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Book SynopsisGreat Myths of the Human Brain utilizes cutting edge research in its comprehensive examination of dozens of myths surrounding the function of the human brain. Issues relating to brain myths are backed by the latest research and presented in an entertaining and accessible manner by an award-winning author. .Trade Review"THESE days you can't go to a children's birthday party without one of the adults making a knowing comment about the excited scamps being "high on sugar". In fact, there's no evidence that sugar makes children hyperactive. But the remark illustrates the way false beliefs about how our brains work permeate most aspects of life – as does the burgeoning of buzzwords like neuromarketing or neuroleadership. Such "neurobollocks", to borrow the title of a popular science blog, is ably and entertainingly demolished by Christian Jarrett in Great Myths of the Brain. As a journalist in this field, I thought I would know most of these myths, but there was plenty here that was new and interesting to me." (New Scientist, December 2014) "The book is also very impressive in its scope, covering things like the historical notion that the heart was actually the source of consciousness, to modern-day problems like how fMRI scans are believed to be far more powerful than they actually are. The writing is often very clear but without compromising accuracy or thoroughness, which is an impressive feat in its own right." (The Psychologist, Autumn 2014) "Christian Jarrett's Great Myths Of The Brain is the sort of book that every amateur brain enthusiast should have on his or her shelf. The book is an effort to assemble all the common and not-so-common myths about the brain, past and present, and explain why they're all wrong using genuine neuroscience." (BBC Focus Magazine, January 2015) "Great Myths of the Brain is a kind of primer that teaches neuroscience by debunking neurononsense, beginning with ancient ideas like 'Thought Resides in the Heart.' You'll learn that much of the neuroscience you hear is trivial or wrong, and also see the useful research threads to follow. The word 'brain' isn't entirely giving us false hope. A neuroscientist-turned-writer, Christian Jarrett is editor of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, a blogger, and the father of baby twins. His elegant, enthusiastic prose doesn't shy from controversy." (The Weekly Standard, April 2015) "As you can tell from the length of this review, there is a lot to be learnt from this book. I certainly learnt a few things even if I wasn't always taken in by some of the myths out there. The brain is a remarkable organ and clearing away the myths to see what is really there will show its true strengths and if you use in your fiction, make for better up-to-date stories. Read, digest, learn and dispel those myths." (SFCrowsnest.org.uk, 1 November 2014)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xii Introduction 1 1 Defunct Myths 15 #1 Thought Resides in the Heart 15 #2 The Brain Pumps Animal Spirits Round the Body 18 #3 Brain Cells Join Together Forming a Huge Nerve Net 21 #4 Mental Function Resides in the Brain’s Hollows 22 2 Myth-Based Brain Practices 25 #5 Drilling a Hole in the Skull Releases Evil Spirits 25 #6 Personality Can Be Read in the Bumps on the Skull 28 #7 Mental Illness Can Be Cured by Disconnecting the Frontal Lobes 30 3 Mythical Case Studies 37 #8 Brain Injury Turned Neuroscience’s Most Famous Case into an Impulsive Brute 37 #9 The Faculty of Language Production Is Distributed Through the Brain 40 #10 Memory Is Distributed Throughout the Entire Cortex 45 4 The Immortal Myths 51 #11 We Only Use Ten Percent of Our Brains 51 #12 Right-Brained People Are More Creative 55 #13 The Female Brain Is More Balanced (and Other Gender-Based Brain Myths) 65 #14 Adults Can’t Grow New Brain Cells 74 #15 There’s a God Spot in the Brain (and Other Lesser-Spotted Myths) 80 #16 Pregnant Women Lose Their Minds 87 #17 We All Need Eight Hours of Continuous Sleep (and Other Dozy Sleep Myths) 92 #18 The Brain Is a Computer 101 #19 The Mind Can Exist Outside of the Brain 106 #20 Neuroscience Is Transforming Human Self-Understanding 115 5 Myths about the Physical Structure of the Brain 135 #21 The Brain Is Well Designed 135 #22 The Bigger the Brain, the Better 140 #23 You Have a Grandmother Cell 146 #24 Glial Cells Are Little More Than Brain Glue 149 #25 Mirror Neurons Make Us Human (and Broken Mirror Neurons Cause Autism) 154 #26 The Disembodied Brain 160 6 Technology and Food Myths 177 #27 Brain Scans Can Read Your Mind 177 #28 Neurofeedback Will Bring You Bliss and Enlightenment 192 #29 Brain Training Will Make You Smart 201 #30 Brain Food Will Make You Even Smarter 209 #31 Google Will Make You Stupid, Mad, or Both 217 7 Brain Myths Concerning Perception and Action 235 #32 The Brain Receives Information from Five Separate Senses 235 #33 The Brain Perceives the World As It Is 242 #34 The Brain’s Representation of the Body Is Accurate and Stable 249 8 Myths about Brain Disorder and Illness 258 #35 Brain Injury and Concussion Myths 258 #36 Amnesia Myths 265 #37 Coma Myths 273 #38 Epilepsy Myths 280 #39 Autism Myths 286 #40 Dementia Myths 294 #41 The Chemical Imbalance Myth of Mental Illness 300 Afterword 316 Index 318

