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How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making
- By: Ryan Hamilton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Ryan Hamilton
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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In How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making, Professor Ryan Hamilton, associate professor of marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, uses research revealed via the scientific method to understand and explain human decision making. While his easygoing manner and anecdotes about surprising and bizarre choices will keep you enthralled, Professor Hamilton also shares what decision science has revealed through empirically tested theories.
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super interesting and really well presented
- By Mason on 23-03-2017
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How You Decide: The Science of Human Decision Making
- Narrated by: Ryan Hamilton
- Series: The Great Courses: Psychology
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 23-09-2016
- Language: English
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life
- By: Jason M. Satterfield, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Jason M. Satterfield
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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In the 24 compelling half-hour lectures of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life, Professor Jason Satterfield will help you build your cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) toolbox, giving you the skills you need to change those stories that hold you back and that keep you from experiencing your fullest life possible.
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A great course
- By Amazon Customer on 27-07-2023
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life
- Narrated by: Professor Jason M. Satterfield
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-10-2020
- Language: English
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Understanding Cognitive Biases
- By: Alexander B. Swan, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Alexander B. Swan
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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In Understanding Cognitive Biases, you will learn how to recognize biases for what they are, counteract them when necessary, and even use them to your advantage in some instances. In 24 fascinating lectures, Dr. Alexander B. Swan uses examples from psychology experiments, history, politics, movies, TV, comics, social media, and more to illustrate dozens of cognitive biases that affect us all.
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Understanding Cognitive Biases
- Narrated by: Alexander B. Swan
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-01-2023
- Language: English
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The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
- By: Dorsey Armstrong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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In The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research, celebrated medievalist Dorsey Armstrong shares the fascinating new story of this old pandemic—revealed by dedicated researchers working with 21st-century technologies and a knowledge of language and history that now provide input from all geographic areas of the medieval world. In seven engaging lectures, Professor Armstrong corrects explanations of the pandemic that are now known to be inaccurate and offers a more robust description of plague biology than has ever been known.
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Accessible, entertaining, expert learning
- By Sarah E. on 29-11-2022
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The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-05-2022
- Language: English
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What Science Knows About Cancer
- By: David Sadava, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: David Sadava
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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The landscape of cancer treatment and prevention is a vastly different place than it was even a decade ago. Thanks to a relatively new focus on molecular medicine, researchers are gaining a deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved in the disease, poising them on the brink of huge breakthroughs. What Science Knows About Cancer reports from the front lines of the war on cancer with a clear and scientifically precise - yet thoroughly accessible - guide to how the disease develops, thrives, and can potentially be conquered.
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Great course, but had technical issues.
- By Mitchell on 15-04-2022
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What Science Knows About Cancer
- Narrated by: David Sadava
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-03-2019
- Language: English
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Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach
- By: Thad Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Thad Polk
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Professor Thad Polk, of the University of Michigan, invites you to join him for Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach, a six-lecture course exploring a range of shocking psychological experiments from the past that have nonetheless contributed significant insight into the human condition. Dr. Polk elucidates the contemporary ethical principles now in place to protect both subjects and science, but admits that with every new technological and scientific advancement, there also comes a new set of ethical conundrums for researchers to grapple with.
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Fascinating
- By Amazon Customer on 02-09-2023
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Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach
- Narrated by: Thad Polk
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2020
- Language: English
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The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently Is Your Greatest Asset
- By: Scott E. Page, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Scott E. Page
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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From technology to business, two (or more) heads often prove to be better than one - but only if those heads are cognitively diverse. Diverse perspectives are a powerful tool for maximizing productivity and enhancing collective performance. Now, in The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently Is Your Greatest Asset, you can learn the strategies that make you a more diverse thinker and position you to break down institutional silos and build robust, effective teams.
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The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently Is Your Greatest Asset
- Narrated by: Scott E. Page
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 27-02-2019
- Language: English
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Creativity and Your Brain
- By: Indre Viskontas, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Indre Viskontas
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Shedding light on what creative people do, and how they do it, neuroscientists are mapping the regions of the brain that come into play during creative work, showing that creativity is a skill and something that all of us can cultivate. In these 24 compelling lectures, Professor Viskontas takes you on a deep dive into the human creative faculty. Through the many areas of knowledge within the course, Creativity and Your Brain offers empowering and inspiring guidelines for developing your own creativity.
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Adding music to help illustrate was brilliant
- By Joshua Yeo on 05-11-2023
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Creativity and Your Brain
- Narrated by: Indre Viskontas
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-09-2022
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines
- By: Patrick Grim, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick Grim
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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The quest to understand the mind has motivated some of history's most profound thinkers. But only in our own time are we beginning to see the true complexity of this quest, as today's philosophers draw on the latest evidence from neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and other fields to probe deeply into the inner workings of the mind.
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great book
- By Anonymous User on 23-10-2018
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Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines
- Narrated by: Patrick Grim
- Series: The Great Courses: Understanding the Mind
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Nutrition Made Clear
- By: Roberta H. Anding, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Roberta H. Anding
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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Nutrition is essential to living a healthy, happy, and successful life. Yet a world of misconceptions and promises of easy results too often stands in our way-and can even be harmful to our overall health. The key is to cut through the noise and find the medically backed, statistically proven information about healthy eating and living. These 36 in-depth lectures explore the fundamentals of good nutrition and offer a practical guide for applying these fundamentals to your lifestyle.
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Awesome information.
