**************Psychological Books**************

Temporal Lobe / Parental Lobe / Frontal Lobe
Occipital Lobe / Cerebellum / Amygdala

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****Attention Deficit Disorder****

****The ground-breaking "Hunter in a Farmer's World" book****

BACK PAGE: In this ground-breaking book, author Thom Hartmann
presents a new and very welcome approach to Attention Deficit Disorder.
His is the first book to explain clearly that ADD, rather than being a
problem, may actually be beneficial.He sees ADD sufferers as "hunters",
totally focused on movement, constantly monitoring their environment
and exhibiting incredible bursts of energy. Correctly approached, these
characteristics can be harnessed to create an overall positive effect.
These "hunters" find themselves in our contemporary society surrounded
by non-ADD sufferers or "farmers" - cautious, slow and steady workers.

This positive and long-awaited book explains how adults and children
with ADD can adapt and function more creatively and productively in
today's world. Thom Hartmann also identifies ADD individuals who have
helped to change the world they lived in - people like Ernest Hemingway,
Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin.

****In the company of Crows and Ravens****

John M.Marzluff and Tony Angell

"In Japan...//...Instructors at the Kadan Driving School noticed crows
dropping walnuts on roads of the driving course in the 1960s. But It was not
until 1975 that researchers like Hito Higuchi reported the first apparently
purposeful placement of walnuts in front of cars. Photographs clearly show
crows first waiting (using time) with walnuts for traffic to stop at an
intersection, then flying down in front of stopped cars to position nuts
in front of tires, and finally returning once the cars had stopped to
retrieve the nuts. This behaviour has spread slowly outwards over several
miles (kilometres) from the driving school over a twenty-year period and
is increasing to this day. This slow spread likely represents cultural
transmission of a behaviour initially learned through trial and error."

"...//... crows are mathematically inclined. Counting and distinguishing
among messages that vary only in the number of calls may be a regular
part of a crow's life. After listening to hundreds of crow calling
bouts, Nick Thompson, a psychologist studying crow language, suggested
that crows recognize and use a simple counting system with a lower limit
of one and an upper limit of six to code and decode vocal messages. Crows
appear to only count whole numbers not fractions. The type of call, its
intonation, and whether one, two, three, four, five, or six are packaged
together may all be used to encode information...//...corvids appear to have
formidable maths skills. Corvids and a few other birds are able to solve
problems requiring an ability to count to around six."

****Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood****

****The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome****

BACK PAGE: The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the
definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's Syndrome(AS).
It brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome
for children through to adults. Drawing on case studies and personal
accounts from Attwood's extensive clinical experience, and from his
correspondence with individuals with AS, this book is both authoritative
and extremely accessible. Essential reading for families and individuals
affected by AS as well as teachers, professionals and employers coming
in contact with people with AS, this book should be on the bookshelf
of anyone who needs to know or is interested in this complex condition.

"About 50 per cent of children with Asperger's syndrome have relatively
advanced verbal reasoning skills, and may be colloquially described as
'verbalizers'. If such a child has difficulty acquiring a particular acad-
emic ability in the social 'theatre' of the class-room, then his or her
knowledge and understanding may be improved by reading about the
concept or engaging in a one-to-one discussion. If the child with Asper-
ger's syndrome has relatively advanced visual reasoning skills (a
'visualizer' - about one in five children with Asperger's syndrome), then
learning may be facilitated by observation and visual imagery. The
phrase 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is very applicable to such
children. The 'verbalizers' may eventually be successful in careers
where verbal abilities are an advantage, for example journalism or the
legal professions, and 'visualizers' may be successful in careers such as
engineering or the visual arts."
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****When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Masson & Susan McCarthy****

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