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Title: The Well-Tuned Brain

Subtitle: Neuroscience and the Life Well Lived

Author: Peter C. Whybrow

Narrator: John Curless

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

The Well-Tuned Brain is a call to action. Swept along by the cascading advances of today's technology, most of us take for granted that progress brings improvement. Despite spectacular material advance, however, the evidence grows that we are failing to create a sustainable future for humanity. We are out of tune with the planet that nurtures us.

Technology itself is not the problem, as Whybrow explains, but rather our behavior. Throughout its evolution the ancient brain that guides us each day has been focused on short-term survival. But fortunately we are intensely social creatures. Without the caring behaviors that flow from intimate attachments to others, we would be relying on a brain that is only marginally adapted to the complexity of the problems we must now face together. Today we must grapple with survival, not in its immediacy but over the long term.

Members Reviews:

I bought the audio ... then I bought the book

This book should be in every one's hands and sharing minds of friends and families

Interesting and thoughtful

Great story about what we are missing and what we need to creat a better world

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Title: Happiness: The Top 100 Best Ways to Feel Good & Be Happy

Subtitle: How to Be Happy, Happines & Joy, Relieve Stress & Anxiety

Author: Ace McCloud

Narrator: Joshua Mackey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-14-15

Publisher: Pro Mastery Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

How long has it been since you felt

? Do you long for joy to fill your heart?

Whether you want to (1) defeat fear and dread, (2) learn to look on the bright side of life, or (3) find a way to stop feeling so miserable, this audiobook will teach you everything you need to know.

Is the drudgery of your life keeping your spirits low?

Happiness is an emotion we all welcome. By focusing on the four main core areas of life -

- you will learn how to easily bring

into your life on a consistent basis. Strategies in this audiobook will help you

each day with happiness, so you can maintain your emotional joy over the long term.

Smile more.

Experiments have shown that

increases your happiness. This audiobook covers a variety of body movements and smiling techniques that will have you feeling great each day.

You can choose to be happy.

Happiness is - ultimately - your

. 40% of our happiness is not determined by genetics, nor by our circumstances;

As you continue exercising your

, you will be building

that lead to a consistent state of happiness.

You can be filled with hope, even in difficult times.

I'd be lying if I said we can feel happy 100% of the time; some experiences just call for anger or grief. However, you can balance your inner life so that happiness is your default mode, the way you feel generally.

See just how great you can make your life!

Get happy: buy it now!

Members Reviews:

Because I'm Happy :)

Happiness by Ace McCloud is the audio book that you need if you want to find happiness in your life! Some of the tips may be simple but let's be honest with ourselves, if you're a working man or woman, it's so easy to lose sight of the simple things in life...things that can help you be happier in just a couple of seconds. Just listening to this book made me start to feel happy again because I forgot so much about what mattered.

Happiness: 100 Best Ways to Be Happy

Happiness is achievable using this book by Ace McCloud. Find tips you need to live the happy life you deserve. Learn to minimize stress, feel good and be happy-then make a habit of it! Happiness is a wonderful feeling that everyone wants and they don't realize they can MAKE it happen. You will learn how to set aside fear and become focused on the positive and happy things in life. There are some great strategies for long term happiness offers ideas to bolster your mind, body, and spirit. This is not your ordinary self-help book because Ace just gives you proven strategies to learn to get and STAY happy. Follow the step-by-step action plan for happiness and find your life changing in a painless and wonderful way. Get this book today and GET HAPPY! You won't regret it!

Don't worry, BE Happy

This audiobook is a great guide for finding happiness and joy in your life. Happiness, although it may seem impossible, is actually a choice. No matter where you are, or what you have, you can always choose to make the best of it, or to get sucked into the negative parts of life. This audiobook teaches you the best ways to be happy; and relieve all sources of stress and anxiety.

