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Let's Be Less Stupid
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Smarter
- The New Science of Building Brain Power
- By: Dan Hurley
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 159
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4 out of 5 stars 132
Expanding upon one of the most-read New York Times Magazine features of 2012, Smarter penetrates the hot new field of intelligence research to reveal what researchers call a revolution in human intellectual abilities. Shattering decades of dogma, scientists began publishing studies in 2008 showing that "fluid intelligence" - the ability to learn, solve novel problems, and get to the heart of things - can be increased through training. But is it all just hype?
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2 out of 5 stars
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People Who Like This Sort of Thing....
- By W Perry Hall on 10-10-15
By: Dan Hurley
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Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded)
- 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
- By: John Medina
- Narrated by: John Medina
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,046
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
In the New York Times bestseller 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 and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule - what scientists know for sure about how our brains work - and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. Medina’s fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dear Publishers . . .
- By Bekah on 04-06-17
By: John Medina
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The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain
- The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
- By: Barbara Strauch
- Narrated by: Nona Pipes
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 573
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Story4 out of 5 stars 328
A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle ageFor many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Recommended for all Ages
- By Virginia A on 05-28-10
By: Barbara Strauch
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What Makes Olga Run?
- The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Happier Lives
- By: Bruce Grierson
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a 94-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average 94-year-old. She not only looks and acts like a much younger woman, she holds over 23 world records in track and field, 17 in her current 90 to 95 category. Convinced that this remarkable woman could help unlock many of the mysteries of aging, Grierson set out to uncover what it is that's driving Olga.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I can't stop talking about this book
- By David Shear on 05-27-14
By: Bruce Grierson
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How the Body Knows Its Mind
- The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel
- By: Sian Beilock
- Narrated by: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
An award-winning scientist offers a groundbreaking new understanding of the mind-body connection and its profound impact on everything from advertising to romance. The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain but rather an integral part of how we think and make decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The New Science Of The Mind Body Connection!
- By Dianne on 04-06-15
By: Sian Beilock
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Babel No More
- The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
- By: Michael Erard
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages...or seventy? In Babel No More, Michael Erard, "a monolingual with benefits," sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages; Emil Krebs, a pugnacious German diplomat, who spoke sixty-eight languages; and Lomb Kat, a Hungarian who taught herself Russian by reading Russian romance novels.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heavy on anecdote, light on science
- By S. Yates on 07-15-16
By: Michael Erard
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Fooling Houdini
- Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind
- By: Alex Stone
- Narrated by: Alex Stone
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 206
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Story4 out of 5 stars 206
When Alex Stone was five years old, his father bought him a magic kit - a gift that would spark a lifelong love. Years later, while living in New York City, he discovered a vibrant underground magic scene exploding with creativity and innovation and populated by a fascinating cast of characters: from his gruff mentor, who holds court in the back of a rundown pizza shop, to one of the world's greatest card cheats, who also happens to be blind. Captivated, he plunged headlong into this mysterious world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I suppose the author thinks he's clever
- By Joe on 11-01-12
By: Alex Stone
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Dave Barry in Cyberspace
- By: Dave Barry
- Narrated by: Shadoe Stevens
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
When Dave Barry goes mano a mano with the Information Superhighway, it's guaranteed to be a rip-roaring adventure. This self-proclaimed computer geek and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist starts with the motto, "Never read the instructions," and slides from there into the world of hardware, software, Windows 95, and the critical issue of RAM ("the bottom line is, if you're a guy, you cannot have enough RAM").
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing and Dated
- By Alan Rither on 09-13-04
By: Dave Barry
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E-Cubed
- Nine More Energy Experiments That Prove Manifesting Magic and Miracles Is Your Full-Time Gig
- By: Pam Grout
- Narrated by: Jenn Morris
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 535
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 444
With nine new experiments and more tips on how to keep the gates of the world's largesse and abundance wide open, this audiobook is chock-full of incontrovertible evidence that the universe is just waiting for us to catch up, just waiting for us to begin using the energy that has always been available for our enjoyment and well-being.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Infinite Field of Potentiality
- By CHARLES on 11-22-15
By: Pam Grout
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Learning How to Learn
- How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens
- By: Barbara Oakley PhD, Terrence Sejnowski PhD, Alistair McConville
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Drs. Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski's popular Online course Learning How to Learn, has enrolled more than 1.8 million students. In this much needed follow-up to A Mind for Numbers, the authors teach kids and teens how to learn effectively at a time when they most need these skills. Learning How to Learn teaches them about the importance of both focused concentration and letting their minds wander, how the brain makes connections between different pieces of information, why procrastination is the enemy of problem solving, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
- By Emile on 04-29-19
By: Barbara Oakley PhD, and others
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The Ghost in My Brain
- How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
- By: Clark Elliott Ph.D.
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 456
In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly Tedious With Moments of Insight
- By Brent on 01-17-16
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Life on Purpose
- How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything
- By: Victor J. Strecher
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 174
A pioneer in the field of behavioral science delivers a groundbreaking work that shows how finding your purpose in life leads to better health and overall happiness. Your life is a boat. You need a rudder. But it doesn't matter how much wind is in your sails if you're not steering toward a harbor - an ultimate purpose in your life. While the greatest philosophers have pondered purpose for centuries, today it has been shown to have a concrete impact on our health.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A truly life-changing book
- By Radiant Dark on 11-05-16
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Before You Know It
- The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
- By: John Bargh PhD
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 128
For more than three decades, Dr. John Bargh has been responsible for the revolutionary research into the unconscious mind, research that informed best sellers like Blink and Thinking Fast and Slow. Now, in what Dr. John Gottman said "will be the most important and exciting book in psychology that has been written in the past 20 years", Dr. Bargh takes us on an entertaining and enlightening tour of the forces that affect everyday behavior while transforming our understanding of ourselves in profound ways.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Political jab
- By Brad on 10-20-17
By: John Bargh PhD
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
- By: Daniel H. Pink
- Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,659
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,977
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,952
Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork. Timing, it's often assumed, is an art. In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Pink shows that timing is really a science.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun. Enlightening. Fast Paced.
- By Wiley Brooks on 01-11-18
By: Daniel H. Pink
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The Brain That Changes Itself
- Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
- By: Norman Doidge M.D.
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 511
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 424
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 422
An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, MD, traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed - people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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***MIND BLOWN***
- By Laura Elsasser on 04-04-21
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Words and Rules
- The Ingredients of Language
- By: Steven Pinker
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4 out of 5 stars 145
First published in 2000, Words and Rules remains one of Pinker's most provocative and accessible books, illuminating the fascinating relationship between the brain, the mind, and how language makes us humans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing how much irregular verbs can teach.
- By Tristan on 04-10-16
By: Steven Pinker
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- Allison O'Brien
- 07-25-15
Snarky and repetitive
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Marx's humor is more suited to a shorter format and seems strained and repetitive in this book.
Would you ever listen to anything by Patricia Marx again?
no
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Her humor is so obvious it was like listening to a teenager.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The subject matter interested me
Any additional comments?
Not hating but I wouldn't recommend anyone read this book. That being said I'm sure some will love it.
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