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Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca JM Gotlieb is a doctoral student at the University of Southern California. Her research interests focus on how social, emotional, and moral phenomena affect a person's learning and development on behavioral and neural levels. Rebecca worked at Abt Associate conducting research about teacher professional development and teacher preparation programs with an emphasis on their impact in high needs schools. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Dartmouth College, where she worked also in the Educational Psychology lab. Rebecca has served as a religious educator for four years and is a mentor to and advocate for students with disabilities and health issues.
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Great Myths of Adolescence by Jeremy D. Jewell, Michael I. Axelrod, Mitchell M. Prinstein, and Stephen Hupp
Do you think that teenagers today are lazier, riskier, and more self-absorbed than previous generations? Great Myths of Adolescence by Jeremy D. Jewell, Michael I. Axelrod, Mitchell J. Prinstein, and Stephen Hupp aims to correct that belief. Their book, which will
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PEERS® for Young Adults: Social Skills Training for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Social Challenges by Elizabeth Laugeson
Young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically want social relationships but have trouble building them. Extensive social skills training research has been conducted with young children with ASD, but research about social skills training for young adults with ASD is scant.
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
Where is your mobile phone right now? How much time have you spent on it today? Could you stand to be without it? In Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, Adam Alter, New York University
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The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel
One of the most complex unsolved mysteries in science is how the brain produces consciousness. The study of brain disorders not only helps us understand and treat those conditions; it also renders insights into questions about human consciousness, sense of
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
How often do you read in a deep and sustained way fully immersed, even transformed, by entering another person’s world? In her newest book, Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World,Maryanne Wolf cautions that, the way our
The Fear Factor: How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-between by Abigail Marsh
Abigail Marsh’s 2017 book , reviews research by her and others showing that extraordinary altruists and psychopaths may be two extremes of a bell-curve of human caring with altruists and psychopaths distinguished by how sensitive they are to feelings of
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Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students With Learning Difficulties by Scott Barry Kaufman
Students who have both exceptional talents and learning difficulties have been understudied and underserved in the educational system. Fortunately, Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties helps shed light on this unique and diverse population.
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Attack of the Teenage Brain!: Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner by John Medina
John Medina, developmental molecular biologist and New York Times best-selling author, has written a book about how to parent and teach teenagers in light of what we know about adolescent social, cognitive, and neural development. In Attack of the Teenage
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Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children by Yong Zhao
Yong Zhao, University of Kansas Professor of education, has published over 30 books, including a few reviewed here at Learning and the Brain about the importance of entrepreneurship and creativity for producing a well-educated citizenry, even though the educational culture
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The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius by Gail Saltz
Gail Saltz, author of The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius, argues that given the heterogeneity in human brain functioning “the very phrase brain differences is a redundancy.” This book describes traits and gifts associated with seven