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Title: The Worm at the Core

Subtitle: On the Role of Death in Life

Author: Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon

Narrator: John Pruden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

More than 100 years ago, the American philosopher William James wrote that the knowledge that we must die is "the worm at the core" of the human condition - a universally shared fear that informs all our thoughts and actions, from the great art we create to the devastating wars we wage. Using data collected from human subjects, Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski show conclusively that the fear of death and the desire to transcend it inspire us to buy expensive cars, crave fame, put our health at risk, and disguise our animal nature. The fear of death can also prompt judges to dole out harsher punishments, make children react negatively to people different from themselves, and inflame intolerance and violence. But the worm at the core need not consume us.

This audiobook also reveals how human beings have come to terms with death and learned to lead lives of courage, creativity, and compassion. It infuses our lives with order, stability, significance, and purpose, and these anchors enable us to function moment to moment without becoming overwhelmed by the knowledge of our ultimate fate.

Critic Reviews:

"An intriguing and impressive summary of terror management theory and research suited to intellectually inclined general readers and students." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Extremely Important

Decently high-quality discussion of an EXTREMELY important topic. Unbelievably brave and honest book.

I've read about 40% so far and may comment more in the future.

Living with The Worm

Like Becker's book Denial of Death from which this juicy worm at the core was conceived, I imagine this great work will be denied by most readers who are repulsed by worms and never say die. But bringing our mortality to light might open us up to the possibility of being more loving and compassionate to our Mortal Selves which is the necessary prelude to loving others who are in the same boat. Fear and Hatred of death, and the fantasy of heroic victory over mortality could be replaced with curiosity and enjoyment over each day of life, but don't hold your breath.

: Paradigm shifting look at what drives human behavior

I had doubts about spending time reading a book about death and how this would bring fears and unpleasant feelings to the forefront. Fortunately, the book is not grisly or gruesome or depressing; rather it is enlightening and insightful. Iâve very glad to have read it and will be recommending it to family. Those who arenât lovers of reading may refer to the documentary movie Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality, which features Solomon, Greenburg, and Pyszczynskiâs work.

The Worm at the Core is a thorough look at the researchersâ Terror Management Theory, which proposes that much human behavior is subconsciously motivated by our fear of death and attempts to overcome that fear. I found their argument very persuasive and think the implications have much to offer both the individual and society in overcoming a vast array of problems and increasing well-being.

A basic summary of the book, as presented in the introduction, âIn part 1, we introduce the basic tenets of terror management theory and the two pillars of terror management: cultural worldviews and self-esteem.

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Title: The Spiritual Child

Subtitle: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving

Author: Lisa Miller

Narrator: Christine Marshall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-05-15

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Introduction read by author.

In The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows that children who have a positive, active relationship to spirituality:

Combining cutting-edge research with broad anecdotal evidence from her work as a clinical psychologist to illustrate just how invaluable spirituality is to a child's mental and physical health, Miller translates these findings into practical advice for parents, giving them concrete ways to develop and encourage their children's - as well as their own - well-being. In this provocative, conversation-starting book, Dr. Miller presents us with a pioneering new way to think about parenting our modern youth.

Members Reviews:

Narrator is awful

I absolutely love the book. But the narrator has a sing song voice with the exact same way of reading every sentence. It drives me crazy. It's hard to listen to and understand what she is saying. But the information in the book is amazing.

good message. way too wordy and repetitive

contains a good message and was worth the read. way too repetitive though, feeling like the writer is trying to convince you with their words rather than facts and data.

contains references to.studies but does not go into the details of them. many single person examples instead of stats to try and prove a point.

overall I wish there was more depth and reliance on studies and data.

Good info terrible voice

I really enjoyed what Lisa Miller had to say. It is amazing that she is the first to have studied this information. I spent 1/2 a day with Lisa as she spoke to our school and shared with our students. She is very knowledgeable and a great presenter. Unfortunately, the reader of the this audiobook has a very annoying, high voice. I almost couldnt continue because the reader was so annoying.

