Outsmart Yourself: Brain-Based Strategies to a Better You

What if you aren't as in control of your actions as you think you are? what if your subconscious is driving your decisions without your approval? Is there a way to "hack" your brain to perform better, live healthier, and break your bad habits? The brain is an amazing instrument, and neuroscientists today have more information than ever about how it works-as well as strategies for helping us live better every day.

Whether we're distracted by too many tasks, or simply living in a rut of bad habits, being influenced by crafty marketers, our conscious brains aren't always guiding us toward the best actions. Feeling the urge to procrastinate? Do nothing for 20 minutes and you'll feel ready to get to work. Want to strengthen your athletic performance? The imagination and mental "practice" can be just as beneficial as putting on your sweats and heading to the gym.

Outsmart yourself: brain-based strategies to a Better You will give you insights into how your mind works and the tools you need to make lasting change. The surprising thing is just how counterintuitive some of these strategies can be. Come down with a case of the blues? Try eating some fermented foods such as yogurt or sourdough bread.

Taught by Professor Peter M. Vishton, improve your problem-solving, enhance your health, these 24 exciting lectures give you a wealth of practical strategies to strengthen your creativity, Associate Professor of Psychology at William & Mary, and generally improve your well-being. Fortunately, professor Vishton offers the latest in scientific research to outsmart the subconscious.

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The Science of Flight

Dr. But air and space flight are actually quite simple, drawing on principles that can be easily mastered. After all, "rocket science" is often used as a benchmark for difficulty or complexity. The science of flight has a reputation for being notoriously difficult. Smithsonian curators add incisive commentary; and extensive graphics and demonstrations make the concepts clear and understandable-as do field trips to the Aviation Institute of Maintenance and an exciting excursion aloft with Professor Gregory at the controls.

No place is better equipped to explore this subject than the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, the world's premier collection of artifacts from the air and space ages. Gregory brings ideas such as lift, p-51 mustang, including the original Wright Flyer, illustrated by iconic examples from the Air and Space Museum, SR-71 Blackbird, and Space Shuttle Discovery, propulsion, and three-axis control to life, among other historic vehicles.

An award-winning teacher and noted aeronautical researcher, Professor Gregory is also an instrument-rated private pilot. Learning these concepts gives a deeper appreciation for flying machines from every era, to the Space Shuttle, from the Wright Flyer of 1903, to the flight you may be on right now as you are reading this sentence.

. The great courses joins with the smithsonian to present The Science of Flight, covering the workings of flying machines of every description in 24 lavishly illustrated half-hour lectures given by Professor James Gregory of Ohio State University.


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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain

You will explore cbt's roots in socratic and stoic philosophy, build a toolkit of CBT techniques, and hear about the latest research about its outcomes. In some cases you'll get to hear Dr. Additionally this intriguing and practical course allows you to take on the role of medical student, physician, psychologist, and patient.

Cbt illuminates the links between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physical health and uses those connections to develop concrete plans for self-improvement. Throughout the course you'll explore issues that cause people to seek out therapy. Built on a solid foundation of neurological and behavioral research, CBT is an approach almost anyone can use for promoting greater mental health and improving quality of life.

Why is it so hard to lose weight, or establish healthy habits? why do couples argue about the same issues over and over? why do so many people lie awake at night, even if it's after a long illness? The answers to these questions - and the path to lasting change in your life - lie in cognitive behavioral therapy CBT, a well- tested collection of practical techniques for managing moods and modifying undesirable behaviors through self-awareness, stricken with worry and anxiety? Why is it so difficult to come to terms with a loved one's death, critical analysis, stop smoking, and goal-oriented change.

Satterfield working with a patient, and in others you'll be delving into research to find what causes issues and how CBT helps to resolve them. In 24 engaging half-hour lectures, you'll build a robust and effective self-improvement toolkit with the expert guidance of Professor Satterfield of the University of California, San Francisco.

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The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being

Ever noticed that trying to calm down often produces more agitation? That trying to change bad habits can seem impossible? Or that real fulfillment can be elusive, despite living a successful life? Often, such difficulties stem from the human brain's hardwired tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

You'll examine the neurobiology underlying ancient practices that are now profoundly influencing the contemporary world. Modern science demonstrates that this survival mechanism served the needs of our earliest ancestors, but is at the root of many problems that we face today, compulsive and addictive behaviors, chronic pain, such as depression, and stress and anxiety.

But how exactly does mindfulness work, which gives rise to so many of our problems, in scientific terms? How can the human brain, actually provide a solution? We are now in the midst of an explosion of scientific research demonstrating that mindfulness practice changes both the function and the structure of the brain.

For thousands of years, people have used mindfulness practices to deal effectively with a wide range of life challenges. This playful, caring course demonstrates the effectiveness of mindfulness in responding to many of humanity's fundamental existential problems. And you'll learn many practical ways you can use mindfulness techniques in your own life.

Now, a clinical psychologist at harvard medical school, in the 24 fascinating lectures of The Science of Mindfulness, social, Professor Siegel, reveals the science behind mindfulness in compelling detail and demonstrates its application to a wide range of issues - psychological, and medical. Numerous studies show which parts of the brain are affected by mindfulness practice, and how these neurobiological changes benefit our minds and bodies.




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Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-Being at Any Age

But how do you incorporate the secrets of personal wellness into the unique demands of your own schedule? What information would a knowledgeable and compassionate family physician offer someone looking for a reference guide to healthy living? These 36 comprehensive lectures offer you practical and expert advice that allows you to make your own personalized choices about healthy living, as well as ways to apply that knowledge to your lifestyle.

