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| Author | : Marc Prensky |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2012-08-07 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0230338097 |
Most people use technology to help them keep track of their daily lives. Yet, we're constantly questioning if this is truly a useful 'crutch', or if we're merely damaging our own ability to think and remember. In Brain Gain, Marc Prensky argues that the power of technology improves natural cognitive abilities and benefits us.
| Author | : Herbert Brücker |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2012-07-26 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0199654824 |
Part II examines the consequences of brain drain for the sending countries.
| Author | : Michael Platt |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 2020-10-06 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1613631456 |
Leadership is a set of abilities with which a lucky few are born. They're the natural relationship builders, master negotiators and persuaders, and agile and strategic thinkers. The good news for the rest of us is that those abilities can be developed. In The Leader's Brain, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative director Michael Platt explains how.
| Author | : National Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 195 |
| Release | : 1992-01-01 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0309045290 |
The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
| Author | : Maurice Schiff |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 2005-10-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0821363743 |
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. Using original research, this title examines the determinants of migration, the impact of remittances and migration on poverty, welfare, and investment decisions, and the consequences of brain drain, brain gain, and brain waste.
| Author | : Clive Thompson |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2013-09-12 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1101638710 |
A revelatory and timely look at how technology boosts our cognitive abilities—making us smarter, more productive, and more creative than ever It’s undeniable—technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding “yes.” In Smarter Than You Think, Thompson shows that every technological innovation—from the written word to the printing press to the telegraph—has provoked the very same anxieties that plague us today. We panic that life will never be the same, that our attentions are eroding, that culture is being trivialized. But, as in the past, we adapt—learning to use the new and retaining what is good of the old. Smarter Than You Think embraces and extols this transformation, presenting an exciting vision of the present and the future.
| Author | : Georgiana Mihut |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2017-08-24 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9463510443 |
This volume brings together selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike further the development of higher education as a field of study through public and ongoing conversations. It is news, analysis, and commentary publications like UWN and IHE that facilitate this dialogue and keep pace with the most up-to-date developments in the field. Together, the articles included in this volume—alongside the section introductions—offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education globally. While both publications are freely available online, this book provides a thematically coherent selection of articles, offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education.
| Author | : Arjen van Ooyen |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 586 |
| Release | : 2017-06-23 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0128038721 |
The adult brain is not as hard-wired as traditionally thought. By modifying their small- or large-scale morphology, neurons can make new synaptic connections or break existing ones (structural plasticity). Structural changes accompany memory formation and learning, and are induced by neurogenesis, neurodegeneration and brain injury such as stroke. Exploring the role of structural plasticity in the brain can be greatly assisted by mathematical and computational models, as they enable us to bridge the gap between system-level dynamics and lower level cellular and molecular processes. However, most traditional neural network models have fixed neuronal morphologies and a static connectivity pattern, with plasticity merely arising from changes in the strength of existing synapses (synaptic plasticity). In The Rewiring Brain, the editors bring together for the first time contemporary modeling studies that investigate the implications of structural plasticity for brain function and pathology. Starting with an experimental background on structural plasticity in the adult brain, the book covers computational studies on homeostatic structural plasticity, the impact of structural plasticity on cognition and cortical connectivity, the interaction between synaptic and structural plasticity, neurogenesis-related structural plasticity, and structural plasticity in neurological disorders. Structural plasticity adds a whole new dimension to brain plasticity, and The Rewiring Brain shows how computational approaches may help to gain a better understanding of the full adaptive potential of the adult brain. The book is written for both computational and experimental neuroscientists. - Reviews the current state of knowledge of structural plasticity in the adult brain - Gives a comprehensive overview of computational studies on structural plasticity - Provides insights into the potential driving forces of structural plasticity and the functional implications of structural plasticity for learning and memory - Serves as inspiration for developing novel treatment strategies for stimulating functional repair after brain damage
| Author | : Drew Logan |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2017-09-12 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1501162985 |
"What if we could train our brains to stop weight gain? Get them to work for us, not against us in our striving to be lean, healthy, and fit? We can. In 25Days, celebrity trainer and star of NBC's STRONG, Drew Logan, shows us how to rewrite our neurological patterns and break the habits that prevent us from living a healthy life. Diet & Nutrition, Fitness, Healthy Living, Healthy Lifestyle, Weight Loss"--
| Author | : Jan Lauwereyns |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 0262017911 |
Although we routinely take our vision to be veridical representations of reality, in actuality we choose (albeit unwittingly) or construct what we see. By movements of the eyes, the direction of our gaze, we create meaning. The author offers a reformulation of perception and its neural underpinnings, focusing on the active nature of perception. In his investigation of active perception and its brain mechanisms, he offers the gaze as the principal paradigm for perception. He discusses the dynamic and constrained nature of perception; the complex information processing at the level of the retina; the active nature of vision; the intensive nature of representations; the gaze of others as visual stimulus; and the intentionality of vision and consciousness.
