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04428cam a2200529Ia 4500 001 765158FA2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100201083435 006 g062 vl 007 vd cvaizu 008 071218s2008 waua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0979777712 020 $a 9780979777714 020 $a 0979777704 020 $a 9780979777707 035 $a (OCoLC)184871778 040 $a UPZ $c UPZ $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ZS3 $d OXF $d IVJ $d WAU $d LMR $d OCLCQ $d VET $d CQU $d CTB $d OCLCQ $d HPU $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a QP376 $b .M425 2008 082 04 $a 612.8/2 $2 22 100 1 $a Medina, John, $d 1956- 245 1 $a Brain rules : $b 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school / $c John Medina. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Seattle, Wash. : $b Pear Press, $c c2008. 300 $a 301 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. + $e 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.) 500 $a Includes index. 500 $a Accompanying DVD: Brain rules / director, Rick Stevenson; producer, Mark Pearson; written by John Medina and Rick Stevenson (ca. 62 min.; 2008). 505 0 $a Exercise -- Rule #1 : exercise boosts brain power -- Our brains love motion -- The incredible test-score booster -- Will you age like Jim or like Frank? -- How oxygen builds roads for the brain -- Survival -- Rule #2 : The human brain evolved, too -- What's uniquely human about us -- A brilliant survival strategy -- Meet your brain -- How we conquered the world -- Wiring -- Rule #3 : Every brain is wired differently -- Neurons slide, slither, and split -- Experience makes the difference -- Furious brain development not once, but twice -- The Jennifer Aniston neuron -- Attention -- Rule #4 : We don't pay attention to boring things -- Emotion matters -- Why there is no such thing as multitasking -- We pay great attention to threats, sex, and pattern matching --The brain needs a break! -- Short-term memory -- Rule #5 : Repeat to remember -- Memories are volatile -- How details become splattered across the insides of our brains -- How the brain pieces them back together again -- Where memories go -- Long-term memory -- Rule #6 : Remember to repeat -- If you don't repeat this within 30 seconds, you'll forget it -- Spaced repetition cycles are key to remembering -- When floating in water could help your memory -- Sleep -- Rule #7 : Sleep well, think well -- The brain doesn't sleep to rest -- Two armies at war in your head -- How to improve your performance 34 percent in 26 minutes -- Which bird are you? -- Sleep on it! -- Stress -- Rule #8 : Stressed brains don't learn the same way -- Stress is good, stress is bad -- A villain and a hero in the toxic-stress battle -- Why the home matters to the workplace -- Marriage intervention for happy couples -- Sensory integration -- Rule #9 : Stimulate more of the senses -- Lessons from a nightclub -- How and why all of our senses work together -- Multisensory learning means better remembering -- What's that smell? -- Vision -- Rule #10 : Vision trumps all other senses -- Playing tricks on wine tasters -- You see what your brain wants to see, and it likes to make stuff up --Throw out your PowerPoint -- Gender -- Rule #11: Male and female brains are different -- Sexing humans -- The difference between little girl best friends and little boy best friends -- Men favor gist when stressed; women favor details -- A forgetting drug -- Exploration -- Rule #12 : We are powerful and natural explorers -- Babies are great scientists -- Exploration is aggressive -- Monkey see, monkey do -- Curiosity is everything. 650 0 $a Brain $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Neurosciences $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Learning $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Memory $v Popular works. 700 1 $a Stevenson, Richard W. $q (Richard William), $d 1955- $4 aus $4 aus 700 1 $a Pearson, Mark $q (Mark R.) $4 pro 941 $a 11 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417011849.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718084756.0 952 $l CNPC792 $d 20220105011352.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20211118013312.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006065800.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001040818.0 952 $l JHPC815 $d 20150213072723.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619013126.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=765158FA2B1111DE9FAE8B08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search