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Life Without Memory: Your Hippocampus and You
Who are you without your memory? In neurobiological lingo: who are you without your hippocampus?…
The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and...
Abigail Marsh’s 2017 book , reviews research by her and others showing that extraordinary altruists…
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Attack of the Teenage Brain!: Understanding and Supporting the Weird...
John Medina, developmental molecular biologist and New York Times best-selling author, has written a book…
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Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children by Yong...
Yong Zhao, University of Kansas Professor of education, has published over 30 books, including a…
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius...
Gail Saltz, author of The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius, argues…
You, Your Child, and School: Navigating Your Way to the...
Sir Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica previously argued in their 2015 book Creative Schools (reviewed here)…
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Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength,...
Rick Hanson, senior fellow at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and a…
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The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Richard Haier
The Neuroscience of Intelligence explores intriguing ideas about the neuroscientific and genetic bases of intelligence…
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience...
In their new book The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in…
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The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World by...
Humans are driven to create and innovate. In fact, this drive is what fuels our…
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