Brain Robbers

Author : Frances R. Frankenburg MD
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781440829321

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Brain-Robbers by Frances R. Frankenburg MD Pdf

A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances— alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates—have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction. Alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have spurred some of the greatest human pleasure and pain across time. Providing information that ranges as widely as from ancient Egypt to modern times, this book comprehensively addresses the good, the bad, and the very ugliest aspects of these substances, examining their history, their effects on the brain and body, and on civilization itself. Frances R. Frankenburg, MD, employs accessible, everyday language to explain the neurology of addiction and describe how these "brain-robbing" substances work to hijack the brain's pleasure systems to create powerful addictions. The author also provides perspective into the intertwined, inescapable, and often uneasy relationship between these substances and human culture, economics, and politics—for example, how individuals become physically or psychologically addicted to alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates, while governments become financially "addicted" to the revenue, such as taxes, that can be collected from the sale and use of these substances.

Author : Jesse Payne
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781460336717

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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25 by Jesse Payne Pdf

A guide to the three-pound supercomputer in your head—with “valuable information” about how to keep it working well for a lifetime (School Library Journal). The key to your future is in your head! The New York Times bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life has revolutionized the way people think about their brains and their health. Now Dr. Jesse Payne of the Amen Clinics brings the groundbreaking science of the Change Your Brain program to a whole new generation. The brain is particularly malleable until age 25, which means that even more than your parents or teachers, you have the power to change your brain. And the things you do today—from what you eat to how you sleep to what you do for fun—can change your brain in drastic ways. This book provides a powerful program for avoiding common dangers and pitfalls that can jeopardize your future, and training your brain for a lifetime of success. Discover how to: •Improve academic performance •Nurture creativity •Treat diagnoses like ADHD and depression •Enhance relationship skills •Increase organization •Improve memory •Boost mood •and more! Featuring stories from real teens and young adults and actual brain scans showing the program’s effectiveness, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life Before 25 is perfect for young people, their parents, and the professionals who work with them. “There is plenty of valuable information; perhaps the most important message, repeated often and in different ways, is that brain-related struggles are nothing to be ashamed of and are more common than we realize. The description of how brain scans vary based on substance use/abuse and how various parts of the brain function are fascinating.” —School Library Journal

Author : Ray Considine,Murray Raphel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556018884395

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The Great Brain Robbery by Ray Considine,Murray Raphel Pdf

Author : Carol Vorderman,Linda Bird
Publisher : Random House
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781448132676

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Eat Yourself Clever by Carol Vorderman,Linda Bird Pdf

Carol Vorderman's brand-new 28-day plan will help you get into shape, beat your cravings and exercise your mind, all at the same time. Using foods that lift your mood as well as boosting your brain power, Carol's easy-to-follow plan is the straightforward route to weight loss, better health and increased brain power. Discover how to increase your IQ, improve your memory, beat food cravings, break the cycle of emotional eating. With delicious and simple-to-make recipes, Carol's 28-day plan is guaranteed to dramatically improve your health and boost your mental performance.

Author : Frances R. Frankenburg MD
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781440829314

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Brain-Robbers by Frances R. Frankenburg MD Pdf

A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances— alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates—have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction. Alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have spurred some of the greatest human pleasure and pain across time. Providing information that ranges as widely as from ancient Egypt to modern times, this book comprehensively addresses the good, the bad, and the very ugliest aspects of these substances, examining their history, their effects on the brain and body, and on civilization itself. Frances R. Frankenburg, MD, employs accessible, everyday language to explain the neurology of addiction and describe how these "brain-robbing" substances work to hijack the brain's pleasure systems to create powerful addictions. The author also provides perspective into the intertwined, inescapable, and often uneasy relationship between these substances and human culture, economics, and politics—for example, how individuals become physically or psychologically addicted to alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates, while governments become financially "addicted" to the revenue, such as taxes, that can be collected from the sale and use of these substances.

Author : Andrew P. Wickens
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 831 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781529764901

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Introduction to Biopsychology by Andrew P. Wickens Pdf

Understand the foundations of biological psychology and explore the stories behind important discoveries in the field. Everything you need to know about brain and behaviour – from sensory systems, eating disorders and sleep to drugs, language and memory. This fourth edition has been fully updated throughout, and includes new figures and diagrams, revised learning features, and clear explanations of over 330 key terms. Includes: The latest research on the neural basis of mental illness, degenerative diseases, and genetics Key Figure and Special Interest boxes spotlight interesting researchers, studies and discoveries of conditions End-of-chapter MCQs test understanding and support your preparation for assessments 250 full colour diagrams and figures illustrate the key concepts in each chapter Supported by online teaching and learning resources including drag and drop exercises for students, an instructor’s manual, testbank, and PowerPoint slides. Introduction to Biopsychology is essential reading for all Psychology students studying biological psychology.

