Owner's Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research by Pierce J. Howard

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  • Publisher: Bard Press TX
  • Pub. Date: April 2006
  • ISBN-13: 9781885167644
  • Sales Rank: 111,601
  • 1040pp
  • Edition Description: REV
  • Edition Number: 3
 
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This information-packed guidebook combines the latest in brain research with the real world applications for your personal, family and work life.

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"...based on the latest brain research, and drawn from the fields of linguistics, philosophy, and anthropology...explores the many ways music can affect the brain."

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Although medical science can describe and define many of the brain's functions, the relationship between brain and behavior is not yet fully understood. Howard, director of the Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, a Charlotte, N.C.-based consulting firm, organizes workshops so people can better comprehend this relationships and make appropriate changes in their lives. His book includes chapters on the psychobiology of emotions and getting along with the opposite sex (including research on why men and women supposedly differ in math and verbal skills). He cites studies from a variety of sources to back himself up. Some of his goals are very basic--for example, how to get a better night's sleep or improve memory by relying on specific diet recommendations. Others, such as delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease, are more experimental. But, unfortunately, the book reads as a hodge-podge of research findings, followed by applications by Howard. (July)

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May 08, 2006: This book is a really great reference for brain functions and how they work. If you want to know the best times of day to nap and why that is, this will tell you. How does your internal clock work? It truely is an extensive guide to all your brain does. There are other books out there with this information, but the format of the book makes it easy to access and flip through. No need to read it cover to cover because you can flip to whatever chapter you might be interested in.