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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 612.8 EAN: 9781843104704 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1843104709 Label: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Manufacturer: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 270 Publication Date: May 15, 2008 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Studio: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Book About the Brain That is Not Brainy - Deserves a Disney AnimationThis is a fantastic book for anyone from the Psych 101 enrollee to a post-graduate clinical practitioner. Even if you are neuropsych major... Did you know that the reason why "emotions are not easy to control by thought" is because there approximately ten times more connections from the emotional center (amygdala) to the thinking/reasoning/cognitive part of the brain (frontal lobe) than in reverse? Somehow I missed this important part of brain trivia in my grad copy of ... Read More 
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