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive Introduction to the world of brain and behavior computational models This book provides a broad collection of articles covering different aspects of computational modeling efforts in psychology and neuroscience. Specifically, it discusses models that span different brain regions (hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia, visual cortex), different species (humans, rats, fruit flies), and different modeling methods (neural network, Bayesian, reinforcement learning, data fitting, and Hodgkin-Huxley models, among others). Computational Models of Brain and Behavior is divided into four sections: (a) Models of brain disorders; (b) Neural models of behavioral processes; (c) Models of neural processes, brain regions and neurotransmitters, and (d) Neural modeling approaches. It provides in-depth coverage of models of psychiatric disorders, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and dyslexia; models of neurological disorders, including AlzheimerTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction xxi Part I Models of Brain Disorders 1 1 A Computational Model of Dyslexics’ Perceptual Difficulties as Impaired Inference of Sound Statistics 3Sagi Jaffe-Dax, Ofri Raviv, Yonatan Loewenstein, and Merav Ahissar 2 Computational Approximations to Intellectual Disability in Down Syndrome 15Ángel E. Tovar, Ahmed A. Moustafa, and Natalia Arias-Trejo 3 Computational Psychiatry 29Robb B. Rutledge and Rick A. Adams 4 Computational Models of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 43Milen L. Radell, Catherine E. Myers, Jony Sheynin, and Ahmed A. Moustafa 5 Reward Processing in Depression 57 The Computational ApproachChong Chen and Taiki Takahashi 6 Neurocomputational Models of Schizophrenia 73Ahmed A. Moustafa, B³a¿ej Misiak, and Dorota Frydecka 7 Oscillatory Dynamics of Brain Microcircuits 85 Modeling Perspectives and Neurological Disease ConsiderationsFrances K. Skinner and Alexandra Pierri Chatzikalymniou 8 Computational Models of Pharmacological and Immunological Treatment in Alzheimer’s Disease 99Vassilis Cutsuridis and Ahmed A. Moustafa 9 Modeling Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease 109 Volume Conductor, Network, and Mean-Field ModelsMadeleine M. Lowery 10 The Development of Medications for Parkinson’s Disease Using Computational Modeling 125Mubashir Hassan and Ahmed A. Moustafa 11 Multiscale Computer Modeling of Epilepsy 139M. Sanjay, Samuel A. Neymotin, Srinivasa B. Krothapalli, and William W. Lytton Part II Neural Models of Behavioral Processes 151 12 Simple Models of Sensory Information Processing 153Danke Zhang, Malte J. Rasch, and Si Wu 13 Motion Detection 171An Artificial Recurrent Neural Network ApproachJeroen Joukes and Bart Krekelberg 14 Computation in the Olfactory System 185Christiane Linster 15 Computational Models of Olfaction in Fruit Flies 199Ankur Gupta, Faramarz Faghihi, and Ahmed A. Moustafa 16 Multisensory Integration 215 How the Brain Combines Information Across the SensesRyan L. Miller and Benjamin A. Rowland 17 Computational Models in Social Neuroscience 229Jin Hyun Cheong, Eshin Jolly, Sunhae Sul, and Luke J. Chang 18 Sleep is For the Brain 245 Contemporary Computational Approaches in the Study of Sleep and Memory and a Novel “Temporal Scaffolding” HypothesisItamar Lerner 19 Models of Neural Homeostasis 257Hazem Toutounji Part III Models of Brain Regions and Neurotransmitters 271 20 Striatum 273 Structure, Dynamics, and FunctionJyotika Bahuguna and Arvind Kumar 21 Amygdala Models 285Vinay Guntu, Feng Feng, Adel Alturki, Ajay Nair, Pranit Samarth, and Satish S. Nair 22 Cerebellum and its Disorders 303 A Review of Perspectives from Computational NeuroscienceShyam Diwakar and Ahmed A. Moustafa 23 Models of Dynamical Synapses and Cortical Development 321Radwa Khalil, Marie Z. Moftah, Marc Landry, and Ahmed A. Moustafa 24 Computational Models of Memory Formation in Healthy and Diseased Microcircuits of the Hippocampus 333Vassilis Cutsuridis 25 Episodic Memory and the Hippocampus 345Naoyuki Sato 26 How Do We Navigate Our Way to Places? 357 Developing a New Model to Study Place Field Formation in Hippocampus Including the Role of AstrocytesFariba Bahrami and Shiva Farashahi 27 Models of Neuromodulation 373Michael C. Avery and Jeffrey L. Krichmar 28 Neural Circuit Models of the Serotonergic System 389 From Microcircuits to CognitionPragathi Priyadharsini Balasubramani, V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, KongFatt Wong-Lin, Da-Hui Wang, Jeremiah Y. Cohen, Kae Nakamura, and Ahmed A. Moustafa Part IV Neural Modeling Approaches 401 29 A Behavioral Framework for Information Representation in the Brain 403Frédéric Alexandre 30 Probing Human Brain Function with Artificial Neural Networks 413Umut Güçlü and Marcel van Gerven 31 Large-scale Computational Models of Ongoing Brain Activity 425Tristan T. Nakagawa, Mohit H. Adhikari, and Gustavo Deco 32 Optimizing Electrical Stimulation for Closed-loop Control of Neural Ensembles 439 A Review of Algorithms and ApplicationsSeif Eldawlatly 33 Complex Probabilistic Inference 453 From Cognition to Neural ComputationSamuel J. Gershman and Jeffrey M. Beck 34 A Flexible and Efficient Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to the Exploration of Individual Differences in Cognitive-model-based Neuroscience 467Alexander Ly, Udo Boehm, Andrew Heathcote, Brandon M. Turner, Birte Forstmann, Maarten Marsman, and Dora Matzke 35 Information Theory, Memory, Prediction, and Timing in Associative Learning 481Jason T. Wilkes and C. R. Gallistel 36 The Utility of Phase Models in Studying Neural Synchronization 493Youngmin Park, Stewart A. Heitmann, and G. Bard Ermentrout 37 Phase Oscillator Network Models of Brain Dynamics 505Carlo R. Laing 38 The Neuronal Signal and Its Models 519Igor Palmieri, Luiz H. A. Monteiro, and Maria D. Miranda 39 History Dependent Neuronal Activity Modeled with Fractional Order Dynamics 531Seth H. Weinberg and Fidel Santamaria Index 549

