Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife
ISBN: 9780060598709 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Why can't you remember where you put your keys? Or the title of the movie you saw last week? Anyone older than forty knows that forgetfulness can be unnerving, frustrating, and sometimes terrifying. With compassion and humor, acclaimed journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin explores the factors that determine how well or poorly one's brain will age. She takes readers along on her lively journey--consulting with experts in the fields of sleep, stress, traumatic brain injury, hormones, genetics, and dementia, as well as specialists in nutrition, cognitive psychology, and the... Why can't you remember where you put your keys? Or the title of the movie you saw last week? Anyone older than forty knows that forge... |
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59,62 zł |
Shyness: A Bold New Approach
ISBN: 9780060930684 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Shy Facts
Shy Facts
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Making Peace with Your Past: the Six Essential Steps to Enjoy a Great Future, Pub. Quill, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10019, USA
ISBN: 9780060933142 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Do You: Harbor guilt or grudges from past relationships? Feel plagued by thoughts of regret? Think "Oh, no, not again " when personal problems arise? Wonder why life hasn't turned out the way you wanted? Feel anxious or depressed about your future? Seem to be less happy as time goes by?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, this book can help you make peace with your past -- here and now. The past lives on in everything we think, feel, say, and do. Medical studies show that adults who've had adverse or traumatic past experiences are much more vulnerable to... Do You: Harbor guilt or grudges from past relationships? Feel plagued by thoughts of regret? Think "Oh, no, not again " when personal problems arise? ...
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72,61 zł |
Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child
ISBN: 9780062507105 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Inner bonding is the process of connecting our adult thoughts with our instinctual, gut feelings--the feelings of the "inner child"--so that we can minimize painful conflict within ourselves. Free of inner conflict, we feel peaceful, open to joy, and open to giving and receiving love. Margaret Paul, coauthor of Healing Your Aloneness, explores how abandonment of the inner child leads to increasingly negative and destructive feelings of low self-worth, codepenclence, addiction, shame, powerlessness, and withdrawal from relationships. Her breakthrough inner bonding process... Inner bonding is the process of connecting our adult thoughts with our instinctual, gut feelings--the feelings of the "inner child"--so that we can... |
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76,88 zł |
Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water
ISBN: 9780156027076 / Angielski / Miękka / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to learn how to swim. While discovering the restorative effect of the water, she also began to notice that the lessons she was learning in the pool drew remarkable parallels with the lessons of life. The way in which you first get into the water, for example, is similar to trying anything new-you can jump in feet first, or dive in headfirst, but first you have to have some idea of what you're actually getting into. From floating to treading water, forward strokes to...
At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to learn how to swim. ...
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Memory, Imprinting and the Brain: An Inquiry Into Mechanisms
ISBN: 9780198521563 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Ranging from behavioral to molecular levels of analysis, this informative study presents the results of recent research into the biochemistry and neural mechanisms of imprinting. Horn discusses some of the difficulties that researchers have encountered in analyzing the neural basis of memory and describes ways in which these difficulties have been overcome through the analysis of memories underlying habituation and imprinting. He also considers the biochemical consequences of imprinting and its cerebral localization, and examines the relationships between human and animal memory.
Ranging from behavioral to molecular levels of analysis, this informative study presents the results of recent research into the biochemistry and neur...
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533,54 zł |
Memory Fitness: A Guide for Successful Aging
ISBN: 9780300100235 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The latest scientific information on aging and memory, along with expert advice for middle-aged and older adults concerned about memory problems. Do all adults experience memory difficulties as they age? What is the difference between normal memory change and the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? Is it possible to stem, or even reverse, memory decline? This timely book is a comprehensive guide for the growing number of adults who are eager to learn how aging affects memory and what can or cannot be done about it. Gilles Einstein and Mark McDaniel, widely respected for their research and...
The latest scientific information on aging and memory, along with expert advice for middle-aged and older adults concerned about memory problems. Do a...
