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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This information-packed guidebook combines the latest in brain research with the real world applications for readers' personal, family and work life.
Get A Copy. Paperback , Third Edition , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 5. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Owner's Manual for the Brain , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Owner's Manual for the Brain. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 30, Jen rated it liked it Shelves: science-related , non-fiction , mental-health , medical-health , zread.
Thought I'd finally learn how to use this thing A decent reference book for the latest at least up to the year findings in brain research, covering the full gamut of topics: cognition, behavior, brain health, personality, lifespan, the creative impulse, spirituality, etc.
My main issue with the book is that it reflects the author's experience as a management consultant which he states in the preface , so it has a psychology-for-the-workplace bias to it; whereas I was looking for somet Thought I'd finally learn how to use this thing Plus, the only theory of personality Howard presents is the Five-Factor Model, a methodology for which he offers training and certification for human resources personnel at the research center he and his wife run.
View 2 comments. Aug 27, White rated it it was amazing. Whenever I would check out a book at the library and I really loved it, I had this habit of going and getting a copy for my mom.
I got her this one about 20 years ago. It still sits on her shelf. Man, this is a good book. It tells the physiological details of the human brain, what makes it work and why and how we use it to get through the day. Though the information doesn't really help us improve our behavior or deal with challenges like many self-help books do, this book is science Whenever I would check out a book at the library and I really loved it, I had this habit of going and getting a copy for my mom.
Though the information doesn't really help us improve our behavior or deal with challenges like many self-help books do, this book is science. We understand why we are the way we are by studying the inner workings of what we are.
We don't have to know how a computer works in order to operate it. We use our brain without knowing how or why it's working too. This book teaches us the underlying operation of something we take for granted every day.
This is an awesome book. Dec 27, Keith rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: interested in growth and development. Shelves: health-and-fitness , self-help. This book bridges the gap between the nearly incomprehensible and narrowly focused technical tomes, and the light fluff that parades around in the popular press. In other words, the target audience is the non-specialist who wants to know how things work, and how to make them work better. Although any one topic might not be treated in great depth, the references are there so that the interested reader may go to original sources to dive deeper into a particular topic.
After all, you can only cover This book bridges the gap between the nearly incomprehensible and narrowly focused technical tomes, and the light fluff that parades around in the popular press.
After all, you can only cover so much material when you are limited to pages or so. Mar 16, Marty Babits rated it really liked it. I haven't read it straight through but have referred to it often. Clear explanations of many issues related to brain science. A good reference. Oct 19, M L rated it did not like it Shelves: neurology-neuropsychology-the-b.
This is a very basic, very elementary reference document of very limited value. Encyclopedic presentation with cross referencings -- well organized but vastly oversimplified. View all 3 comments. A book not to be taken lightly. Rather than a casual lecture, it is a true manual for those interested in improving brain health.
Covers from dietary intake to learning techniques, the biological differences between men and women, how genetics and brain chemistry affect not only our health but our daily behaviour, etc. You won't read this book on one sitting; it's more of a reference manual you want to keep around for re-reading it when needed. Totally recommended! Jun 04, Ellemiek rated it it was amazing. Super interesting!
Nov 26, Betzi Hitz rated it it was amazing. Nov 20, Justin rated it liked it Shelves: neuroscience. Not that deep for such a thick book. Jan 10, Robert rated it it was amazing. This is exactly what it claims to be -- a quite exhaustive review of relevant things from mind-brain research that bear on teaching, learning, memory, coping with mental illness, learning disability, drug abuse, and more.
It is an owner's manual -- not detailed enough to let you build a brain, but a good enough overview of well-researched facts for any owner of a brain to be able to learn many, many important and useful things about the brain that they are.
I strongly recommend it to teachers at This is exactly what it claims to be -- a quite exhaustive review of relevant things from mind-brain research that bear on teaching, learning, memory, coping with mental illness, learning disability, drug abuse, and more. I strongly recommend it to teachers at all levels, and students at all levels. For example, Howard reviews the importance of sleep in the formation of long term memory, how the sleep cycle works, the negative impact of e.
The book is encyclopedic in scope, and every chapter fairly drips with facts and with references to the original work from which the facts are drawn. Since the last twenty five years have been critical in the study of how the brain learns and how we can best use our brains to learn informed by that new knowledge, books like this are invaluable to the educator and the student seeking to increase their efficiency as a learner.
However, it is equally useful to people seeking to quit smoking, people trying to figure out their children and why they behave the way that they do, people trying to cope with and minimize the negative effects of aging on the brain, and much more. Aug 19, E rated it it was amazing. Step-by-step approach to optimizing brainpower Do you use your head? Do you think before you act? Do you really know how to ponder things? Pierce J. Howard does. As the director of research at a cognitive science center, he has developed a truly practical, well-organized book about the brain, complete with information on how to think more effectively.
He details, in a fascinating, comprehensive fashion, the latest knowledge about mind-brain functioning. You can put his specific, helpful reporting Step-by-step approach to optimizing brainpower Do you use your head?
You can put his specific, helpful reporting to work to boost your mental prowess and overall health. Aug 03, Maggie rated it it was amazing Shelves: nonfiction , reference-books.
Not the sort of thing I'm inclined to read cover to cover, but I've been dipping into it a lot lately and it's great. Real, recent research, not dumbed down but distilled to be very readable, and all with a down to earth tone. The message is something like: yes, people are complicated and often mysterious, but actually the people who study people and their brains have gathered up a fair amount of information, some of which can actually be put to use in everyday life. There's a lot of interesting Not the sort of thing I'm inclined to read cover to cover, but I've been dipping into it a lot lately and it's great.
There's a lot of interesting information, and I think it succeeds at providing some practical suggestions and a healthy perspective on what to expect from one's own and others' brains. Sep 07, Morgan Summerfield rated it it was amazing. I was so thankful to find that there was an owner's manual for the brain.
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