Elkhonon Goldberg

Elkhonon Goldberg's groundbreaking The Executive Brain was a classic of scientific writing, revealing how the frontal lobes command the most human parts of the mind. Now he offers a completely new book, providing fresh, iconoclastic ideas about the relationship between the brain and the mind. In The New Executive Brain, Goldberg paints a sweeping panorama of cutting-edge thinking in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, one that ranges far beyond the frontal lobes. Drawing on the latest discoveries, and developing complex scientific ideas and relating them to real life through many fascinating case studies and anecdotes, the author explores how the brain engages in complex decision-making; how it deals with novelty and ambiguity; and how it addresses moral choices. At every step, Goldberg challenges entrenched assumptions. For example, we know that the left hemisphere of the brain is the seat of language--but Goldberg argues that language may not be the central adaptation of the left hemisphere. Apes lack language, yet many also show evidence of asymmetric hemispheric development. Goldberg also finds that a complex interaction between the frontal lobes and the amygdale--between a recently evolved and a much older part of the brain--controls emotion, as conscious thoughts meet automatic impulses. The author illustrates this observation with a personal the difficulty he experienced when trying to pick up a baby alligator he knew to be harmless, as his amygdala battled his effort to extend his hand. The New Executive Brain , Goldberg affirms Goldberg's place as one of our most creative and insightful scientists, offering lucid writing and bold, paradigm-shifting ideas.

A provocative look at how new research is highlighting the emerging powers of the aging mind In The Wisdom Paradox, world-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg argues that though some mental abilities (such as recent-memory recall) decline as the mind enters the “autumn season” of our life span, the brain becomes more powerful in its ability to recognize patterns. As a result, we are able to make decisions at more intuitive and effective levels—a late- emerging mental strength he terms “wisdom.” In lively, accessible prose, Goldberg delves into the mechanisms of the mind, outlining how the elegant structures of the brain develop and change over the course of a lifetime as they work increasingly in concert. Drawing on recent and historical examples of leaders and artists who achieved their greatest successes late in life—from Roosevelt to Thatcher to Reagan, from Goethe to Grandma Moses—Goldberg illustrates the effects of an emerging scientific understanding of the biology of wisdom. Drawing on the latest research in brain function, he takes to task outdated neurological concepts and argues that new neurons can be created throughout our lives, the left brain’s specialization in pattern recognition accounts for its increased activity as we age, and the strengthening of neural pathways in later years accelerates decision-making processes. Most provocatively, he outlines how a “cognitive fitness” program can both curtail the negative mental effects of aging and enhance our decision-making powers.

The Executive Brain is the first book to explore in popular scientific terms one of the most important and rapidly evolving topics in contemporary neuropsychology, the most "human" and recently evolved region of the brain--the frontal lobes. Crucial for all high-order functioning, it is onlyin humans that the frontal lobes are so highly developed. They hold the key to our judgment, our social and ethical behavior, our imagination, indeed, to our "soul." The author shows how the frontal lobes enable us to engage in complex mental processes, how vulnerable they are to injury, and howdevastating the effects of damage often are, leading to chaotic, disorganized, asocial, and even criminal behavior.Made up of fascinating case histories and anecdotes, Goldberg's book offers a panorama of state-of-the-art ideas and advances in cognitive neuroscience. It is also an intellectual memoir, filled with vignettes about the author's early training with the great Russian neuropsychologist A.R. Luria,Goldberg's escape from the Soviet Union, and his later interactions with patients and professionals around the world.