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Book SynopsisHow do our brains store—and then conjure up—past experiences to make us who we are?Trade Review"[A] roving, riverine inquiry into memory, experience, the brain…O'Keane does not try to dazzle us with interpretations and cures, but dazzle she does with the science, the clarity with which she can conjure something as ordinary, as bafflingly complex and beautiful, as a memory forming in the brain." -- Parul Sehgal, The New York Times"These passages are vivid and immediate, and all the more affecting for the measured and unemphatic manner in which they are set down. If O’Keane is as fine a doctor as she is a prose stylist, her patients are fortunate indeed." -- John Banville, Guardian"[O'Keane's] unforgettable trip down memory’s many lanes leaves you with a marvelling awareness of what humans collectively share as memory makers and, at the same time, reminds us that each one of us is a singular translator of our world." -- London Observer"Rich, revelatory and, in the best way, unsettling." -- London Sunday Times"A comprehensive tour of the current state of knowledge about how memory operates in the brain." -- Elizabeth Landau, Undark"[O'Keane] delivers interesting observations on nearly every page…A welcome new voice in the literature of consciousness and neuroscience." -- Kirkus Reviews"O'Keane offers no shortage of intriguing insights and accounts…[A]n immersive and informative look at how memory works, and what happens when it doesn't." -- Publishers Weekly"Wonderful. I love the way Veronica O’Keane writes…difficult concepts made comprehensible with rich case studies. A must read for every counselor, psychotherapist, life coach and psychiatrist." -- Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read"Veronica O’Keane distills what she has learned about people in her life as a psychiatrist and neuroscientist. The reader will appreciate Dr. O’Keane’s beautiful prose and her caring attitudes, and will effortlessly pick up knowledge about how the brain determines our behavior." -- Robin Murray, professor of psychiatric research, King’s College, London