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89,92 zł |
Mind Boosters: A Guide to Natural Supplements That Enhance Your Mind, Memory, and Mood
ISBN: 9780312195847 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Everyone forgets things sometimes. But do you ever feel like you can't keep track of simple things like acquaintances' names, your car keys, and the two things you needed to pick up on the way home? As America's population ages, more and more people are struggling with the fact that their memory and mental power are not that they used to be. Maybe you've tried "exercising" your mind, or maybe you've just started keeping better "to do" lists. But a proven way to improve your mind, memory and mood is to feed your brain the nutrients it needs to function at its peak performance level. Over... Everyone forgets things sometimes. But do you ever feel like you can't keep track of simple things like acquaintances' names, your car keys, and th... |
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102,52 zł |
How to Remember Anything: The Total Proven Memory Retention System
ISBN: 9780312367343 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Only Book of Its Kind--Build Memory Power Whether You're 8 or 80 Dean Vaughn's How to Remember Anything is a remarkable system for harnessing your brain's capacity for memory. Vaughn's user-friendly ten-step system goes beyond the drills and repetitions many of us learned as children by tapping into the power of sight and hearing. Visualizations, sound-alike words, and odd juxtapositions of objects (the more illogical the better) are some of the elements of Vaughn's sure-fire program to remember and retain everything from the names of the presidents of the United States... The Only Book of Its Kind--Build Memory Power Whether You're 8 or 80 Dean Vaughn's How to Remember Anything is a remarkable system fo... |
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125,90 zł |
Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days
ISBN: 9780316532686 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Harry Lorayne is an internationally acclaimed memory expert. Here he displays his remarkable memory-training abilities in a book aimed at high-school and college students.
Harry Lorayne is an internationally acclaimed memory expert. Here he displays his remarkable memory-training abilities in a book aimed at high-school ...
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85,43 zł |
The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
ISBN: 9780345410023 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more. From the Paperback edition.
Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more...
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76,92 zł |
Harry Lorayne's Page-A-Minute Memory Book
ISBN: 9780345410146 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) If time is money, then memory is the bank and Harry Lorayne will show you how to make every minute count, dramatically increasing performance, productivity, and profits.
-- Enhance your powers of concentration and observation. -- Double or even triple your daily work output, eliminate careless errors, quickly skim and retain business reports, news articles, and technical data. -- Breeze through exams, improve your grades and classroom performance, reduce your homework time, and increase your free time. -- Give speeches without notes and without anxiety, learn foreign languages... If time is money, then memory is the bank and Harry Lorayne will show you how to make every minute count, dramatically increasing performance, product...
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72,65 zł |
Brain Fitness: Anti-Aging to Fight Alzheimer's Disease, Supercharge Your Memory, Sharpen Your Intelligence, de-Stress Your Mind, Cont
ISBN: 9780385488693 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) As medicine continues to increase longevity, it becomes more and more vital for us all to keep the mind healthy and vigorous.
As a cofounder and director of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Dr. Robert Goldman has at his fingertips all of the latest scientific research on what each of us can do not only to retain all our mental powers as long as we live but also to actually strengthen and improve our mind-power as we age. Now he shares that information, in a layperson's terms, with numerous self-tests, information charts, and quizzes, so that we all can improve memory,... As medicine continues to increase longevity, it becomes more and more vital for us all to keep the mind healthy and vigorous.
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81,20 zł |
The Long-Term Retention of Knowledge and Skills: A Cognitive and Instructional Perspective
ISBN: 9780387965314 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDl,2 This report reviews and interprets research on the nature and magnitude of the effects of those factors which influence how well knowledge and skills (K&S) are retained over relatively long periods of nonuse. Our interest lies in the kinds of knowledge domains and skills that military personnel must master to function effectively on their jobs. The practical concern impelling this study is that K&S degradation or loss (which we will refer to as "decay") can and does occur, often and severely enough, to jeopardize military preparedness. There are occasions in...
A. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDl,2 This report reviews and interprets research on the nature and magnitude of the effects of those factors which influe...
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Reversing Memory Loss: Proven Methods for Regaining, Stengthening, and Preserving Your Memory, Featuring the Latest Research and Treaments
ISBN: 9780395944523 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Written with warmth and clarity, this book belongs in the hands of anyone who has agonized over an aging friend or relative or worries about his own capacity to remember. No physical problem is as destructive or frightening as the loss of memory. Stress, pain, depression, overmedication, stroke, or Alzheimer's disease -- these are just some of the causes. In this fully revised and updated book, an internationally known neurosurgeon and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital outlines the latest treatments that help reverse memory loss: New forms of memory recently discovered by...
Written with warmth and clarity, this book belongs in the hands of anyone who has agonized over an aging friend or relative or worries about his own c...
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge: The Book of Mnemonic Devices
ISBN: 9780399533518 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When is a "tulip"* not a flower? When it's one of hundreds of mnemonic devices in this comprehensive sourcebook.
From remembering the notes on a scale (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) to correctly performing geometric equations (Soh-Cah-Toa) to using "HOMES" for conjuring up the Great Lakes (Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior), mnemonic devices have helped countless students, teachers, and trivia buffs recall key information in a snap-using anagrams, clever rhymes, and word games. In this comprehensive guide, readers will find a wide spectrum of ingeniously simple mnemonic devices... When is a "tulip"* not a flower? When it's one of hundreds of mnemonic devices in this comprehensive sourcebook.
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Memory in Everyday Life: Volume 100
ISBN: 9780444889973 / Angielski / Twarda / 553 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The last decade has seen a major growth in research on how memory is used in everyday life. This volume represents a reaction to traditional laboratory-bound studies of the first half of the century which sought to identify the fundamental principles of learning and memory through the use of materials and methods totally divorced from the real world. The new wave of memory research has had considerable success in charting how memory develops, the role it plays in educational and social skills and the impact of memory impairment on mental life. The current volume consists of authoritative...
The last decade has seen a major growth in research on how memory is used in everyday life. This volume represents a reaction to traditional laborator...
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688,35 zł |
Ten Days to a Sharper Memory
ISBN: 9780446676663 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Remember names, details, and facts with the most effective memory system ever. The step-by-step guide that assesses your present memory quotient and shows you how your memory works, "10 Days to a Sharper Memory" will help you:
-- Remember the names and faces of people you meet -- Establish a system for remembering everything from famous quotes to where you parked the car -- Remember dates, telephone numbers, addresses, prices, and more -- Use ingenious systems and techniques to memorize facts -- Keep your memory sharp with easy exercises you can do in your spare time. Remember names, details, and facts with the most effective memory system ever. The step-by-step guide that assesses your present memory quotient and s...
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Female and Forgetful: A Six-Step Program to Help Restore Your Memory and Sharpen Your Mind
ISBN: 9780446677431 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Based upon research this volume presents an overview of the causes of memory and concentration problems in women over the age of 30. The authors offer a range of techniques, dietary measures and things to avoid to restore, and in many cases enhance, the mental faculties.
Based upon research this volume presents an overview of the causes of memory and concentration problems in women over the age of 30. The authors offer...
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118,41 zł |
The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential
ISBN: 9780452273221 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
The potential of the human brain is phenomenal, and Tony Buzan has been a pioneer in researching that potential and helping people learn how to make the most of their brainpower. The Mind Map Book is his most important and comprehensive book on the subject. It offers exciting new ways of using and improving memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thought on all levels, in order to accelerate the ability to learn, remember, and record information. Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking are groundbreaking methods of accessing... THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
The potential of the human brain is phenomenal, and Tony Buzan has been a pioneer in researching that potentia... |
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128,21 zł |