The Teen Brain Book.The Teen Brain Book Dale Carlson, author; Nancy Teasdale, editor; Carol Nicklaus, illustrator Bick Publishing House 307 Neck Road, Madison, CT 06443 1884158293 $14.95 www.bickpubhouse.com Award-winning author Dale Carlson presents The Teen Brain Book, a guide to how the human brain works and how to use this knowledge to change one's own personality and liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999. one from suffering. Intended especially for ages twelve and up, The Teen Brain Book covers such topics as how learning and memory work, evolutionary psychology evolutionary psychology n. The study of the psychological adaptations of humans to the changing physical and social environment, especially of changes in brain structure, cognitive mechanisms, and behavioral differences among individuals. , tools for self-change, and more. In addition to the latest findings in science and psychology, The Teen Brain Book also offers insights into "the self", by claiming that the concept of a "self" is simply a powerful illusion Illusion See also Appearances, Deceiving. Barmecide feast imaginary feast served t0 beggar by prince. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “The Barmecide’s Feast”] Emperor’s New Clothes of the brain, and explains the basics of meditation meditation, religious discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. It may be a means of invoking divine grace, as in the contemplation by Christian mystics of a spiritual theme, question, or problem; or it may be a means of attaining in a manner not unlike Buddhism (though The Teen Brain Book is emphatically em·phat·ic adj. 1. Expressed or performed with emphasis: responded with an emphatic "no." 2. Forceful and definite in expression or action. 3. not a Buddhist or religious book). Highly recommended for readers of all ages who desire to better understand how their own minds work. |
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