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Book SynopsisA revelatory new theory of consciousness that returns emotions to the center of mental life.Trade Review"[R]emarkably clear, accommodating and exciting to read…The Hidden Spring provides a necessary reminder that rational thinking isn't all it seems to be." -- Jess Keiser, Washington Post"One of the worthiest efforts to come out of neuroscience in recent memory." -- Jason Kehe, WIRED"Nobody bewitched by these mysteries [of consciousness] can afford to ignore the solution proposed by Mark Solms…Fascinating, wide-ranging and heartfelt." -- Oliver Burkeman, Guardian"Intriguing…There is plenty to provoke and fascinate along the way." -- Anil Seth, Times Higher Education"This is truly a remarkable book. It changes everything." -- Brian Eno"A remarkably bold fusion of ideas from psychoanalysis, psychology, and the frontiers of theoretical neuroscience that takes aim at the biggest question there is. Solms will challenge your most basic beliefs." -- Matthew Cobb, author of The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience"Solms’s efforts…have been truly pioneering. This unification is clearly the direction for the future." -- Eric Kandel, Nobel laureate for Physiology and Medicine"This treatment of consciousness and artificial sentience should be taken very seriously." -- Karl Friston, scientific director, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging"Solms’s vital work has never ignored the lived, felt experience of human beings. His ideas look a lot like the future to me." -- Siri Hustvedt, author of The Blazing World"To say this work is encyclopedic is to diminish its poetic, psychological and theoretical achievement. This is required reading." -- Susie Orbach, author of In Therapy"At last the emperor has found some clothes! For decades, consciousness has been perceived as an epiphenomenon, little more than an illusion that can't really make things happen. Solms takes a thrilling new approach to the problem, grounded in modern neurobiology but finding meaning in older ideas going back to Freud. This is an exciting book." -- Nick Lane, author of The Vital Question

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Book SynopsisEasily accessible overview of highly relevant changes from the fourth edition to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM) handbook used by health care professionals as a guide to diagnosing mental disorders. Changes and disorders are summarized for quick reference for use by students and/or professionals in the field. Topics summarized include: Structural and Organizational Revisions Changes in Terminology Neurodevelopment Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders Bipolar and Related Disorders Depressive Disorders Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Anxiety Disorders Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Dissociative Disorders Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Feeding and Eating Disorders Sleep-Wake Disorders Sexual Dysfunctions Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders Substance Abuse and Addictive Disorders Neurocognitive Disorders Personality Disorders Paraphilic Disorders

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Book SynopsisWith the change to ICD-10 plus the release of DSM-5 it is a wise choice to have a quick reference to medical codes with succinct descriptions for the DSM-5 Manual handy for support while coding. Packed with codes following the manual's organizational structure, anyone from students, doctors, coders to medical administrators can find codes fast for additional support to be sure of selected codes, but also as a reinforcement tool committing codes to memory. 6-page laminated guide includes: Neurodevelopmental Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders Bipolar & Related Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Depressive Disorders Trauma- & Stressor-Related Disorders Anxiety Disorders Feeding & Eating Disorders Dissociative Disorders Somatic Symptom & Related Disorders Disruptive, Impulse-Control & Conduct Disorders Gender Identity Disorders Elimination Disorders Sleep-Wake Disorders Sexual Dysfunctions Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders Personality Disord

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Book SynopsisAre men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud?Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The chapters that follow cover memory and learning, consciousness and personality, and emotions and communication.There's also a guide to the brain's disorders, including physical problems, such as tumors and strokes, and psychological and functional disorders, ranging from autism to schizophrenia. Illustrated with bold graph