Author : Chimgaemezu Morrison
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789352064274

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More Wisdom in Failure by Chimgaemezu Morrison Pdf

More Wisdom in Failure was written for the rich, the poor as well as the young and old people. The purpose of this book is to educate, entertain, and motivate the reader. This book will equip anyone with the knowledge needed to destroy man's common enemies. i.e. FEAR, DOUBT AND WORRY. More Wisdom in Failure is a masterpiece that will transform your life and position you constantly in the right state of mind with revelations of life hidden truth and how to live victoriously every day. The book is a guild to practical living.

Author : Rudolf Becher
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466945111

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In Search of Yesterday by Rudolf Becher Pdf

IN SEARCH OF YESTERDAY Death of a Culture This is the true story of a little boy searching for his identity for his biological father. It is the story of a boy born into a world of turmoil and havoc a world where not all was well, where war, starvation and bombs, confusion, lies, and deceit were the rule; and food, safety, and happiness were the exception. It is the story of a little boy's fears and anxieties in a country far, far away where life was an uncertainty and death a looming promise where the world was upside down. It is the true story of a little boy that found himself trapped in a country at war with itself, where human life was at the mercy of the Nazis during the Jewish holocaust (before 1945) in Czechoslovakia and at the mercy of the Czech Bolsheviks (after 1945) during the Sudetenland holocaust that drove untold millions of women and children across Europe's wasteland like cattle. But it is also the true story of a little boy that, with the help of his family, and the generosity of the American people, rose above the devastation suffered and inflicted upon him as a child and became a man loved and respected by others. It is not a story of failure! It is, really, when you think about it, a story of success and triumph!

Author : David Bowman
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316560221

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Big Bang by David Bowman Pdf

Set in the 1950's, this epic, Warholian novel presents a brilliant and wholly original take on the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination. Where were you when you first heard President Kennedy had been shot? This is a question most people can answer, even if the answer is "I wasn't born yet." In this epic novel, David Bowman makes the strong case that the shooting on November 22nd, 1963 was the major, defining turning point that catapulted the world into an entirely new stratosphere. It was the second big bang. In this hilarious, lightning-fast historical novel, Bowman follows the most famous couples of the decade as their lives are torn apart by post-war's new normal. We see Lucille Ball's bizarre interrogation by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and Jackie Onassis' moonlight cruise with Frank Sinatra . We follow Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller as they attempt to get quickie divorces together at a loophole resort in Nevada and watch a young Howard Hunt snoop around South America with the newly founded CIA. A young Jimi Hendrix, now the epitome of counterculture cool, tries his luck as a clean cut army recruit. Written with an almost documentary film like intensity, BIG BANG is a posthumous work from the award-winning author of Let the Dog Drive. A riotous account of a country, perhaps, at the beginning of the end.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015062226355

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American Homoeopathic Observer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dolores L. Augustine
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Engineering
ISBN : 9780262012362

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Red Prometheus by Dolores L. Augustine Pdf

This analysis of the relationship between science and totalitarian rule in one of the most technically advanced countries in the East bloc examines professional autonomy under dictatorship and the place of technology in Communist ideology. In Cold War-era East Germany, the German tradition of science-based technology merged with a socialist system that made technological progress central to its ideology. Technology became an important part of East German socialist identity--crucial to how Communists saw their system and how citizens saw their state. In Red Prometheus, Dolores Augustine examines the relationship between a dictatorial system and the scientific and engineering communities in East Germany from the end of the Second World War through the 1980s. Drawing on newly opened archives and extensive interviews, Augustine looks in detail at individual scientists' interactions with the East German system, examining the effectiveness of their resistance against the party's totalitarian impulses. She explains why many German scientists and engineers who were deported to the Soviet Union after World War II returned to East Germany rather than defecting to the capitalist West, traces scientists' attempts to hold on to some aspects of professional autonomy, and describes challenges to their professional identity on the factory floor. Augustine examines the quality of science and technology produced under Communist rule, looking at failed research projects and clashing cultures of innovation. She looks at technological myth-building in science fiction and propaganda. She explores individual career strategies, including the role played by gender in high-tech professions, and the ways that both enterprises and individuals responded to increasing state and party control of research during the 1980s. We cannot understand the economic choices made by East Germany, Augustine argues, unless we understand the cultural values reflected in the East German belief in technology as indispensable to progress and industrial development.

Author : John James Drysdale,Robert Ellis Dudgeon,Richard Hughes,John Rutherfurd Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015055068400

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The British Journal of Homoeopathy by John James Drysdale,Robert Ellis Dudgeon,Richard Hughes,John Rutherfurd Russell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015022387412

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American Homoeopathist by Anonim Pdf

Author : George R. Graham,Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002112170

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Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion by George R. Graham,Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : MD. Hasan Rashid
Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643488455

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Orion And Alien's Boy Z by MD. Hasan Rashid Pdf

The book Orion Aliens Friend (An imaginary story), really it is an imaginary story. This story buildup basis on a young boy’s life name Orion. Orion is a school boy. He is a very talent and gentle. He is very friendly to all people even to gentle animals and birds. He is also a friend of aliens who are come from another planet to research the earth. He like natural environment very much. He is very excited to exploration & discovery. He is a very helpful boy to all.