Reflects a consensus that the investigation of words in the mind offers a unique opportunity to understand both human language ability and general human cognition. Brings together key perspectives on the fundamental nature of the representation and processing of words in the mind.
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia, enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality. In doing so, it interfered with the law's protection of civil rights and also with professional distinctions between a certifiable mental illness and the broader concept of mental disorder. The ensuing legal processes highlighted the ambiguous, contingent and negotiable nature of the boundary between badness and madness.
The issues raised by this case transcend a government's singular action, highlighting matters such as the duty of care in a forensic setting; diagnostic uncertainties; debates about treatment; the responsibility of politicians to protect the community; and the difficulties inherent in translating clinical concepts into an acceptable legal format. Neither Bad Nor Mad analyses the interaction between psychiatry and the law in an absorbing account of one case with extensive ramifications.
No more punch lines that just slipped away. No more names on the tip of your tongue. No more senior moments! Drawing on cutting-edge neurological research, how to keep your brain alive: 83 neurobic exercises brings help to everyone whose memory is starting to slip. Devised by Dr. Lawrence Katz, a professor of neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center, and Manning Rubin, author of 60 Ways to Relieve Stress in 60 Seconds, here is a regimen of mental cross-training that can be done anywhere, by anyone, at any time of day. The premise is simple: When you exercise the brain, you release natural growth factors called neurotrophins, which in turn enhance the brain's level of fitness. And nothing so easily stimulates the brain as breaking routines and using the five senses in new and unexpected ways. So if you're right-handed, wake up tomorrow and brush your teeth with your left hand. Or close your eyes before you get into the car and then get the key into the ignition. Every time you open a new circuit in your brain, it's like doing a round of mental sit-ups, without the pain.
In the search for truth, there is only one question that needs to be
answered: Who am I?
This inquiry into the self is the core of advaita
vedanta (radical non-dualism) – a timeless teaching for breaking free
of mental bonds and reclaiming your true identity: the Infinite that is
beyond death.
On Who Are You? American-born spiritual teacher Gangaji
spells out the bedrock principles of self-inquiry – a cluster of
no-nonsense concepts that reveal how to effortlessly step outside
limited psychological conditioning and mental constructs into the
freedom, expansiveness, and peace of your own true nature.
The End of Cosmology?
Will the big bang be forgotten? The accelerating cosmic expansion is wiping away every trace of the universe's origin.
When Markets Beat the Polls
Internet-based
financial markets may predict elections more reliably than polls do.
They can augur future box-office returns and flu seasons, too.
White Matter Matters
Long
regarded as passive support for cogitating neurons, the brain's white
matter shows that it actively affects learning and mental illness.
The Limits of Quantum Computers
Futuristic
quantum computers could be exceptionally fast at certain tasks, but for
most problems they would only modestly outclass today's conventional
machines.