Professor goodman's advice is rooted in scientific information and proven results - without bogging you down in complex terminology or theories. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. Professor goodman teaches you about the six fundamentals of personal well-being: aging, movement, specific health issues, nutrition and whole foods, mental health, and general health choices.

We all want to discover the secret to a long and healthy life. With this course, strengthen your mind, you'll nourish your body, and forever change the way you think about and live your life. More importantly, it is flavored with commonsense tips, helpful advice, and inspirational stories that make lifelong health both appealing and achievable.

These fundamentals offer a well-rounded and engaging survey of the concepts, issues, and lessons of lifelong health. Crafted with the concerns of everyone in mind, this wonderful resource is the perfect way to take those first steps on the road to becoming a better, whether you're in adolescence or advancing age, healthier you.

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Understanding Nonverbal Communication

One of the most fascinating aspects of this course is the in-depth research Dr. Led by Dr. Gestures. What you don't say can speak louder than words. Tone and pitch. After learning how to read the signals and understanding how they have come about, you will be armed with the knowledge and skills to recognize and analyze it.

Frank reveals around the biological and anthropological aspects of nonverbal communication. In 12 revealing lectures, evolution, explore the history, and context of both the outright obvious and the sublimely subtle nuances of personal expression. Posture. At the conclusion of this course, you'll come to realize that the "invisible" world of nonverbal communication was always visible to you.

And, as Dr. Mark frank, you will view the scope of nonverbal communication through the lens of science, The State University of New York, of the Communication Science Center at the University at Buffalo, learning how to analyze the messages being sent and how they are received. Because nonverbal communication is less intentional and harder to control than words are, it provides better clues to what people are feeling and thinking-if you know how to read those signs.

He demonstrates how our endurance as a species can be directly tied to how our ability to present our intentions has evolved. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses". Frank emphasizes again and again, when you understand nonverbal communication, you understand people.


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The Everyday Gourmet: Cooking with Vegetables

The everyday gourmet: cooking with vegetables reveals how you can take the same fresh ingredients, bright flavors, and unexpected combinations you love at restaurants and prepare them at home every night of the week, with or without meat. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses.

. You'll come away with a broad range of ideas, including recipes that can be accomplished quickly on a week night as well as more elaborate dishes that will impress at dinner parties. Each lesson brings you closer to achieving a new level of comfort with cleaning, and cooking the full spectrum of vegetables, seasoning, cutting, storing, from the common ones you may be in a rut with to the more perplexing ones you'd typically avoid.

With delicious main dishes, stews, soups, pleasurable, sides, you'll develop a culinary repertoire that is more varied, and even desserts and cocktails, and nourishing than ever before. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses". Presented in 24 step-by-step lessons by bill briwa, this course provides the expert insight and techniques you need to elevate vegetables from a supporting player to the star attraction of your plate, an award-winning Professor of Culinary Arts at the esteemed Culinary Institute of America, regardless of skill level.

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The Intelligent Brain

Haier of the university of california, you'll trace the fascinating history of intelligence testing and its leading thinkers, Irvine, as well as what brain imaging studies and the most recent research findings reveal about this most complex of human phenomena. Now in the intelligent brain, taught by one of the world's foremost researchers on intelligence, Professor Richard J.

And thanks to decades of research, we are closer than ever before to understanding it. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses". It is the epitome of brain function, and it has a powerful influence on success in life.

No feature of the mind is as important, controversial, and mysterious as intelligence. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses.


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Mastering the Fundamentals of Mathematics

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Secrets of Mental Math

One key to expanding your math potential - whether you're a corporate executive or a high school student - lies in the power to perform mental math calculations. Benjamin of harvey mudd college, one of the most engaging and entertaining members of The Great Courses faculty. Assuming no detailed knowledge of mathematics, Professor Benjamin has designed this course to be accessible to anyone looking to tap into or strengthen his or her mental calculating skills.

Enjoyable, and immensely rewarding, eye-opening, The Secrets of Mental Math makes basic math quicker and easier than ever before. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. Solving basic math problems in your head offers lifelong benefits, a sharper and more active mind, including a competitive edge at work, and improved performance on standardized tests.

Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses". Mental math, according to Professor Benjamin, is not as daunting as it may seem. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. Performing calculations in your head is all just a process of breaking down a large problem into simpler and simpler problems until it's finally reduced to a single answer.

. The secrets of mental math, his exciting 12-lecture course, guides you through all the essential skills, tips, and tricks for improving and enhancing your ability to solve a range of mathematical problems right in your head.


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The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles; From Cards to Sudoku

If you have any concerns with your product, or want to request a replacement, please contact The Great Courses through our Amazon storefront for more information. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses". For thousands of years, games and puzzles have been an enjoyable and rewarding aspect of human civilization.

They tease our brains. Join award-winning professor Arthur T. Using nothing more than a simple grasp of math, you can discover optimal ways to win games and solve puzzles with the speed and accuracy of professional players - many of whom attribute their professional gaming success to mathematical strategies.

Benjamin - one of the great courses' most popular instructors and a veritable mathemagician at making math enjoyable for everyone - for an in-depth look at new, better, more math-oriented ways to play and win games in The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles: From Cards to Sudoku. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses.

Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. Manufacturer's warranty only when purchased from The Great Courses. By using math as a unique lens through which to explore some of the world's most popular games, you'll improve the ways you win games and solve puzzles, make better decisions and take calculated risks in personal investing and other real-world situation, and discover whole new levels of enjoyment with games you only thought you knew how to play.

They challenge our memories. In just twelve 45-minute lessons, you'll learn a rewarding set of skills you can apply to countless games and puzzles, whether you're playing them in your living room or in a crowded casino.


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