Sharon Begley

10 Books That Will Change Your Brain

Rebecca Gladding | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Brain Books, David Richo, David D Burns, Donald Altman, Sharon Begley, Viktor Frankl, You Are Not Your Brain, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Susan Smalley, William Ury, Majid Fotuhi, Books News
Rebecca Gladding

Many great books explain the science behind how your brain can change. And there are many more excellent mindfulness and self-help books that teach people how to improve their lives.

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Lies Concocted By Climate Deniers Likely To Stick Around Despite Corrections

James Hoggan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Phil Jones, Newsweek, Climategate, East Anglia, Sharon Begley, Simon Lewis, Climate Change, Sunday Times, Climate Deniers, Ipcc, Underwater Oil Plumes, Oil Spill Flow Rate, Amazongate, Green News
James Hoggan

It takes less than a minute to tell a lie that can spread around the world, yet it can take days, months, or years to correct it. Sometimes the truth never catches up to the lie.

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Evolutionary Psychology Under Attack?

Carter Phipps | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Enlightennext Magazine, Oedipal-Complex, Darwin, Evolutionary Psychology, Modernism, Sharon Begley, Massimo Biolcati, Post-Modernism, Evolution, David Sloan Wilson, Healthy Living News
Carter Phipps

Some feel that allowing an evolutionary basis for bad behavior is akin to making a Stone Age excuse for current moral failures.

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Evolutionary Psychology and the Public Media: Rekindling the Romance

David Sloan Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evolutionary Psychology, Sharon Begley, Science Media, Newsweek, Media News
David Sloan Wilson

Here are some issues that need to be resolved to get the romance between evolutionary psychology and the public media back on the right track.

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The Statin Scams

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cholesterol, Nutrition, Scam, High-Cholesterol, Statin, Doctors, Scams, High Cholesterol, Sharon Begley, Health, Paul Krugman, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

When the truth about the house of cards that is the cholesterol-lowering establishment really gets out, it'll make credit default swaps look like a 1st grade prank.

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Top 11 Books for Brain Health

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brain Trust Program, Norman Doidge, Judith Beck, Thanks, Executive Brain, Brain Science, Perception, Brain 101, User Guide to the Brain, Train Your Brain, Brain Fitness, The Executive Brain, Brain, Frontal Lobes, John Medina, Learning, Teaching, Gratitude, Spark, Brain Rules, Elkhonon Goldberg, Robert Emmons, Positive Psychology, Beck Diet Solution, Larry MccCleary, Cognitive, Brain Fitness Books, Attention, Sharon Begley, Health, Exercise, Beck Diet, James Zull, Books, John Ratey, Cognitive Health, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

We've compiled the 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness & Cognitive Health Books, based on book purchases by SharpBrains' readers during 2008.

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10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sharpbrains, Sharon Begley, Brain Fitness, Careerbuilder, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

If you are reading this, the good news is that you have a brain inside your head. And you have probably read about the emerging brain fitness movement: frequent articles in the media, an ongoing PBS special, more and more products and games. Based on dozens of interviews with scientists and recent research findings, let's take a look at some of the habits of Highly Effective Brains.

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