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"Neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing. Music is perhaps one of humanity's oldest medicines as well as its most universal: from China to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and pre-colonial South America, cultures have developed rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering,...
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2024.
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viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Christof Koch explores the only thing we directly experience: consciousness. At the book's heart is integrated-information theory, the idea that the essence of consciousness is the ability to exert causal power over itself, to be an agent of change. Koch investigates the physical origins of consciousness in the brain and how this knowledge can be used to measure consciousness in natural and artificial systems"-- Provided by publisher.
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2024.
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xxxiii, 558 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renee Fleming curates a collection of essays from leading scientists, creative arts therapists, educators, healthcare providers and artists about the powerful impacts of music and the arts on health and the human experience A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, from providing pain relief, to enhancing...
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2025.
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222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"La infelicidad es el estado natural de nuestro cerebro por defecto, pero nos enseñan que lo 'normal' es la felicidad. Esto produce un sufrimiento innecesario, pues hace que parezca que tus altibajos naturales son un trastorno. Hace que pienses que los demás son felices y que tú te lo estás perdiendo. Te distrae, cuando podrías estar desarrollando las habilidades necesarias para activar las sustancias químicas cerebrales de la felicidad....
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2024.
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292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive story of how women broke into competitive running over the last century, getting faster and fiercer with every race and changing our understanding of gender and power in athletics and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
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[2024]
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xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"This book is about protection in elite sport. More specifically, it is about protective policies that regulate athletes' bodies by biocultural categories-age, weight, sex, impairment, "natural," and "enhanced" (doped). These categories are, at once, scientifically oriented and socially constructed. What seem to be obvious, organic, and quantifiable ways of measuring variations of human diversity are, in effect, historically and contextually specific...
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"Super Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol. Dr. Topol's unprecedented, evidenced-based guide is about how you and your family and friends can benefit from new treatments coming available at a faster rate than ever. From his unique position...
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2025.
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xii, 287 pages ; 25 cm
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"Why do some people become radicalized? How do ideologies shape the human brain? And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas? In The Ideological Brain, Leor Zmigrod reveals the deep connection between political beliefs and the biology of the brain. Drawing on her own pioneering research, she uncovers the complex interplay between biology and environment that predisposes some individuals to rigid ways of thinking, and explains how ideologies...
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2026.
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xxvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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This guide examines red and near-infrared light therapy, also known as photobiomodulation, and its proposed applications in health and wellness. The author reviews scientific research related to light-based therapies and discusses their potential use for skin health, pain management, wound healing, physical performance, metabolic function, and overall well-being. The book also provides practical information on treatment parameters, dosing considerations,...
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[2025]
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x, 293 pages ; 22 cm
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"We spend roughly a third of our lives in bed, but for millions of us, not all of that time is spent sleeping. We strive for eight hours per night, only to lie awake thanks to stress, our ever-present devices, a new baby, or that 4pm coffee you thought you needed. As sleep scientist and recovering insomniac Merijn van de Laar shows, we're hardly the first to experience this. When homo sapiens evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, when saber-toothed...
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