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of the human mind told through our experience of dreams—from the earliest accounts to current scientific findings—and their essential role in the formation of who we are and the world we have made."A resounding case for the mystery, beauty and cognitive importance of dreams." —The New York Times   What is a dream? Why do we dream? How do our bodies and minds use them? These questions are the starting point for this unprecedented study of the role and significance of this phenomenon. An inves­tigation on a grand scale, it encompasses literature, anthropology, religion, and science, articulating the essential place dreams occupy in human culture and how they functioned as the catalyst that compelled us to transform our earthly habitat into a human world.   From the earliest cave paintings—where Sidarta Ribeiro locates a key to humankind’s first dreams and how they contributed to our capacity to perceive past and future and our ability to conceive of the existence of souls and spirits—to today’s cutting-edge scientific research, Ribeiro arrives at revolutionary conclusions about the role of dreams in human existence and evolution. He explores the advances that contempo­rary neuroscience, biochemistry, and psychology have made into the connections between sleep, dreams, and learning. He explains what dreams have taught us about the neural basis of memory and the transfor­mation of memory in recall. And he makes clear that the earliest insight into dreams as oracular has been elucidated by contemporary research.   Accessible, authoritative, and fascinating, The Oracle of Night gives us a wholly new way to under­stand this most basic of human experiences.

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Book SynopsisOur brains have numerous functioning parts, all of which serve us at any one moment. But decades of research reveal the existence of two basic brain "operating systems" - two fundamental ways in which the whole brain processes incoming information. Because of this phenomenon of brain dominance, most of us tend to favour the input of either our "dualistic" left-brain (which focuses on parts instead of wholes) or our holistic right hemisphere. This means that typically only half of our innate intelligence informs our thinking - and since the left-brain operating system dominates most males, our culture has itself become left-brain dominant. HOW WHOLE BRAIN THINKING CAN SAVE THE FUTURE explores this left-brain bias in our civilisation, revealing it to be the root cause for centuries of war, racism and political polarisation - and eons of misunderstanding between the sexes. While most of our technological and scientific progress is driven by left-brain thinking, the great advances to come will require that we consciously harness both sides of our brain to greatly improve our cognition.Award-winning author, James Olson, goes on to explain how we can achieve greater internal harmony between the two operating systems of the brain - both as individuals and as a culture - thus showing us how and why thinking with our whole brains will lead us to peace and to the ultimate healing of our relationships and our world.

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Book SynopsisNeuroscience, Psychology, and Religion is the second title published in the new Templeton Science and Religion Series. In this volume, Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown provide an overview of the relationship between neuroscience, psychology, and religion that is academically sophisticated, yet accessible to the general reader.The authors introduce key terms; thoroughly chart the histories of both neuroscience and psychology, with a particular focus on how these disciplines have interfaced religion through the ages; and explore contemporary approaches to both fields, reviewing how current science/religion controversies are playing out today. Throughout, they cover issues like consciousness, morality, concepts of the soul, and theories of mind. Their examination of topics like brain imaging research, evolutionary psychology, and primate studies show how recent advances in these areas can blend harmoniously with religious belief, since they offer much to our understanding of humanity's place in the world. Jeeves and Brown conclude their comprehensive and inclusive survey by providing an interdisciplinary model for shaping the ongoing dialogue.Sure to be of interest to both academics and curious intellectuals, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion addresses important age-old questions and demonstrates how modern scientific techniques can provide a much more nuanced range of potential answers to those questions.

