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Existential Sociology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Douglas, J. D. / Johnson, J. M. / Douglas, Jack D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection of ten original essays was first published in . It engages the 'crisis in sociology' at the most fundamental level of thought and experience. Existential sociology is defined as the study and understanding of all forms of human existence. Without seeking to erect a pristine philosophical sanctuary of its own, Existential Sociology examines and criticizes the underlying philosophical assumptions of previous theories of social science, while elaborating its own approach to human understanding. The contributors are concerned with constructing practical as well as theoretical truths about social life - how we feel, think and act. In contrast to most other sociologies, the emphasis is on the independence and dominance of human feelings over the evaluative and cognitive features of social actions. Students and teachers of sociology and people in related fields interested in the connection between social science and their own subjects will find Existential Sociology useful and absorbing.
Ripetizioni di MATEMATICA, FISICA,ANALISI,GEOMETRIA, ALGEBRA
Tipo di annuncio Professionisti Offro Tipo di annuncio Professionisti Offro Da anni impartisco lezioni di MATEMATICA e FISICA a Trento, sia a studenti universitari, sia ad alunni delle scuole, ottenendo ottimi risultati. Tutti i miei studenti hanno superato gli esami! Ho preparato oltre 100 studenti. LA PRIMA LEZIONE E' GRATUITA Ho già seguito studenti per la preparazione degli esami di matematica e fisica delle seguenti facoltà: - Ingegneria dell'Università di Trento (Analisi 1, 2 e Fisica 1) - Scienze Cognitive dell'Università di Trento (Defranceschi e Serapioni) - Economia dell'Università di Trento - Economia dell'Università di Bolzano - Economia dell'Università di Padova - Economia e Commercio dell'Università di Verona - Informatica dell'Università di Bolzano - Architettura dell'Università di Venezia e alunni di tutte le scuole superiori. Tariffe: Per studenti universitari: 20€ per 1 ora di lezione, 35€ per due ore di lezione Per alunni delle scuole superiori: 15€/ora Per lezioni di gruppo contattatemi. Sono disponibile anche sabato e domenica. Contattatemi per qualsiasi informazione
V-smile (v-tech) console tv -apprendo 3-7 anni
Vendo console per tv, v-smile classica GP, sistema di apprendimento, gioco divertente ed istruttivo adatto ai bambini di età tra i 3-7 anni, insegna forme, lettere, numeri, colori, stimolando le abilità cognitive e il linguaggio. Inclusa console, gioco di Winnie the Poph, scatola imballo originale integra, 1 joystick adatto anche ai mancini, (opzionale secondo joystick per due giocatori), cavo di collegamento, 1 adattatore scart. Si collega direttamente alla TV di casa, facile da usare. Usata, ma perfettamente funzionale e in ottimo stato, come nuova. Se interessati, disponiamo anche della tavoletta grafica originale V-SMILE ART STUDIO, da collegare alla console e usare con pennino per disegnare alla tv, completa di cartuccia gioco-programma “art studio†e di scatola imballo originale integra, in vendita ad euro . Inoltre disponiamo di cartucce giochi originali perfettamente funzionanti, disponibili: CENERENTOLA, ALADIN, TOPOLINO, LA SIRENETTA, IL RE LEONE, NEMO, da vendersi singolarmente ad euro 8,00 cadauno o in blocco.
Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Arthur I., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? "Insights of Genius" shows how seeing is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible. "Insights of Genius, " first published by Copernicus in , explores the creative leaps that led some of the greatest scientists and artists to dramatically transform how we understand nature. The scope of figures runs from Galileo and da Vinci to Einstein and Picasso. Focusing on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the age of modern art and modern physics, the book travels through the philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, neurophysiology, and art history. "Insights of Genius" discusses intuition, aesthetics, realism, representation, metaphors, and visual imagery. Allied to these concepts are causality, relativity, energy conservation, entropy, the correspondence principle, scientific creativity, and Cubism. Running through the book is the idea that science extends our intuition from common sense to an understanding of a world beyond our perception.
