Hardcover
2010 · Burbank
by Garlick, Dennis
Burbank: Aesop Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 246pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Presenting a breakthrough new explanation of human intelligence-one rigorously based on the latest scientific discoveries-this book turns the corner and finally provides a resolution to the hot debate over intelligence. Intelligence and the Brain does this by rejecting some of the most common beliefs about intelligence, including that intelligence should be defined by behavior or that intelligence is just memory. Instead, it argues that intelligence reflects the ability to understand. It then uses recent scientific findings about the brain to show how changes in the brain lead to understanding. Readers will find that this book contains many revelations that will profoundly change their perception of how their own brain works.
This book will also explore the startling implication of a "sensitive period" for developing intelligence, arguing that children can learn differently to adults. It will also refute common misconceptions about the brain, including the idea that the first five years of life are the most critical and having more neurons and connections are better. It turns out that late childhood can be the most important for future success and having fewer neurons and connections can be better than more!
It's all here for every caring parent, educator, and general reader interested in how the brain works, why people differ in intelligence, and how a child can be a genius.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 13193)
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Presenting a breakthrough new explanation of human intelligence-one rigorously based on the latest scientific discoveries-this book turns the corner and finally provides a resolution to the hot debate over intelligence. Intelligence and the Brain does this by rejecting some of the most common beliefs about intelligence, including that intelligence should be defined by behavior or that intelligence is just memory. Instead, it argues that intelligence reflects the ability to understand. It then uses recent scientific findings about the brain to show how changes in the brain lead to understanding. Readers will find that this book contains many revelations that will profoundly change their perception of how their own brain works.
This book will also explore the startling implication of a "sensitive period" for developing intelligence, arguing that children can learn differently to adults. It will also refute common misconceptions about the brain, including the idea that the first five years of life are the most critical and having more neurons and connections are better. It turns out that late childhood can be the most important for future success and having fewer neurons and connections can be better than more!
It's all here for every caring parent, educator, and general reader interested in how the brain works, why people differ in intelligence, and how a child can be a genius.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 13193)