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Book SynopsisJunk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn’t have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away.When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents’ overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, VHS tapes, and books they would likely never reread? She discovered she was not alone.Junk details Stewart’s three-year investigation into America’s stuff, lots and lots and lots of stuff. Stewart rides along with junk removal teams from around the country such as Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage to a taping of Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk—23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 mph, threatening both satellites and human space exploration.But it’s not all dire. There are creative solutions to America’s overburdened consumer culture. Stewart visits with Deron Beal, founder of FreeCycle, an online community of people who would rather give away than throw away their no-longer-needed possessions. She spends a day at a Repair CafÉ, where volunteer tinkerers bring new life to broken appliances, toys, and just about anything. Stewart also explores communities of “tiny houses” without attics and basements in which to stash the owners’ trash. Junk is a delightful journey through 250-mile-long yard sales, and packrat dens, both human and rodent, that for most readers will look surprisingly familiar.Trade Review"Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." Hoda Kotb , cohost of the Today Show"To my dear beloved survivors: when you one day clean out my basement, you'll find a copy of Alison Stewart's Junk . Sit down on the pile of New Yorkers , turn on that halogen floor lamp I used in college, crack open a can of Jolt Cola (you'll find about three cases), and read about why all the stuff around you isn't necessarily junkexcept for that stack of VHS tapes. That's just crap." Mo Rocca , correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of My Grandmother's Ravioli"Somebody's going to say it, so let me be the first: Junk is a treasure. It's an enlightening look into our modern world featuring space garbage, spam, and chicken-shaped table lamps. Buy it, read it, and store it in the attic." A. J. Jacobs , author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically"If you suspect that you are holding onto things that hold you back in your life, you want to read Junk by Alison Stewart. Whether they are the physical items stuck in a drawer or ideas stuck in your head, Junk will make you think about what you keep and why." Cheryl Hunter , Life Coach and author of Lose It: Turn Setbacks into Success"absorbing and enjoyably compelling research on the packrat conundrum in our society." Kirkus Reviews"[A]n engaging narrative." Booklist"Stewart's compelling and readable book is for those who are fascinated by stuff and are in search of something other than decluttering or organization manuals." Library Journal"Lively, well-researched, and wincingly relatable, Junk is a jaunty ride through our national trash habit." Chronogram Magazine

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Book SynopsisAn estimated eight percent of Americans are thought to be suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder at any given time. Many are victims of or witnesses to violence. Others have been neglected of abused. Some have experienced a traumatic accident or natural disaster. Still others have experienced the sudden and perhaps violent death of someone they love. No matter the cause, PTSD results in symptoms of acute stress, including anxiety, persistent thoughts or flashbacks, and a host of other physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual challenges. In this guide for counselors and caregivers, Dr. Alan Wolfelt reframes PTSD as a form of grief. Helping PTSD sufferers mourn their unacknowledged and “carried” grief over the traumatic events that caused their symptoms is the key to helping them heal. Rather than seeking to quickly treat away symptoms of PTSD, caregivers who follow Dr. Wolfelt’s “companioning” philosophy will instead see the natural and necessary PTSD symptoms as indications that the sufferer needs additional support and encouragement to express himself. This holistic new approach acknowledges clinical PTSD treatments as part of the solution while emphasizing that authentic mourning is the primary and most essential healer.

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Book SynopsisA new approach to understanding PTSD as a form of grief rather than a medical disorder Have you ever felt that something essential was missing from your post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment options? If you suffer from PTSD, you know the problem is complex, but what you probably don’t know—and what the medical establishment isn’t telling you—is that post-traumatic stress is not fundamentally a medical disorder but rather a form of grief. Your body, mind, and soul experienced tremendous loss, and to fully integrate the many losses into your ongoing life, you must explore and express your necessary grief. In other words, you must mourn. This groundbreaking book reveals a new approach to understanding PTSD and its debilitating symptoms. With compassion and insight, it affirms the nature and severity of your experience while providing you with a step-by-step plan to transcend it. A full review of traditional medical treatments for PTSD are presented and included as part of the healing plan. Whether your PTSD is severe or more subtle, whether your traumatic experience was recent or in the distant past, this book unlocks the secret that will finally allow you to once again live and love fully.

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Book SynopsisTools for Harnessing Your Brain’s Innate Power to Learn New Habits What is the number one factor for determining career success and personal fulfillment? The answer isn’t genius, willpower, or passion—it’s habit. "The human brain is a champion for forming habits," teaches Lisa Wimberger. "Yet that essential quality can also get us stuck in self-sabotaging patterns." With Neurosculpting for New Habits, this dynamic teacher brings you two sessions of scientific insights and highly effective practices for rewiring your brain to promote healthy, self-empowering behaviors, including: • How the brain forms habits—and why it retains unhealthy ones • The crucial role of managing stress when creating healthy habits • Intention, focus, action, and repetition—four steps for mastering habits, with mindfulness-based meditations for each step Advances in neuroscience have transformed our understanding of the way our brain acquires and reinforces habits. Lisa Wimberger’s Neurosculpting® uses proven techniques to consciously direct your brain’s natural processes for learning and changing. Join her to learn this powerful approach for breaking unwanted behaviors—and instilling the habits that serve you in creating the life you choose.