Libri facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
I libri sono tutti in formato digitale, per ulteriori informazioni contattatemi all'email: Bruce Alberts - Biologia molecolare della cellula - 5a Ed: 15 euro I principi di biochimica di Lehninger-David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox(VI Edizione - Zanichelli - EURO Anastasi-Trattato-Anatomia (VOLUMI EURO Atlante di anatomia umana-Sobotta: 8 EURO Chimica Fisica - Peter W.Atkins - Zanichelli: 5 EURO Chimica organica - Hart, Craine. Volume unico: 5 EURO Fondamenti di Chimica - Silvestroni: 8 EURO Genetica-Russel_2ed: 8 EURO Anatomia del gray(solo capitoli EURO Harrison - Principi Di Medicina Interna Vol. Ed. McGraw Hill): 15 EURO Introduzione alla Chimica Organica 3 Ed - Brown, Poon: 8 EURO Principi di chimica- Atkins Jones: 8 EURO Principi di Microbiologia Medica: 8 EURO Chirurgia Dionigi III edizione: 10 EURO Guyton e Hall II edizione: 10 EURO Unitutor ZANICHELLI: 8 EURO Biologia cellulare e molecolare - Karp: 5 EURO Riassunto Biologia molecolare della cellula (Alberts): 3 EURO Elementi di Biologia Solomon: 5 EURO Medicina interna sistematica- Rugarli. 6 EURO Abbas immunologia cellulare: 6 EURO Chimica organica - Bruice: 6 EURO Fisiologia medica -Conti: 6 EURO Farmacologia - Rossi: 10 EURO Elementi di patologia generale- Pontieri: 6 EURO Wheater-istologia e anatomia microscopica: 6 EURO Microbiologia medica-Murray: 6 EURO Istologia- Monesi: 8 EURO Fisiologia Berne Levy: 8 EURO Malattie dell'apparato respiratorio-Terzano: 5 EURO Fisica-Giancoli: 5 EURO Le basi farmacologiche della terapia - Goodman: 10 EURO Principi di Neuroscienze-Kandel: 6 EURO
Understanding Police and Police Work: Psychological Issues
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yarmey, A. Daniel / Harrison, Marina / Rosenfeld, Lucy, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, According to social psychologist A. Daniel Yarmey, police officers find the nature of their work necessitates that they behave to some extent like applied psychologists. Many police officers, of course, do not have any special training in this or any allied field, nor do they have an understanding of what cognitive or social psychology might be able to tell them about the behavior of those with whom they are likely to deal in their daily work. Similarly, psychologists are habitually asked by the courts to present research regarding eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and competency to stand trial, yet psychologists frequently lack any real awareness of policing or of police officers. "Understanding Police and Police Work," the first systematic an comprehensive review of the psychology of police and their work, focuses on the psychological basis of police officers' interactions with society. It shows how psychology and other social sciences can contribute to an understanding of police behavior as well as the behavior of citizens and other professionals with whom the police are involved.
Palestra Baby Trainer Ergo Gym Chicco
La palestra che si adatta alla corporatura e ai movimenti del bambino nelle diverse fasi della crescita e gli permette di giocare sempre nella posizione più naturale. Offre 4 configurazioni di gioco, che si adattano alle diverse fasi di crescita del bambino, rispettando la sua corporatura: palestra, baby seat, tappeto attività e pannello-tavolo. Con luci e melodie per stimolare le capacità cognitive del bambino. A partire da 0 mesi, Palestra: il piccolo gioca supino sulla base imbottita toccando i 2 trillini agganciati al pannello, attivando luci e melodie. A partire da 4 mesi, Baby Seat: offre un confortevole supporto per il bambino che, con il movimento dei piedini, può aggiungere i 2 pendenti agganciati al pannello, attivando melodie e luci. A partire dai 6 mesi, Tappeto Attività: il bambino gioca prono, muovendo le braccia per toccare le attività presenti sul pannello. In questo modo rinforza i muscoli del collo e della schiena. A partire dai 9 mesi, Pannello-Tavolo: seduto sul morbido tappeto, il bambino gioca con il pannello elettronico USATA POCHISSIMO
Libri universitari Medicina e Chirurgia
Bruce Alberts - Biologia molecolare della cellula - 5a Ed: 15 euro I principi di biochimica di Lehninger-David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox(VI Edizione - Zanichelli - EURO Il mondo della cellula-Becker: 8 EURO Anastasi-Trattato-Anatomia (VOLUMI EURO Atlante di anatomia umana-Sobotta: 8 EURO Chimica Fisica - Peter W.Atkins - Zanichelli: 5 EURO Chimica organica - Hart, Craine. Volume unico: 5 EURO Fondamenti di Chimica - Silvestroni: 8 EURO Genetica-Russel_2ed: 8 EURO Anatomia del gray(solo capitoli EURO Harrison - Principi Di Medicina Interna Vol. Ed. McGraw Hill): 15 EURO Introduzione alla Chimica Organica 3 Ed - Brown, Poon: 8 EURO Principi di chimica- Atkins Jones: 8 EURO Principi di Microbiologia Medica: 8 EURO Chirurgia Dionigi III edizione: 10 EURO Guyton e Hall II edizione: 10 EURO Biologia cellulare e molecolare - Karp: 5 EURO Riassunto Biologia molecolare della cellula (Alberts): 3 EURO Elementi di Biologia Solomon: 5 EURO Medicina interna sistematica- Rugarli. 