Given the increasing media coverage of our brain and brain formation, we have this compilation of the top 21 books that explain these trends, the research behind them, and the consequences for us all to help produce.
For your easy navigation we have divided into seven groups:
1) Fascinating books on neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain rewire itself through experience):
- Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a new science our extraordinary potential to transform our shows – by Sharon Begley.
- The brain that changes itself: stories of personal triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science – by Norman Doidge.
- The executive brain: frontal lobes and the civilized mind – by Elkhonon Goldberg).
- The Wisdom Paradox: How your mind can grow stronger as your brain is aging – by Elkhonon Goldberg.
2) User-friendly scientific books on the brain:
- Best of the Brain from Scientific American: mind, matter, and the heads of tomorrow by Floyd E. Bloom.
- User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, attention, and the four areas of the brain – by John J. Ratey.
- In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind – by Eric Kandel.
- Mapping the Mind – by Rita Carter.
- Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the mysteries of the soul of man – by VS Ramachandran.
- Why Zebras Do not get ulcers: An updated guide to stress-related illness and adaptation – by Robert M. Sapolsky.
3) to apply all this teaching and learning:
- Magic Trees of the Mind: How do you encourage your child’s intelligence, creativity, and healthy emotions from birth through adolescence – by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson.
- The art of changing the brain: enriching the practice of teaching by exploring the biology of learning – by James Zull.
- Enrich the Brain: How to maximize the potential of each student – by Eric Jensen.
4) to solve how to apply positive and cognitive psychology, other problems in the real world:
- Thanks: How the new science of gratitude can make you happier – by Robert Emmons.
- Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to think like a thin person – by Judith Beck.
- Trader Performance Improvement: Proven Strategies from the tip of the psychology of trading – by Brett Steenbarger.
5) a health / medical angle:
- The Brain Trust Program: A science-based plan in three parts – by Larry McCleary.
- The limitation of memory: Dr. Gary Small plane 14 days to keep your brain and body of the young people – by Gary Small.
- Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that your mind and your memory – by Dharma Singh Khalsa improved.
6) Reference Manual:
- The Dana Guide to Brain Health: A Practical Family Reference from Medical Experts by Floyd E. Bloom, M. Flint Beal and David J. Kupfer.
7) A good combination of information and activities:
- Weight training mental training exercises for the six areas of intelligence – by David Gamon and Allen D. Bragdon.
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