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Book SynopsisA Vision of the Warrior’s Journey to Wholeness As veterans from a new generation come back from overseas, our culture’s lack of resources for returning warriors has become a greater problem than ever. "Lifelong suffering after war is not inevitable," says Dr. Edward Tick. "But in our culture, we have unwittingly forced our veterans to carry the moral and social of burdens of warfare alone." On Restoring the Warrior’s Soul, Dr. Tick offers tools for healing and guidance to help veterans cope with the life-changing effects of combat and find a new sense of peace and purpose. Practical Wisdom for Healing the Wounds of War What we call PTSD is just the latest name for a phenomenon warriors have dealt with since the dawn of time. Dr. Tick explores both the visible and invisible wounding of war, then draws upon both ancient and modern sources to show us a path for transformation, wholeness, and wisdom. In these six audio sessions, he outlines a road map for the returning warrior to find a new and honorable role in society, and carry forth their service into civilian life. The warrior’s journey touches us all—from those who serve to their families, neighbors, caregivers, and coworkers. "In a healthy society," says Dr. Tick, "each of us must understand our own role in the sacred contract between warriors and the culture they protect." With Restoring the Warrior’s Soul, Dr. Tick provides invaluable guidance to everyone touched by war so we can create a culture that values our returning warriors with respect, dignity, and love. HIGHLIGHTS • Why PTSD does not have to be a life-long disabling wound • The Soldier’s Heart—embracing the grief and heartbreak of war as proof of our fundamental humanity • The spirituality of the warrior—how experience on the battlefield shapes our relationship with the divine • Inspirational examples of healthy warrior-civilian relationships from indigenous cultures • The warrior’s story—how to create a welcoming environment for veterans to share their experiences and wisdom • How post-traumatic stress can be a portal to growth • Essential steps for healing the disturbed relationship between our society and our warriors • Effective catharsis—guidance for cleansing the warrior’s psyche and soul • The power of giving and receiving forgiveness from comrades, enemies, and the warrior’s home culture • The archetypal vision of the life complete warrior’s life path • Using the creative arts to express the truth of the warrior • More than seven hours of historical perspectives, inspirational stories, and prayers, as well as practical guidance on the unique journey of the warrior from renowned scholar Dr. Edward Tick

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Book SynopsisA gorgeous, expansive piece of narrative non-fiction about care, dependence, and what it means to breathe in an age of environmental catastropheA few moments after birth we begin to use our lungs for the first time. From then on, we must continue breathing for as long as we are alive. And although this mostly happens unconsciously, in a society plagued by anxiety, climate change, environmental racism, and illness, there are more and more instances that “teach us about the privilege that is breathing.” Why do we so easily forget the air that we breathe in common? What does it mean to breathe when the environment that sustains life now threatens it? And how can life continue to flourish under conditions that are increasingly toxic? To approach these questions, Jamieson Webster draws on psychoanalytic theory and reflects on her own experiences as an asthmatic teenager, a deep-sea diver, a palliative psychologist during COVID, a psychoanalyst attentive to the somatic, and a new mother. The result is a compassionate and timely exploration of air and breathing as a way to undo the pervasive myth of the individual by considering our dependence on invisible systems, on one another, and the way we have violently neglected this important aspect of life.

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Book SynopsisMiracles Are Made is a real-life guide written from the happenings of real life. It is a How To on living with and healing autism.Lynette Louise began life's journey first as an individual, then as a mother, and eventually as a grandmother reaching into the heart of this disorder and helping first herself and then her children to become independent. Lynette's journey, challenging as it was, taught her many lessons on the very real possibilities and limitations buried within the diagnosis.In Miracles Are Made Lynette not only shares stories from her personal and professional life but also illuminates the whys and the wherefores of the social climate parents find themselves in when coping with autism. She does this by educating us on the history of science and social awareness in relation to this disorder. She then teaches us how to make the best of what is possible and recreate the healings she has been fortunate enough to facilitate. You will come away understanding how to understand autism.You will come away knowing what to do.

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