6 EURO Abbas immunologia cellulare: 6 EURO Chimica organica - Bruice: 6 EURO Fisiologia medica -Conti: 6 EURO Farmacologia - Rossi: 10 EURO Elementi di patologia generale- Pontieri: 6 EURO Wheater-istologia e anatomia microscopica: 6 EURO Microbiologia medica-Murray: 6 EURO Istologia- Monesi: 8 EURO Fisiologia Berne Levy: 8 EURO Malattie dell'apparato respiratorio-Terzano: 5 EURO Fisica-Giancoli: 5 EURO Le basi farmacologiche della terapia - Goodman: 10 EURO Principi di Neuroscienze-Kandel: 6 EURO Alberts- l'essenziale di biologia molecolare: 4 EURO Rodomontano-chimica organica: 6 EURO Rodomontano-chimica generale: 6 EURO La chimica di Rippa: 8 EURO Dal carbonio agli OGM: 6 EURO
The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V. / Ross, Stephen R. / Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave. "The Mind of the Chimpanzee" brings together scores of prominent scientists from around the world to share the most recent research into what goes on inside the mind of our closest living relative. Intertwining a range of topics--including imitation, tool use, face recognition, culture, cooperation, and reconciliation--with critical commentaries on conservation and welfare, the collection aims to understand how chimpanzees learn, think, and feel, so that researchers can not only gain insight into the origins of human cognition, but also crystallize collective efforts to protect wild chimpanzee populations and ensure appropriate care in captive settings. With a breadth of material on cognition and culture from the lab and the field, "The Mind of the Chimpanzee "is a first-rate synthesis of contemporary studies of these fascinating mammals that will appeal to all those interested in animal minds and what we can learn from them.
Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: Issues and Strategies
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Henderson, George, PUBLISHER: Quorum Books, All CEOs, managers, supervisors, training professionals, and educators must be able to effectively recruit, train, manage, and promote a culturally diverse work force. Unfortunately, few of them have been adequately trained to do so. Effective management of diversity is good business. It takes effective communication, conflict resolution, and the creation of an inclusive organizational culture to succeed. This comprehensive book helps administrators better understand the problems they face and how to deal with them by dispelling the myths and facing the realities of cultural diversity. Drawing on numerous examples of successful diversity initiatives, the book gives the reader a balanced view of distinct diversity interventions. Cross-cultural training programs are critiqued, along with specific methods for assuring quality in-service training activities. Self-administered quizzes, surveys, and critical incidents are included to allow the reader to gain self-insight and self-improvement. African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, women, older workers, employees with disabilities, foreign workers, and majority cultural groups are discussed in great detail. Theories and laws, as well as behavioral, cognitive, and affective strategies are among the topics presented.
Communicating Meaning: The Evolution and Development of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Velichkovsky, Boris M. / Rumbaugh, Duane M., PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, Dealing specifically with the origins and development of human language, this book is based on a selection of materials from a recent international conference held at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. The significance of the volume is that it testifies to paradigmatic changes currently in progress. The changes are from the typical emphasis on the syntactic properties of language and cognition to an analysis of biological and cultural factors which make these formal properties possible. The chapters provide in-depth coverage of such topics as new theoretical foundations for cognitive research, phylogenetic prerequisites and ontogenesis of language, and environmental and cultural forces of development. Some of the arguments and lines of research are relatively well-known; others deal with completely new interdisciplinary approaches. As a result, some of the authors' conclusions are in part, rather counterintuitive, such as the hypothesis that language as a system of formal symbolic transformations may be in fact a very late phenomenon located in the sphere of socio-cultural and not biological development. While highly debatable, this and other hypotheses of the book may well define research questions for the future.