Repetitive

I am sympathetic to the aims of this book and believe spirituality and religiosity have significant impact on childhood development. The definition used for spirituality is so inclusive as to be almost synonymous with childhood positive experience. This lack of specificity blunts the purpose of the book

Painful to listen to

I am very interested in the subject and very much want to hear what the author has to say but this reading is painful to listen to. The reader's voice is harsh and cold. It sounds like a computer is narrating the book and the effect is unpleasant.

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Title: Thinking

Subtitle: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction

Author: John Brockman

Narrator: Tom Perkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 69 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.

Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking.

Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision making.

Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature.

Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain.

Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind.

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence.

Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking.

Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices.

Critic Reviews:

"[T]his book offers nourishing food for thought." (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

Delightful

This audiobook is quiet entertaining and enlightening. There is a ton of information regarding the workings of the mind as related to intuition, philosophy, morality, and evolution. Tom Perkins reads effortlessly. As I listened, my mind was packed with new concepts and thoughts that I have never considered.

I would highly recommend this audiobook to anyone interested in the science of the mind.

A book to make you think!

Very interesting book!

As a neuroscience graduate, I found most of the concepts familiar but now put in an interesting context!

Diasppointing - Save your money or credits

What disappointed you about Thinking?

This is one of the rare cases in which I simply stopped listening. I couldn't take any more. I did not purchase this book to learn how much the authors care or how hard they are trying to be relevant. The discussion on super forecasting reminded me of a remote viewing exercise. I've seen too many narrative fallacies at work.

Give me Taleb or Kahneman. Their books are excellent.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator probably did fine, but the lack of meaningful content drove may entire reaction to this book.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None.

need more...

What did you like best about Thinking? What did you like least?

Heavy on generalities about the contributing fields and the resumes of those leading them, light on "take homes" from the various literatures. A few kernels, that's about it.

Political and Religious Bias Ruined It!

Would you try another book from John Brockman and/or Tom Perkins?

It depends on if they make the first few chapters about their own Prejudices in regards to politics and religion. I was very offended by both.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I liked the views about how to solve problems.

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Title: The Moral Arc

Subtitle: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom

Author: Michael Shermer

Narrator: Melody Zownir, Michael Shermer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-15

Publisher: Michael Shermer-John Wagner Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 319 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

We are living in the most moral period of our species history. Best-selling author Michael Shermers most accomplished and ambitious book to date demonstrates how the scientific way of thinking has made people, and society as a whole, more moral. Ever since the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment thinkers consciously applied the methods of science to solve social and moral problems. The experimental methods and analytical reasoning of science created the modern world of liberal democracies, civil rights and civil liberties, equal justice under the law, open political and economic borders, free minds and free markets, and prosperity the likes of which no human society in history has ever enjoyed. More people in more places have greater rights, freedoms, liberties, literacy, education, and prosperity - the likes of which no human society in history has ever enjoyed. In this provocative and compelling book - that includes brief histories of freedom rights, womens rights, gay rights, and animal rights, along with considerations of the nature of evil and moral regress - Shermer explains how abstract reasoning, rationality, empiricism, skepticism - scientific ways of thinking - have profoundly changed the way we perceive morality and, indeed, move us ever closer to a more just world.

Critic Reviews:

...Its an honest, clear account of morality and justice that makes those theoretical concepts come alive as ubiquitous real-life choices. (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-prize-winning author of the best-selling books

Guns,

Germs, and

Steel,

Collapse, and

The World Until Yesterday)

A thrilling and fascinating book, which could change your view of human history and human destiny. (Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University)

Science cant, by itself, tell you right from wrong. But theres no better tool for the purpose than the style of moral philosophy thats inspired by science, and Michael Shermer is a master of that style. (Richard Dawkins, author of

The Selfish Gene and

The God Delusion)

Members Reviews:

Us is getting bigger, them is getting smaller

This book tries to fill in some of the whys in Steven Pinker's book "Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined". The author starts off by defining morality as the "flourishing and surviving of sentient beings". It's not a perfect definition but in general the listener can latch on to it.