What is the nature of human creativity? What are the brain processes behind its mystique? What are the evolutionary roots of creativity? How does culture help shape individual creativity? The Human Brain in the Age of Innovation by Elkhonon Goldberg is arguably the first ever book to address these and other questions in a way that is both rigorous and engaging, demystifying human creativity for the general public. The synthesis of neuroscience and the humanities is a unique feature of the book, making it of interest to an unusually broad range of readership. Drawing on a number of cutting-edge discoveries from brain research as well as on his own insights as a neuroscientist and neuropsychologist, Goldberg integrates them with a wide-ranging discussion of history, culture, and evolution to arrive at an original, compelling, and at times provocative understanding of the nature of human creativity. To make his argument, Goldberg discusses the origins of language, thenature of several neurological disorders, animal cognition, virtual reality, and even artificial intelligence. In the process, he takes the reader to different times and places, from antiquity to the future, and from Western Europe to South-East Asia. He makes bold predictions about the future directions of creativity and innovation in society, their multiple biological and cultural roots and expressions, about how they will shape society for generations to come, and even how they will change the ways the human brain develops and ages.

This book is crammed with puzzles designed to stimulate each of your brain's cognitive functions, keeping it strong and fit. Many different types of puzzles are included, and each of the five levels increases the challenge of solving them. Includes three self-evaluations that allow you to assess your improvement in areas such as focus, attention, memory, and more.

Překlad z anglického originálu František Koukolík. Kniha amerického neuropsychologa, žáka Alexandra Luriji, se zabývá řídicími funkcemi lidského mozku. Po stručném popisu základní stavby a funkcí mozku se autor zabývá významem fungování čelních laloků a následkům jejich poškození pro lidské chování. Velmi čtivé a srozumitelné podání výkladu, ilustrovaného řadou příkladů, zpřístupňuje tuto problematiku i laickému čtenáři.

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Scientific research shows that the human brain needs regular exercise and activity to maintain its health. Not only do the mental challenges and puzzles in Brain Games #8, Lower Your Brain Age in Minutes a Day give you a complete mental workout, they also provide hours of entertainment. The book, part of the popular Brain Games series, can help you enhance the following cognitive functions: Analysis Attention Computation Creative thinking General knowledge Language Logic Planning Problem solving Spatial planning Spatial reasoning Spatial visualization Visual logic Visual search Brain Games #8, Lower Your Brain Age in Minutes a Day offers these types of mental challenges and puzzles: Anagrams Crosswords Cryptograms Drawing exercises Language puzzles Logic puzzles Math puzzles Memory puzzles Mazes Observation and perspective puzzles Sequencing games Sudoku Visual logic puzzles Word searches The book is divided into five sections of puzzles, each progressively more difficult. Self-assessment questionnaires help you gauge your progress, and solutions to all the puzzles are provided in the final section of the book. The book is spiral-bound and easy to handle. Take it wherever you go.The Brain Games book series was developed to help people increase their memory, sharpen their reasoning, and expand their creative thinking. Working the puzzles in this book can provide a vigorous mental workout for virtually everyone from teenagers to senior citizens. All books in the series contain unique content.

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C'est la découverte la plus importante de ces dernières années en neurosciences : notre cerveau adulte, loin d'être figé comme on l'a longtemps cru, possède une remarquable capacité d'adaptation... Cette faculté à se modifier en permanence s'appelle la " neuroplasticité ". Selon nos actions (sport, musique...) et nos pensées (lectures...), il nous pousse de nouveaux neurones. Et de nouvelles connexions s'établissent, qui entretiennent l'agilité du cerveau. Tout aussi importante, il y a cette aptitude du cerveau mature à faire preuve de ce que le professeur Goldberg appelle la " sagesse " : il sait prendre des décisions plus vite et de façon plus habile que lorsqu'il était jeune, comme s'il portait en lui le bon programme cognitif, indispensable aux cerveaux vieillissants. L'ouvrage du professeur Golberg s'appuie sur l'exemple de ces grands leaders, écrivains ou artistes, tels Churchill ou Goethe, qui apportent la preuve que l'esprit se bonifie au cours de la vie.Si le professeur Goldberg ne nie pas, bien sûr, l'apparition possible de maladies comme celle d'Alzheimer ou de Parkinson, il insiste sur la capacité que conserve un esprit, même malade, à s'organiser. Et explique de façon claire comment se forment les utiles " schémas " mentaux auxquels sait faire appel un cerveau âgé, contrairement à un cerveau plus jeune, encore en apprentissage.

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