Anxiety Disorders in Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McLean, Peter D. / Woody, Sheila R., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Recently developed psychosocial treatments for anxiety disorders reflect the systematic influence of scientifically generated knowledge, and these new treatments yield strong results. Research in such areas as information processing, cognition, behavioral avoidance, and the physiological components of anxious arousal has increased our knowledge of mediators that cause and maintain anxiety disorders. The development of these new clinical tools is timely, as epidemiological studies now show that up to 25% of people will experience at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Meanwhile, mental health care providers are increasingly pressured to limit the number of sessions and use demonstrably effective treatments. In this book, the authors review psychosocial treatments for anxiety disorders, focusing on the scientific basis and demonstrated outcomes of the treatments. Cognitive behavioral therapies are highlighted, as they have been the most frequently investigated approaches to treating anxiety disorders. Individual chapters feature specific phobias: social phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. The book is rich in clinical material and integrates science and clinical practice in an effort to help practitioners to improve the effectiveness of their work with anxious clients.
Libri scuole superiori - ist. Tecnici Commerciali
I libri sono usati, NON HO ALTRI LIBRI, NON PROCURO ALTRI LIBRI, NON CHIAMATE CHIEDENDOMI DI TITOLI NON PRESENTI QUI 1 - Grammar and more 2 - english revision and practice - Minerva Italica (Dendena,Perzolli,Schiavi) 2 - Corso di matematica applicata 1 - istituti tecnici commerciali - Tramontana 3 - New Performance 1 - an integrated communicative and cognitive approach to the teaching of english - Oxford university press (Cumino,Iantorno) 4 - Un codice per comunicare - Grammatica stenografica sistema CIMA - Morano editore 5 - Diritto civile - Tramontana (Aime,Capiluppi) 6 - Economia Politica - Principato (Franco Poma) 7 - News Business Links - commerce economy culture - Atlas (Gotti,Pearson) 8 - Ragioneria Applicata e pubblica - per la quarta classe degli istituti tecnici commerciali, indirizzo amministrativo, mercantile, commercio estero - Tramontana 9 - Territorio società ed economia - in Europa, schede di lavoro - Istituto geografico Deagostini (Bonalumi) 10 - Territorio società ed economia - nei paesi extraeuropei - Istituto geografico Deagostini 11 - Tecnica Mercantile - Tramontana (Astolfi,Negri), quarta classe Regole: 1) Non rispondo a sms (messaggini), utilizzate il numero solo per chiamate e non in anonimo. Sì email. 2) Non spedisco in contrassegno, causa brutte esperienze. 3) No paypal, no corriere inviato da voi
Libri facoltà di medicina e chirurgia
I libri sono tutti in formato digitale, per ulteriori informazioni contattatemi all'email: Bruce Alberts - Biologia molecolare della cellula - 5a Ed: 15 euro I principi di biochimica di Lehninger-David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox(VI Edizione - Zanichelli - EURO Il mondo della cellula-Becker: 8 EURO Anastasi-Trattato-Anatomia (VOLUMI EURO Atlante di anatomia umana-Sobotta: 8 EURO Chimica Fisica - Peter W.Atkins - Zanichelli: 5 EURO Chimica organica - Hart, Craine. Volume unico: 5 EURO Fondamenti di Chimica - Silvestroni: 8 EURO Genetica-Russel_2ed: 8 EURO Anatomia del gray(solo capitoli EURO Harrison - Principi Di Medicina Interna Vol. Ed. McGraw Hill): 15 EURO Introduzione alla Chimica Organica 3 Ed - Brown, Poon: 8 EURO Principi di chimica- Atkins Jones: 8 EURO Principi di Microbiologia Medica: 8 EURO Chirurgia Dionigi III edizione: 10 EURO Guyton e Hall II edizione: 10 EURO Biologia cellulare e molecolare - Karp: 5 EURO Riassunto Biologia molecolare della cellula (Alberts): 3 EURO Elementi di Biologia Solomon: 5 EURO Medicina interna sistematica- Rugarli. 