The author does go beyond Pinker's book and tries to fill in more of the reasons why violence has declined by looking at the facts from a morality point of view. Shermer knows it is more profitable to realize that man is the measure of all things and that our values are not etched in stone and aren't externally given to people, but are derived by people.

The continuous contextual approach (inductive) is almost always better than a binary, absolute approach (deductive).

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Title: Howard Gardner on the Need for Multiple "Minds"

Author: Howard Gardner

Narrator: Dave Summers

Format: Original Recording

Length: 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-24-14

Publisher: American Management Association

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He also holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero.

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Title: The Narcissist Next Door

Subtitle: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed - in Your World

Author: Jeffrey Kluger

Narrator: Jeffrey Kluger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-09-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 97 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it.

The odds are good that you know a narcissist - probably a lot of them. The odds are also good that they are intelligent, confident, and articulate - the center of attention. They make you laugh and they make you think. The odds are also that this spell didn't last.

Narcissists are everywhere. There are millions of them in the United States alone: entertainers, politicians, business people, your neighbors. Recognizing and understanding them is crucial to your not being overtaken by them, says Jeffrey Kluger, in his provocative new book about this insidious disorder.

With insight and wit, Kluger frames the surprising new research on narcissism and explains the complex, exasperating personality disorder. He reveals how narcissism and narcissists affect our lives at work and at home, on the road, and in the halls of government; what to do when we encounter narcissism; and how to neutralize its effects before it's too late.

As a Time writer and science editor, Kluger knows how to take science's new ideas and transform them into smart, accessible insights. Highly listenable and deeply engaging, this book helps us understand narcissism and narcissists more fully.

Members Reviews:

Like Listening to a College Thesis

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This book is dry. Focuses too much on public figures like celebrities and athletes and gives too few examples of how to deal with or deflect the narcissist everyone encounters. The author states in the beginning that only 2% of the population is likely a diagnosable narcissist then goes on to label every CEO, politician, celebrity, or attention grabbing athlete as a narcissist. I found myself continually thinking "well no shit" every time he would outline a person like Hitler or Steve Jobs then label them a narcissist. My intention was to learn how to deal with the narcissist everyone encounters, especially in the work environment, instead I learned all reality stars, convicted violent inmates, politicians and every successful business owner is a narcissist according to Mr. Kluger. The book is well written, but I could have rummaged through some old psychology thesis' and gotten as much information.

Would you recommend The Narcissist Next Door to your friends? Why or why not?

Only if someone asked me specifically for a recommendation about a book on narcissism. So yes, I recommended it to my aunt.

Would you be willing to try another one of Jeffrey Klugers performances?

Yes, the book although the attempts at humor were unsuccessful, it was very well written and organized. The author was a bad choice as the narrator. Not the right type of voice. Grated on the nerves.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I don't think there is even a remote possibility this will ever be a movie.

Any additional comments?

It feels like the author wrote this book as sort of a revenge piece. You learn his background with Time magazine, he outlines his character and the bosses and other journalist that have slighted him in the past and then goes on to talk extremely negatively about very public figures, most he has never met, and label them divas and raging egomaniacs.

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Title: The Price of Silence

Subtitle: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness

Author: Liza Long

Narrator: Karen White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-28-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Liza Long is the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she heard about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, her first thought was, "What if my son does that someday?" She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal posted as "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother". The post went viral, receiving 1.2 million Facebook likes, nearly 17,000 tweets, and 30,000 emails.

Now, in The Price of Silence she takes a devastating look at how we address mental illness, especially in children, who are funneled through a system of education, mental health care, and juvenile detention that leads far too often to prison. In the end she asks one central question: If there's a poster child for cancer, why can't there be one for mental illness? The answer: the stigma. Liza Long is speaking in a way that we cannot help but hear, and she won't stop until something changes.

