Robert Evan Ornstein (11 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Visually and intellectually explores the history, evolution, construction, and chemical and electrical operation of the brain. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presenting a provocative new concept of how the human mind works. Ornstein's theory is that the mind is not a supercomputer--but a far more complicated sytem of mental operations made of separate components. This new paradigm provides an intellectual framework for discussing dreams, illusions, personality and more. Illustrated. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Name blacked out with marker on free endpaper.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-299) and index. Contents; pt. 1. The work of the mind -- pt. 2. The long view: the physical evolution of the mind -- pt. 3. The inner workings of the mind -- pt. 4. Pieces of the puzzle: brain processes and organization -- pt. 5. The dreams of the world -- pt. 6. Is this the person to whom I am speaking? -- pt. 7. Getting to know "yous" -- pt. 8. Why there will be no further evolution without conscious evolution. Subjects; Genetic psychology. Consciousness. Adaptability (Psychology). Behavior genetics. Neuropsychology. Adaptation, Psychological. Consciousness. Genetics, Behavioral. 1 Kg.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf wear to boards and dj. Some soiling on fore edge. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. Index. 305 pp.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-299) and index. Contents; pt. 1. The work of the mind -- pt. 2. The long view: the physical evolution of the mind -- pt. 3. The inner workings of the mind -- pt. 4. Pieces of the puzzle: brain processes and organization -- pt. 5. The dreams of the world -- pt. 6. Is this the person to whom I am speaking? -- pt. 7. Getting to know "yous" -- pt. 8. Why there will be no further evolution without conscious evolution. Subjects; Genetic psychology. Consciousness. Adaptability (Psychology). Behavior genetics. Neuropsychology. Adaptation, Psychological. Consciousness. Genetics, Behavioral. 1 Kg.…

It has long been known that the body may respond positively when an individual believes that he or she has been given medication. For years the placebo effect remained an isolated and unexplained phenomenon. Recent research has shown, however, that psychological states and life traumas, including divorce and loss of employment, can adversely affect immune system responses. This volume, composed of contributions by noted researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience, explain the fascinating investigations of brain-mind-body relationships that are changing the way we think about health and illness. The book´s first three chapters demonstrate how the brain operates as a health maintenance organization and describe the brain´s growth in response to experience. Psychosocial factors in healing are explored in chapters that examine the social environment´s effect on susceptibility to illness, the mechanisms and implications of the placebo effect, and the ways in which social suppor.…

Paperback. Condition: used: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDPsychologyGood condition, foxing on edges, bumped tips, wear to dustjacket and edges, minor tear on dustjacket at spine, prompt shipping with tracking.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. \"Je reicher das Leben an Freude, Genuss und Lust, desto gesünder der Mensch.\" Neueste empirische Untersuchen aus Medizin, Biologie und Psychologie liegen dieser unorthodoxen These der beiden renommierten Autoren zugrunde. Robert Ornstein und David Sobel zeigen eindrucksvoll, wie eine liebevolle Umarmung, ein witziger Film, ein Glas Wein zu einem guten Essen in geselliger Runde mehr bei der Bekämpfung von Krankheiten auszurichten vermögen als Askese, Medikamente und Diäten. Leben Sie also nach dem \"Lustprinzip\". Folgen Sie Ihren Sinnen. Verwöhnen Sie sich und andere. Und erleben Sie, wie aus den vielen kleinen Freuden des Alltags Gesundheit entsteht.…