why is our brain designed for fear? -- Why do psychopaths not feel fear? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do emotions influence our decision-making? -- We rationalise - but we are not rational! -- Why do fear and anger colour our judgement? -- Why are emotional memories so vivid? -- What is our gut feel? -- Emotional intelligence: thinking about feeling -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We are fooled by our emotions -- A dream that stirred a nation -- A display of affection that touched a child.
The dark side of emotion -- The impact of medication on our mood -- Positive emotions make us strong -- References for Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 Our Brain and Memory -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we research memory? -- How does memory work in our brain? -- How do we form memories? -- Different types of memory -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do we remember what we remember? -- Types of amnesia -- What memories are most memorable? -- What affects our memory? -- Is the Internet making us stupid? -- Use it or lose it -- Lost and false memories -- How do we improve our memory? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We do not remember accurately -- A memory of 10 seconds and still a brilliant musician -- How does Alzheimer's Disease affect long-term memory? -- Does time of day affect our memory? -- The brain of the London black cab driver -- References for Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 Our Brain and Attention -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we pay attention? -- We do not see what we do not expect to see -- How do we know what to focus on? -- Our autopilot makes us lazy thinkers -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why do experts miss what is right in front of them? -- Focus is critical to improvement . . . -- . . . but focus can also make us blind -- No one can multitask -- Trying to multitask hurts our brain -- Why does multitasking make us feel good? -- Why is distraction so dangerous? -- We take mental shortcuts to deal with information -- Why do we like our comfort zone? -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Attention-related accidents are on the rise -- The march of the machine -- Is our attention span shrinking? -- The relationship between attention and learning -- References for Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 Our Brain and Language -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained.
Where is language processed in our brain? -- Language: a left-brained thing? -- How is language affected by injury or brain trauma? -- Language is complex -- Intonation affects meaning -- Different words light up different parts of our brain -- Our brain is organised for communication -- Our brain sees words -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why nouns make us respond more quickly than verbs -- We see words as shapes -- Can an understanding of language help stroke patients? -- What do our emails say about us? -- The power of words -- Why do some words annoy or repel us? -- Does feedback work? -- So how we do we make a feedback sandwich? -- Three separate feedback conversations -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Language inspires us -- Language sells -- Headlines harness and hold attention -- Stories switch on our brain -- References for Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 Our Brain and Visual Perception -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How do we see? -- Visual perception: a complex process -- We see the whole first and details second -- We see faces everywhere -- Blindness in our brain -- We take shortcuts to simplify what we see -- How do we see colour? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- We fill in the gaps -- Why are we susceptible to visual illusions? -- Our visual perception protects us . . . -- . . . but can also prevent new thinking -- Our truth is subjective -- We do not see ourselves accurately -- Mirror, mirror on the wall -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Our reality is what we are used to -- What should we believe? -- Fact, fiction or just fake? -- The Lab of Misfits: enabling people to perceive differently -- The dangers of our digital age -- References for Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 Our Brain and Biases -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- A psychological immune system in the brain.
Why are our biases so powerful? -- Types of biases -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- We think other people are more biased than we are -- We hate being wrong -- Our brain avoids complexity -- We are easily influenced -- Nudge theory -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Even children become biased quickly -- Who are our friends? -- Do we ever learn from our mistakes? -- Nudges or dark patterns? -- Being human makes us biased -- We see outcomes and not probabilities -- Can we beat our biases? -- References for Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 Our Brain and Creativity -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- How does creativity work in our brain? -- Creativity is messy and contradictory -- How are new ideas formed? -- Why is a eureka moment not 'out of the blue'? -- Are creative people different from everyone else? -- But creativity is also in the small stuff -- Our senses affect our creativity -- Is intelligence linked to creativity? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Can we learn to be creative? -- Creativity is not fragile: we need to challenge it! -- Convergent versus divergent thinking -- Creativity helps us to imagine the future -- Why do many of us stop being creative? -- Why does brainstorming not always work? -- How we crush creativity early on -- Reigniting and harnessing the creative spark -- Why are bad ideas still good ideas? -- Green is good for creativity -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Sleepiness removes constraints . . . -- . . . but sometimes constraint is good -- Do the opposite to what people expect -- Innovator or fast follower? -- References for Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 Our Brain and Change -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Change is painful for the brain -- Anxiety is contagious -- Why do our brains love routine and habits? -- We are all lazy -- Experience and expectation are interlinked.
How does the brain make and change decisions? -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- Why does most change fail in organisations? -- Successful change needs the right leadership -- Leading change: dealing with the push-back first -- We like the challenge of change - if we are given enough freedom -- We need other people around us -- Information is essential during change -- Change rewires our brain -- We need to stay fit and healthy -- The importance of resilience -- Create the right conditions for change -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- We need to change, even when life is good! -- We need to change our thinking in order to change -- Make change easy for people -- Employee mobility can be a good thing -- Successful change goes beyond facts -- Culture is key -- Change is essential for a healthy brain -- References for Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 Our Brain and Stress -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- What is stress? -- How do we get stressed? -- Where does stress start in the brain? -- 1) Sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) system -- 2) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis -- Causes of stress -- Stress can shrink our brain -- How do we measure stress? -- Stress, inflammation and disease -- Part 2: Impact on our daily life -- What we think is stressful will be stressful -- Can stress be good for us? -- Our braking system -- The power of meditation and mindfulness -- Part 3: Stories and top tips -- Are our jobs killing us? -- Stress can affect anyone -- The cost of commitment -- We can all do something to help others -- Exercise reduces stress -- References for Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 Our Brain and Leadership -- About this chapter -- Part 1: The science explained -- Neuroscience and leadership -- Are there chemicals of leadership? -- The cognitive cost of decisions -- Leaders can help us reshape our brain.
Expectations drive results.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910806884803321
Boschi Helena  
West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2020]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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