In American popular culture, Marilyn Monroe1926-1962 has evolved in stature from movie superstar to American icon. Monroes own understanding of her place in the American imagination and her effort to perfect her talent as an actress are explored with great sensitivity in Carl Rollysons engaging narrative.
This book describes and assesses pronunciation talent in its various dimensions, such as production and perception or the segmental and suprasegmental levels of speech. Special focus is put on the psychological and neural correlates of phonetic performance. Behavioral influences such as empathy or motivation are investigated. The resulting classification of proficiency and talent level is used to select subjects for neuroimaging studies in which differences in brain activity between talented and untalented individuals are observed.
Oliver has always wanted to be a dancing elephant, but what will he do when he discovers the circus already has enough elephants? Beginning readers will laugh out loud as they follow Oliver's adventures and find out how this elephant of unique charm and talent finally achieves his dream. Now available in full color!
The Talent CodeDaniel Coyle wants to show us that we have been wrong or misinformed for a long time since, according to new information (based on scientific and case studies), talent can be stimulated, grown as a muscle Anyone can be talented as long as they put into use the right techniques. That is one of the revolutionary ideas that the author tries to explain in this excellent book, and whose main aim is to change our concept or idea about what talent really is.