6 EURO Abbas immunologia cellulare: 6 EURO Chimica organica - Bruice: 6 EURO Fisiologia medica -Conti: 6 EURO Farmacologia - Rossi: 10 EURO Elementi di patologia generale- Pontieri: 6 EURO Wheater-istologia e anatomia microscopica: 6 EURO Microbiologia medica-Murray: 6 EURO Istologia- Monesi: 8 EURO Fisiologia Berne Levy: 8 EURO Malattie dell'apparato respiratorio-Terzano: 5 EURO Fisica-Giancoli: 5 EURO Le basi farmacologiche della terapia - Goodman: 10 EURO Principi di Neuroscienze-Kandel: 6 EURO Alberts- l'essenziale di biologia molecolare: 4 EURO Rodomontano-chimica organica: 6 EURO Rodomontano-chimica generale: 6 EURO La chimica di Rippa: 8 EURO Dal carbonio agli OGM: 6 EURO
SCUOLA ELEMENTARE BILINGUE MONTESSORIANA
E' dimostrato i bambini bilingue hanno uno marcia in più rispetto ai coetanei monolingue. L'allenamento a cui è sottoposto il cervello per imparare suoni e parole diverse passando da una lingua all'altra fa si che riescano a gestire un più alto numero di informazioni con il risultato che sono più veloci nel risolvere problemi di vario genere. E' stato evidenziato che il bilinguismo aumenta la capacità cognitiva che consente di arrivare prima alla soluzione di un problema. Quindi esporre i bambini, in modo adeguato, al bilinguismo ne potenzia alcune abilità cognitive senza necessariamente compromettere lo sviluppo della lingua madre (Testo estratto da http://www.ansa.it/saluteebenessere/notizie/rubriche/salute_bambini/la_crescita/). La NUOVO SOLE Cooperativa ONLUS per dare continuità, al percorso scolastico della propria scuola materna bilingue avvia la SCUOLA ELEMENTARE BILINGUE a Pordenone. Siete tutti invitati a visitare la struttura, una realtà unica sul territorio, in modo da conoscere le nostre insegnanti di madre lingua inglese, scoprire i nostri laboratori, vedere i nostri locali nati specificamente per questa funzione e scoprire la nostra pedagogia sempre innovativa ed al passo con le esigenze della società di oggi. Pordenone via Delle Grazie, 11/B (dietro Hotel Santin)
In Search of Madness: Schizophrenia and Neuroscience
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heinrichs, R. Walter / Heinsichs, R. Walter, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Over the last two decades, scientific articles on schizophrenia have doubled in number, and prophecies of breakthrough have appeared and receded. The result is a scattered and confusing mass of evidence that is difficult to evaluate. How much progress has really been made? Are the neurological causes of madness truly in sight? This book evaluates the progress of schizophrenia science by summarizing what is known about how patients with the illness differ from healthy people. The tools of meta-analysis are first explained and then employed to make the strength and consistency of these differences explicit. Beginning with the study of symptoms, then moving through the search for objective disease markers, findings on the cognitive functions, structure, physiology, chemistry, and development of the brain, this book is a journey into the enigma of madness and its science. What emerges is an illness that reveals itself most strongly in thought processes, not biology. As evidence actually becomes weaker and harder to reproduce as research moves from mind to molecule, the harvest of dazzling research techniques turns out to be modest or inconsistent. Schizophrenia is an anomaly at the frontier of mind and brain, but In Search of Madness points the way to its solution.
