In mozarts brain and the fighter pilot, eminent neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author richard restak, m. He has to date written 20 books on various aspects of the human brain. This one looked at the emerging field of brain imaging and how it is taking us away from the era of looking at the brain in terms of its diseases and dysfunctions and helping us to examine the normal brain. Selecting a title from the text below or the images shown to the left will bring up an excerpt. Richard restak the new brain the new brain was somewhat disappointing to me. How we go about improving our brain performance, and thus cognition, is the subject of his book mozarts brain and the fighter pilot. See no evil the neurological defense would blame violence on the damaged brain. This engaging 12lecture course shows you how to take advantage of the basic principles of brain operation and build the brain you want to live with for the rest of your life. The brain syndrome of our era, a chapter from the new brain, deals with the effects of modern technology on the plasticity of our brains. He is the author of the bestselling book the brain, a companion to the pbs series of the same name, and twelve other volumes.
This title explains, in laymans terms, how our brains are struggling to keep up with the world weve created. Everything we think and everything we choose to do alters our brain and fundamentally. Restak is good at introducing new ideas, but where he falls just a little short is in engaging the reader with real critical discussion. Rather, distraction, sloth, stress, boredom, even obesity and loneliness are the bugaboos that can dial down mental productivity. He is the author of the bestselling the brain a companion to the pbs series of the same nameas well as the mind, the brain has a mind of its own, and the brain.
Restak is our guide to this neurosociety, a brave new world in which brain science influences our present and will even more tangibly shape our future. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. The brain syndrome of our era, a chapter within his book the new brain. Richard restak is one of the old hands at translating brain science discoveries into popular books. Restak is a graduate of gettysburg college and georgetown university school of medicine. The brain syndrome of our era, richard restak explains our brain literally changes its organization and functioning to accommodate the abundance of stimulation forced on it by the modern world.
Discover the secrets to increasing your brain s power to meet everyday challenges and enhance your life with optimizing brain fitness. Science writer bartusiak tells the history of astronomy through the words of the greatest thinkers the field has known. Richard restak explores the troubling moral and legal dilemmas that arise from corporate and political applications of this new brain research. As we process increasing amounts of information at everfaster speeds, restak argues that our brains are undergoing profound alterations in order to adapt to the changing needs of our modern world.
There are interesting tidbits, here and there, but many of restak s suppositions should be taken with a big grain of salt. Selecting a title from the text below or the images shown to the left will bring up an excerpt from the book. His first psychiatric residency was also in new york city at mount sinai hospital. Riverhead books, a member of penguin group usa inc. Oldfashioned gross anatomy, cell biology, neurochemistry, and physiology are the tools washingtonbased neurologist restak the modular brain, 1994, etc. Vincents hospital manhattan, where he completed his internship. To improve the brain, we need to exercise our cognitive powers.
Restak has written over 20 books about the brain and human behavior. Richard restak, an awardwinning teacher and practicing neurologist. In think smart, the renowned neuropsychiatrist and bestselling author dr. How the modern age is rewiring your mind, that technology of todays society has forced the human brain to undergo a dramatic amount of stimulus within short amounts of time. In the new brain, neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and bestselling author dr. Mozarts brain and the fighter pilot by richard restak, m.
Now, thanks to the exciting new field of neuroscience, we can chart the workings of the brain and the rest of the nervous system in remarkable detail to explain how neurons, synapses, neurotransmitters, and other biological. The neurological defense would blame violence on the damaged brain richard m. Thus, the first chapters recap what we know about the brain s hemispheres and the major landmarks that demarcate areas associated with language, emotion. In the last five years, there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain, its function, and its performance. She presents excerpts from 100 seminal documents about celestial phenomena, accounts that furthered peoples understanding of the cosmos and revealed the nature of the scientists who wrote them. The brain syndrome of our era and bill wasiks my crowd experiment. In this fascinating, entertaining book, brain expert dr. Now in the intelligent brain, taught by one of the worlds foremost researchers on intelligence, professor richard j.
Why the hippocampus may be the most important region in. As we process increasing amounts of information at everfaster speeds, restak argues that our brains are undergoing profound alterations in. How the modern age is rewiring your mind richard restak snippet view 2004. Restak seemed surprised that the brain remains fairly elastic throughout someones lifetime, instead of remaining fixed after a certain age i think he mentioned 30. Optimizing brain fitness 2011, paperback for sale online ebay. Vincents hospital in new york, psychiatric residencies at mount sinai hospital and georgetown university hospital, and a residency in neurology at george washington hospital in washington dc. Offering scientific proof, the author shows how the world we live in has affected our ability to focus, concentrate and respond effectively to the multitasking demands of modern life. R estak is a practicing neurologist in washington, d. Aug 20, 2009 the brains enemies arent added years, restak says. Richard restak guides you through the frontiers of modern brain science and offers cautionary but also optimistic thoughts on the direction of this work. Richard restak the new brain is the story of technology and biology converging to influence the evolution of the human brain. The brain syndrome of our era, richard restak considers the effect of technology on our brains. Optimizing brain fitness audiobook by richard restak, the. As a renowned expert on the brain, restak knows that in the last five years there have been exciting new scientific discoveries about the brain and its performance.