Members Reviews:

Hard to read; many contradictions

I haven't finished reading this book yet, but I'm finding her arguments to be hard to listen to already. Although I agree with the author's theme that the social stigma of mental illness needs to be addressed, I find statements that she makes about her own situation to be truly troubling.

She states that often mentally ill individuals generally aren't prone to violence, and if they are prone to violence, that they are usually self-violent, but her son is violent towards others. The author repeatedly explains that her son is not only self-violent, but violent towards her and others. She states that she only truly feels safe when her son is in a lock-down facility even though his situation is truly heartbreaking to her. But through out the parts of the book that I have read so far, she is critical of other parents who wanted her child out of the charter school because of his behaviors. She's critical of her ex-husband who wants to separate their younger children from their violent brother and who had pressed charges against their son for an assault. I feel that Long is saying that it is wrong for other parents including her ex-husband to want to protect their children from her repeatedly and unpredictably violent son despite his history and her own fear of him because he has the label of "mental illness". I understand her comparing her son to Adam Lanza, but she explains early in the book that no one in Adam Lanza's life would have thought that he would have been violent in the manner that he was, but Long's son is violent. People around Michael should be concerned about his behavior.

She doesn't know how to best keep her child from enacting violence and has to keep their household's knives with her at all times, but people outside her home should be able to deal with Michael's potentially violent outbursts.

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Title: The Myth of Mirror Neurons

Subtitle: The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition

Author: Gregory Hickok

Narrator: Eric Martin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 102 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

An essential reconsideration of one of the most far-reaching theories in modern neuroscience and psychology.

In 1992, a group of neuroscientists from Parma, Italy, reported a new class of brain cells discovered in the motor cortex of the macaque monkey. These cells, later dubbed mirror neurons, responded equally well during the monkey's own motor actions, such as grabbing an object, and while the monkey watched someone else perform similar motor actions. Researchers speculated that the neurons allowed the monkey to understand others by simulating their actions in its own brain.

Mirror neurons soon jumped species and took human neuroscience and psychology by storm. In the late 1990s theorists showed how the cells provided an elegantly simple new way to explain the evolution of language, the development of human empathy, and the neural foundation of autism. In the years that followed, a stream of scientific studies implicated mirror neurons in everything from schizophrenia and drug abuse to sexual orientation and contagious yawning.

In The Myth of Mirror Neurons, neuroscientist Gregory Hickok reexamines the mirror neuron story and finds that it is built on a tenuous foundation - a pair of codependent assumptions about mirror neuron activity and human understanding. Drawing on a broad range of observations from work on animal behavior, modern neuroimaging, neurological disorders, and more, Hickok argues that the foundational assumptions fall flat in light of the facts. He then explores alternative explanations of mirror neuron function while illuminating crucial questions about human cognition and brain function: Why do humans imitate so prodigiously? How different are the left and right hemispheres of the brain? Why do we have two visual systems? Do we need to be able to talk to understand speech? What's going wrong in autism? Can humans read minds?

The Myth of Mirror Neurons not only delivers an instructive tale about the course of scientific progress - from discovery to theory to revision - but also provides deep insights into the organization and function of the human brain and the nature of communication and cognition.

Members Reviews:

Something to offend all mirror neuronscientist

You get two things with this book. You get an incredible interesting exposition on the workings of the mind (consciousness) and a narrative that ties that story together by showing how mirror neurons almost certainly aren't what you thought they were.

The author does not reject the existence of mirror neurons in humans, but he does poke holes in most of what you probably have been told about them in a host of other books and articles. He gives very nuanced arguments to how the available data doesn't always mean what mirror neuron experts say they do. The author is an expert in the understanding of how we communicate. He'll delve into the "motor theory of speech" and how that deservedly fell out of disrepute over time and was resurrected only because that gave mirror neurons such a central role. The results of various experiments supporting that hypothesis are not always best explained by the ways mirror neuron advocates claim and sometimes they ignore the better explanations.

This is a real strength of the book.