Inside Out and Outside in: Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berzoff, Joan / Flanagan, Laura Melano / Hertz, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Over the past decade, Inside Out and Outside In has become a very important book among mental health practitioners in a variety of disciplines that deal with individuals in their complex social environments. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition builds on this foundation and adds a new chapter on cognitive behavioral theory and practice and a new chapter on relational and intersubjective theories to more fully meet the needs of both students and practitioners today. The third edition of Inside Out and Outside In maintains the book's respectful tone and empathetic voice while making many new additions. The chapter on affective disorders now includes bipolar disorders. Two other chapters update content on psychodynamic theory and race and gender. This edition also offers new research on schizophrenia and personality disorders. Other key updates include linking trauma theory with attachment, as well as attending to client systems, including couples, throughout the book. This new edition further deepens our understanding of the bio-psycho-social contexts in which clinical theory and practice occur, particularly in multicultural settings. It offers ways to clearly understand theories and clinical disorders in their biological and social contexts and provides key updates on new developments in the biopsychosocial domain. Acquista Ora
SCUOLA ELEMENTARE BILINGUE MONTESSORIANA
E' dimostrato i bambini bilingue hanno uno marcia in più rispetto ai coetanei monolingue. L'allenamento a cui è sottoposto il cervello per imparare suoni e parole diverse passando da una lingua all'altra fa si che riescano a gestire un più alto numero di informazioni con il risultato che sono più veloci nel risolvere problemi di vario genere. E' stato evidenziato che il bilinguismo aumenta la capacità cognitiva che consente di arrivare prima alla soluzione di un problema. Quindi esporre i bambini, in modo adeguato, al bilinguismo ne potenzia alcune abilità cognitive senza necessariamente compromettere lo sviluppo della lingua madre (Testo estratto da http://www.ansa.it/saluteebenessere/notizie/rubriche/salute_bambini/la_crescita/). La NUOVO SOLE Cooperativa ONLUS per dare continuità, al percorso scolastico della propria scuola materna bilingue avvia la SCUOLA ELEMENTARE BILINGUE a Pordenone. Siete tutti invitati a visitare la struttura il 14 gennaio dalle 9,00 alle ; una realtà unica sul territorio, in modo da conoscere le nostre insegnanti di madre lingua inglese, scoprire i nostri laboratori, vedere i nostri locali nati specificamente per questa funzione e scoprire la nostra pedagogia sempre innovativa ed al passo con le esigenze della società di oggi. Pordenone via Delle Grazie, 11/B (dietro Hotel Santin)
Thinks...
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lodge, David, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, The novels of David Lodge have earned comparisons to the fiction of John Updike and Philip Roth and established him as "a cult figure on both sides of the Atlantic" The New York Times. Thinks..., his new novel, is a timely and witty story about secret infidelities and the nature of consciousness. The story unfolds in the alternating voices of Ralph Messenger, the director of the Holt Belling Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Gloucester in England, and Helen Reed, a recently widowed novelist who has taken up a post as writer-in-residence at Gloucester. Ralph, who is much in demand as a pundit on developments in artificial intelligence, believes that computers may one day be conscious; Helen believes that literary fiction constitutes the richest record of human consciousness. The two are mutually attracted and fascinated by their differences, but Helen resists Ralph's bold advances on moral principles. The standoff between them is shattered by a series of events and discoveries that dramatically confirm the truth of Ralph's dictum that "we can never know for certain what another person is thinking". Told with Lodge's inimitable wry humor and elegant style, Thinks... offers both a delightful take on love and life in one of the lusher habitats of middle England and a playful yet searching examination of the complexities of human consciousness.
The Cyclothymia Workbook: Learn How to Manage Your Mood
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Prentiss, PUBLISHER: New Harbinger Publications, Cyclothymia is a mood disorder characterized by cycling periods of hypomania-unusual emotional highs-and periods of mild to moderate depression. The condition is similar to the better known bipolar disorder, but cyclothymics never experience episodes of full mania or deep depression. In order for a therapist to diagnose someone with cyclothymia, the cycling of moods must continue for at least two years. Since the emotional episodes of cyclothymics tend to be more mild, they often go undiagnosed and untreated. Clinical studies have demonstrated, though, that leaving these symptoms untreated carries a particular risk: between 15 and 50 percent of cyclothymia sufferers will eventually develop a diagnosable bipolar disorder. The Cyclothymia Workbook, the first written specifically to cyclothymia sufferers, helps readers learn more about this condition. It explores hereditary and stress-related possible causes of the disorder, as well as the history of the condition and its treatment. The book offers exercises to help readers recognize their emotional cycles and any conditions that might trigger changes from one phase to another. The book introduces readers to cognitive behavioral techniques that are effective at limiting and controlling shifting moods. Later chapters explore treatment options-medical and psychotherapeutic-and offer advice on how to manage relationships when one partner suffers from cyclothymia.
The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parncutt, Richard / McPherson, Gary, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble relevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Another chapter outlines a step-by-step method for introducing children to musical notation, firmly based on research in cognitive development. Altogether, the 21 chapters cover the personal, environmental, and acoustical influences that shape the learning and performance of music.
