As air travel entered its exhilarating golden age a growing number of Britons were taking to the skies
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Regarding education as a profession of brain change this book is written for primary secondary & early years classroom teachers as well as for initial teacher training students university education lecturers & professors educational psychologists cognitive neuroscientists interested in education & importantly parents. No prior neuroscientific knowledge is assumed of the reader & all the scientific terminology used is explained in the Introduction. The book presents research in neuroscience particularly neuroimaging which has implications for education. The central theme of the book is that learning involves neural systems which arise from the dense functional interconnectivity of the brain's myriad specialised modules. The relevance of the selected studies is illustrated by concrete examples of classroom applications. The main implications for pedagogy are how the brain enables learning working memory & intelligence motivation & socialising & creative thinking. The main curriculum applications are in literacy mathematics & the arts. A secondary theme is that neuroscience will become more useful for educators when it explicitly pursues research questions posed by educators. To this end each chapter

Includes:: educational research questions that could to be usefully addressed by neuroscience. The book draws attention to the limitations to current neuroscience experimentation both methodological & epistemological & explains why many current brain fads in education unfortunately do not reflect current knowledge of how the brain works. The introductory & final chapters provide overviews of educational neuroscience as an emerging field of research consider some of its formative debates & look to its future impact on schooling.

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A scientifically proven four-step self-treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) which enables people to modify their behaviour & their brain chemistry. OCD is a condition which affects millions of people worldwide. This work shows how sufferers can cure themselves by their own determination rather than through psycho-pharmaceuticals. Using real-life examples from real patients it scientifically validates this cognitive-behavioural self-treatment through visually striking brain imaging studies which show that people can systematically modify their own brain metabolic activity. ...

Brain on Fire" is the stunning debut from journalist & author Susannah Cahalan recounting the real-life horror story of how ...

See how the brain works while using it in the process of reading this book! Most of us have no idea whats really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader parent & teacher should know
- like that physical activity boosts your brain power. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep & stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget
- & so important to repeat new information? Is it true that men & women have different brains? In Brain Rules" Dr. John Medina a molecular biologist shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children & the way we work. In each chapter he describes a brain rule
- what scientists know for sure about how our brains work
- & then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medinas fascinating stories & sense of humour breathe life into brain science. Youll learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. Youll peer over a surgeons shoulder as he proves that we have a Jennifer Aniston neuron. Youll meet a boy who has an amazing memory for music but cant tie his own shoes."



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Meet the ninety year old doctor who with the aid of a few simple exercises is still practising medicine. His is just one of the incredible stories brain expert Norman Doidge tells as he reveals our brain's remarkable ability to repair itself through the power of positive thought. In The Brain That Changes Itself" Doidge introduces us to the fascinating stories at the cutting edge of the brain science & the emerging discipline of 'neuroplasticity'. We meet the stroke victim who unable to feed or dress himself learned to move & talk again the woman with a rare brain condition that left her feeling as though she was perpetually falling but who through a series of exercises rewired her brain to overcome this & the maverick scientists over turning centuries of assumptions about the brain & it's capacity for renewal. Doidge shows how their incredible work is helping the blind to see the deaf to hear & causing Nobel laureates to rethink our model of the brain. This remarkable book will leave you with a sense of wonder at the capabilities of the human brain & the power to change which lies within all of us." ...

See how well you fare against this large book of wordsearches Many people like to challenge their letter-finding ability & this book is just the test they need. Give your brain an intensive workout with this large collection of wordsearch puzzles a fun way to challenge & improve your skills of observation. ...

Brain-Training" is an innovative new series of six unique colour illustrated puzzle books. They are designed to help you make the most of your brain power by solving puzzles that increase slowly in level of difficulty. The puzzles get progressively tougher over the six titles & the second batch comprises " Quick Brain-Training 2" " Medium Brain-Training 2" & " Difficult Brain-Training 2". They pick up where " Quick Brain-Training 1" " Medium Brain-Training 1" & " Difficult Brain-Training 1" left off. This means that you can plot your progress & see how well you are developing. Quick 1 & Quick 2 contain a high concentration of easier puzzle-types
- still stimulating & very useful for development
- like Spot-the-Difference Missing Word Silhouette as well simpler versions of Sudoku Kakuro & the like. By the time you reach the Difficult books 1 & 2 youll be ready for the extremely tough challenges that await: Super-hard Sudoku frustratingly tough Make a Pair & the word/logic puzzle hybrid Yudoku. Buy them one by one & progress slowly or work your way the entire series as fast as you can
- the pace is up to you but one thing is for sure you will notice an improvement in your puzzle-solving abilities."


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How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book Michael O' Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues & findings in current brain research & gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain & the mind. Chapters tackle subjects such as brain processes perception memory motor control & the causes of 'altered mental states'. A final section discusses possible future developments in neuroscience touching on artificial intelligence gene therapy the importance of the Human Genome Project drugs by design & transplants. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable. ...