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How We All Could Benefit from Synaesthesia

By Helen Massy-Beresford — 2014

Developing the mysterious condition in the 96% of people who do not have it may help to improve learning skills, aid recovery from brain injury and guard against mental decline in old age

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Edward Hallowell on ADHD: A Ferrari in Your Brain

Child Mind Institute Presents: The Adam Jeffrey Katz Memorial Lecture—An expert panel featuring Dr. Gail Saltz, Dr. F. Xavier Castellanos, Dr. Rachel Klein, and Dr. Edward Hallowell

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Edward Hallowell
2011
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The World Needs All Kinds of Minds | Temple Grandin

Autism activist Temple Grandin talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss.

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Temple Grandin
2010
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Drawing Autism

Over the last decade autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become an international topic of conversation, knowing no racial, ethnic, or social barriers.

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Jill Mullin (editor), Temple Grandin (foreword)
2014
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The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life

In a single generation, the view of life after fifty has changed dramatically.

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Gene D. Cohen
2001
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Every genuinely new technology has a genuinely new way of breaking—and every now and then, those malfunctions open a new door to the adjacent possible. Sometimes the way a new technology breaks is almost as interesting as the way it works.

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Steven Johnson
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Can You Solve My Problems

One way to help solve all life problems is to sharpen your mind skills to cultivate productive thought. Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes I challenge you to solve my problems.

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Alex Bellos
2025
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The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias | Beau Lotto | Big Think

To be creative, we have to unlearn millions of years of evolution. Creativity asks us to do that which is hardest: to question our assumptions, to doubt what we believe to be true. That is the only way to see differently.

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2017
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Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

We’ve all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr.

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Stuart Brown, Christopher Vaughan
2010
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Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers.

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Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
2011
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David Eagleman: Hits and Misses—How Neuroscience Can Boost Your Creativity

"All ideas have a genealogy," says David Eagleman. A writer, neuroscientist, and adjunct professor at Stanford University, he's definitely clued in to what makes ideas click.

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David Eagleman
2018
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