Foraging: Behavior and Ecology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stephens, David W. / Brown, Joel S. / Ydenberg, Ronald C., PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, Foraging is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, yet it is much more than a simple matter of finding food; it is a biological imperative. Animals must find and consume resources to succeed, and they make extraordinary efforts to do so. For instance, pythons rarely eat, but when they do, their meals are large--as much as 60 percent larger than their own bodies. The snake's digestive system is normally dormant, but during digestion metabolic rates can increase fortyfold. A python digesting quietly on the forest floor has the metabolic rate of thoroughbred in a dead heat. This and related foraging processes have broad applications in ecology, cognitive science, anthropology, and conservation biology--and they can be further extrapolated in economics, neurobiology, and computer science. "Foraging "is the first comprehensive review of the topic in more than twenty years. A monumental undertaking, this volume brings together twenty-two experts from throughout the field to offer the latest on the mechanics of foraging, modern foraging theory, and foraging ecology. The fourteen essays cover all the relevant issues, including cognition, individual behavior, caching behavior, parental behavior, antipredator behavior, social behavior, population and community ecology, herbivory, and conservation. Considering a wide range of taxa, from birds to mammals to amphibians, "Foraging" will be the definitive guide to the field.
Technical Consultant Dynamics AX (AX)
Nome Società: Cognitive Group Limited Technical Consultant Dynamics AX (AX€ + Bonus + Benefits Italy (Milan) + Europe Italian & English fluent Recruiting for one of the most recognised brands globally with employees worldwide, who are focusing on very large complex enterprise Microsoft AX Projectsacross Europe, and are looking for an AX Technical Consultant based in Italy. As part of their Technical Field team you will be an expert in AX R2 providing services to Enterprise customers to increase their systems availability and resolve critical issues. This is an opportunity to join an established brand at the forefront of Microsoft technologies with direct access to the Resource & Development team at Microsoft and their latest developments and releases. You will be implementing, operating, tuning, troubleshooting, supporting Dynamics AX systems across various industries with a strong technical knowledge of Dynamics AX and providing user training on Customer site. It’s essential that you have development experience in.Net & C# with X++, SharePoint & Visual Studio preferable. Ultimately you will demonstrate a technical depth and breadth in MS Dynamics AX with strong consultative and communication skills both English and Italian and the ability to travel Italy (mainly) & Europe (occasionally) on a weekly bases. This is an opportunity further develop your career joining one of the leading brand in the Microsoft space and expand your enterprise and international experience. For a confidential conversation please contact Ange Peyandane at or .
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shermer, Michael, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Griffin, Bestselling author Michael Shermer's comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed, and extinguished In this work synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist, historian of science, and the world's best-known skeptic Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain, Shermer argues, is a belief engine. From sensory data flowing in through the senses, the brain naturally begins to look for and find patterns, and then infuses those patterns with meaning. Our brains connect the dots of our world into meaningful patterns that explain why things happen, and these patterns become beliefs. Once beliefs are formed the brain begins to look for and find confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of reinforcing them, and round and round the process goes in a positive-feedback loop of belief confirmation. Shermer outlines the numerous cognitive tools our brains engage to reinforce our beliefs as truths. Interlaced with his theory of belief, Shermer provides countless real-world examples of how this process operates, from politics, economics, and religion to conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and the paranormal. Ultimately, he demonstrates why science is the best tool ever devised to determine whether or not a belief matches reality.
Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klinger, Judith Lannefeld, PUBLISHER: Slack, This book identifies and examines training techniques for the kitchen. Designed specifically for the therapist or health care professional, techniques demonstrated should be utilized by health care professionals to teach those with physical disabilities or the elderly how to understand and perform tasks in the kitchen successfully. Some issues addressed in the book include kitchen planning, meal planning, nutrition, safety, stress, and more. Materials are provided to help with kitchen and home planning. The book looks at how to deal with clients in their homes, working with children, hospice, and dealing with individuals with physical and cognitive limitations and elderly from a health care professional's perspective. Meal Preparation and Training: The Health Care Professional's Guide is divided into several sections. Part I assesses the situation - the types of patients as well as the caregivers and family - then focuses on specific disabilities and problems including a client with arthritis, chronic pain, etc. Part II is involved with the kitchen and the home, from safety and modifications to transporting items. Part III focuses on equipment, appliances, nutrition, shopping, and includes a guide to teaching recipes. Part IV provides help for the health care professional and caregivers with extensive support materials. These include funding, agencies and organizations, sources for equipment and materials, general references, and forms and plans for making equipment. The forms and plans may be photocopied, enlarged if desired, and are designed for use with clients.