We discussed how humor, whether conveyed by joke or cartoon, has both a. Richard restak tells how technology and biology are converging to influence the evolution of the human brain. Restak mozarts brain, a neurosurgeon and popular science writer on the brain, focuses on new technology for examining the physiology of the brain such as mri and how it allows us to monitor. Richard restak born 1942 is an american neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, author and. Its important to remember that our brain holds the key to everything we will ever. Vincents hospital in new york, psychiatric residencies at mount sinai hospital and georgetown university. The remaining chapters go in different directions on the general theme of whats new with the brain via brain research techniques, drugs, new treatments, etc. Can humor help us better understand the most complex and enigmatic organ in the human body. It reads more like a series of unconnected, popular media articles than a work of popular science, let alone a well constructed scientific thesis. Richard restak addresses fascinating topics, that range from the physical changes that modern lifestyles impose on our brains, to possibilities for taking advantage of brain plasticity throughout life, as well as both current research and future directions for brain enhancement through technology. Cosmetic psychopharmacology healing the diseased brain. According to him, we are entering the age of the new brain where new technologies like genetic mapping and imaging technology will reveal to us for the first time the mysterious secrets hidden within our skulls. T here is much to feed our little gray cells in the new brain.
Richard restak author of mozarts brain and the fighter pilot. To order a book, go to the page titled obtaining books. He performed his postgraduate training in new york city at st. Restak convincingly argues that we can make our brains work better by enhancing the components of cognition. Thus, the first chapters recap what we know about the brain s hemispheres and the major landmarks that demarcate areas associated with language, emotion, thought. Richard restak is a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and clinical professor of neurology at george washington university medical center. Written by richard restak, the great courses, audiobook narrated by richard restak.
Mozarts brain and the fighter pilot by richard restak. Richard restak in his latest book, an engaging tour of the frontiers of modern brain research. Optimizing brain fitness audiobook by richard restak. The secret life of the brain is a coproduction of david grubin productions, inc. It gives thorough descriptions of brain structure with vivid analogies that allow lay persons to easily visualize and relate to the brain. It is through the brain that we experience emotion and express ourselves. Restak is a graduate of georgetown university school of medicine. Restak lays out the latest brain research, focusing on what he calls the brains elasticity, which is a fancy way of saying the brain adapts.
Soon after, i sat on a panel at the rubin museum of art in manhattan, where i joined new yorker cartoonists zach kanin, paul noth, and david sipress to explore the question of why people find cartoons funny. A former president of the american neuropsychiatric association, professor restak is the prolific author of 20 books on the human brain 4 of which were chosen as main selections of the book of the month clubas well as numerous articles in national newspapers, including the new york times and usa today. According to a new study, children born today will spend an average of about 25% of their lives looking at a screen. The brain controls everything we say, do, think, and feel. Depression, in fact, can actually shrink the hippocampuspart of the brain that plays a major role in memory and spatial navigation. Richard restak is clinical professor of neurology at george washington university school of medicine and health sciences, and the author of 25 books on the brain. Post graduate training included a rotating internship at st. A comprehensive overview of the workings and abilities of the brain covers its structure and components, how it functions consciously and unconsciously, the ways in. Oct 06, 2004 dramatic treatments to repair damage in the brain are becoming common.
Haier of the university of california, irvine, youll trace the fascinating history of intelligence testing and its leading thinkers, as well as what brain imaging studies and the most recent research findings reveal about. Richard restak details how each of us can improve and tone our bodys most powerful organ. Dramatic treatments to repair damage in the brain are becoming common. From a renowned neuroscientist and bestselling author comes a book that shows readers how to improve and tone the brain. The new brain is a fascinating look into the inner working of the human brain. The mob project we learn that although technology can have some positive effects, it is also turning us into machines. Vincents hospital, where he completed his internship. Neurologist and bestselling author richard restak puts readers in touch with the latest scientific findings about the most complex and inscrutable object in. How the modern age is rewiring your mind restak, richard on. Richard restak has asked his colleaguesthe worlds leading brain scie. Someday we may live in a world where our choices, our professional and personal prospects, even our morals and ethics will be controlled by those armed with an elite understanding of the principles of. He says that in the era of the new brain it will be necessary to tread carefully, lest we imprison ourselves in concepts that diminish, rather than enhance, our freedom. Dramatic advances are now possible, as well as the potential for misuse and abuse. Restak ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device.
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