The Compassionate Brain by Gerald Hüther - ISBN: 9781590303306
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Unlock your brain’s potential: Compassion rewires you for intelligence and humanity.

The Compassionate Brain

A Revolutionary Guide to Developing Your Intelligence to Its Full Potential

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2006

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Summary

Here is the ultimate explanation of the brain for everyone who thinks.

This book is a guide to how the brain works, how our brains came to operate the way they do, and, most important, how to use your precious gray matter to its full capacity.

The brain, according to current research, is not some kind of automatic machine that works independently of its user. In fact, the circuitry of the brain actually changes according to how one uses it. Our brains are continuously developi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781590303306
ISBN-10:159030330X
Author:Gerald Hüther, Gerald Hüther, PH.D.
Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:1 September 2006
Weight:176g
Dimensions:189mm x 153mm x 10mm
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Critics Review

The Compassionate Brain presents readers with a ‘user’s-manual’ for the brain, an evolutionary overview of its development and role in human culture, and a heartfelt plea for its intelligent and merciful use. This is the first of Hüther’s books to be translated into English. Let’s hope this fascinating and provocative treatise is not his last.” —Body and Soul

About The Author

Gerald Hüther

Gerald Hüther, PhD, is the head of the Department of Fundamental Neurobiological Research at the psychiatric clinic of Göttingen, Germany. His research concerns the effects of fear, stress, psychological addiction, and nourishment on the brain. The Compassionate Brain- How Empathy Creates Intelligence was the first of his numerous books to appear in English.

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