- By pk on 12-07-2016
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Nutrition Made Clear
- Narrated by: Roberta H. Anding
- Series: The Great Courses: Better Living
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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The Intelligent Brain
- By: Richard J. Haier, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Richard J. Haier
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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No feature of the mind is as important, controversial, and mysterious as intelligence. It is the epitome of brain function, and it has a powerful influence on success in life. Now in The Intelligent Brain, taught by one of the world’s foremost researchers on intelligence, Professor Richard J. Haier of the University of California, Irvine, you’ll trace the fascinating history of intelligence testing and its leading thinkers, as well as what brain imaging studies and the most recent research findings reveal about this most complex of human phenomena.
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The Intelligent Brain
- Narrated by: Richard J. Haier
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-12-2018
- Language: English
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Stress and Your Body
- By: Robert Sapolsky, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Sapolsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Feeling stressed? You're not alone. Stress is an inherent aspect of life that can have tremendous negative effects on your mental and physical health. This makes coping with stress a critical part of how well we live.Once you understand the inner workings of your stress response system, you'll possess powerful knowledge that will help you understand and better deal with this common aspect of your busy life.
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such enthusiasm!
- By Jon c on 10-10-2017
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Stress and Your Body
- Narrated by: Robert Sapolsky
- Series: The Great Courses: Better Living
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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Existentialism and the Authentic Life
- By: Skye C. Cleary, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Skye C. Cleary
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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In the 24 fascinating lectures of Existentialism and the Authentic Life, Professor Skye C. Cleary will lead you through the writings of many existentialists to help you understand how they addressed the biggest of all questions. Writing about love, death, sex, war, plagues, intrigue, murder, deception, and more, these thinkers guide you toward living an authentic and meaningful life in a world that often seems absurd.
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Existentialism and the Authentic Life
- Narrated by: Skye C. Cleary
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-03-2024
- Language: English
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The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
- By: Gerard Puccio, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gerard Puccio
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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According to the latest scientific research, anyone can be creative. You just have to know how to think creatively, which involves taking a more imaginative approach to the challenges we all face. Learn how to wield the same research-based tools that today's creative people use and tap into your inner creative thinker with Professor Puccio's engaging 24-lecture series that takes you step-by-step through the creative-thinking process.
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interesting information but quite business focused
- By Engineer on 17-06-2019
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The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
- Narrated by: Gerard Puccio
- Series: The Great Courses: Professional
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-12-2013
- Language: English
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How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals
- By: William Lidwell, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: William Lidwell
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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A must-have course for corporate leaders, design professionals, marketers, and anyone else who communicates visually, How Colors Affect You tells you everything you need to know about the science of color and its impact on all aspects of human experience. These lectures will give you a beautiful new perspective on color - one rooted in credible scientific knowledge and not popular myth.
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Really Enlightening
- By Anonymous User on 01-08-2023
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How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals
- Narrated by: William Lidwell
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-12-2018
- Language: English
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Understanding Disorders of the Brain
- By: Sandy Neargarder, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Sandy Neargarder
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Science has come a long way in solving the mysteries of the human brain, but we still have a long way to go. Understanding Disorders of the Brain is a powerful introduction to the journey of brain science in the 21st century and an excellent addition to your lifelong learning library.
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Great listening
- By Deirdre E Siegel on 16-11-2023
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Understanding Disorders of the Brain
- Narrated by: Sandy Neargarder
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 17-06-2022
- Language: English
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Language and the Mind
- By: Spencer D. Kelly, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Spencer D. Kelly
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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What is our species' greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underlies each of our past achievements and those we still aspire to is language. Language is the ultimate invention of Homo sapiens - one that has allowed us to change the physical and social world around us in every conceivable way, and an invention that has fundamentally changed us, as well.
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amazing
- By Anonymous User on 02-04-2022
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Language and the Mind
- Narrated by: Spencer D. Kelly
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 27-03-2020
- Language: English
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Outsmart Yourself: Brain-Based Strategies to a Better You
- By: Peter M. Vishton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Peter M. Vishton
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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The brain is an astounding organ, and today neuroscientists have more insights than ever about how it works - as well as strategies for helping us live better every day. These 24 practical lectures give you a wealth of useful strategies for improving your well-being. By presenting evidence-based "hacks" for your brain, Professor Vishton empowers you to take charge of your life and perform better all around.
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Fascinating
- By Jon on 25-01-2017
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Outsmart Yourself: Brain-Based Strategies to a Better You
- Narrated by: Peter M. Vishton
- Series: The Great Courses: Better Living
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-11-2016
- Language: English
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Music and the Brain
- By: Aniruddh D. Patel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Aniruddh D. Patel
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Music is an integral part of humanity. Every culture has music, from the largest society to the smallest tribe. Its marvelous range of melodies, themes, and rhythms taps in to something universal. Babies are soothed by it. Young adults dance for hours to it. Older adults can relive their youth with the vivid memories it evokes. Music is part of our most important rituals, and it has been the medium of some of our greatest works of art.
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Epiphany course
- By Anne on 28-10-2015
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Music and the Brain
- Narrated by: Aniruddh D. Patel
- Series: The Great Courses: Psychology
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 14-09-2015
- Language: English
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The Myths of Nutrition and Fitness
- By: Dr. Anthony A. Goodman, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dr. Anthony A. Goodman
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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We all want to live long, healthy, and happy lives. But the path to achieve this-fitness and nutrition-is fraught with popular yet dangerously misleading myths about personal wellness. How do you separate the fact from the fiction? How can you recognize when you're doing your body more harm than good? Scientific knowledge has greatly expanded our understanding of how the human body works, laying many previously held ideas about fitness and nutrition to rest.
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No myths dispelled, more confusion added
- By George on 27-11-2017
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The Myths of Nutrition and Fitness
- Narrated by: Dr. Anthony A. Goodman
- Series: The Great Courses: Better Living
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-07-2013
- Language: English
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