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Spark : The Revolutionary New Science Of Exercise And The Brain

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John J. Ratey, with Eric Hagerman
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Book, 1st ed, Little, Brown, 2008
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A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Filled with amazing case studies (such as the revolutionary fitness program in Naperville, Illinois, which has put this school district of 19,000 kids first in the world of science test scores), SPARK is the first book to explore comprehensively the connection between exercise and the brain. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Exercise · Psychological aspects · Physiological aspects · Mind and body · Brain · physiology · psychology · Psychophysiology · Ratey, John J., 1948- · Hagerman, Eric
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP301 .R38 2008 DUE 02-09-10

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP301 .R38 2008	DUE 02-09-10

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Hormones And Behaviour : A Psychological Approach

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Nick Neave
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Book, Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Neave explains the endocrine system and the ways in which hormones can influence brain structure and function, and presents a series of examples to demonstrate how hormones can influence specific behaviours, including sexual determination and differentiation, neurological differentiation, parental behaviours, aggressive behaviours and cognition. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Psychoneuroendocrinology · Hormones · Physiological effect · Human behavior · Endocrine aspects · Animal behavior · Behavior · physiology · Psychophysiology · methods · Behavior, Animal · Neave, Nick, 1964-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP356.45 .N43 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP356.45 .N43 2008	AVAILABLE

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The Brain

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edited by Kenneth Partridge
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Book, H.W. Wilson Co, 2009
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Brain · Physiology · Partridge, Kenneth, 1980-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP376 .B695 2009 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP376 .B695 2009	AVAILABLE

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The Jossey-Bass Reader On The Brain And Learning

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introduction by Kurt Fischer and Mary Helen Immordino- Yang
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Book, 1st ed, Jossey-Bass, 2008
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- Table of contents
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This comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recentbrain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we should teach them.It includes articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12 education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally Shaywitz, and John Bransford. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Learning · Physiological aspects · Cognition in children · Brain · Physiology · Learning, Psychology of · physiology · Cognition · Jossey-Bass Inc
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP408 .J67 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP408 .J67 2008	AVAILABLE

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Transcultural Bodies : Female Genital Cutting In Global Context

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edited by Ylva Hernlund, Bettina Shell-Duncan
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Book, Rutgers University Press, 2007
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Female “circumcision” or, more precisely, female genital cutting (FGC), remains an important cultural practice in many African countries, often serving as a coming-of-age ritual. The contributors analyze changes in ideologies of gender and sexuality in immigrant communities, the frequent marginalization of African women’s voices in debates over FGC, and controversies over legislation restricting the practice in immigrant populations. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Female circumcision · Infibulation · Anthropology, Cultural · Circumcision, Female · Orgasm · physiology · Hernlund, Ylva, 1962- · Shell-Duncan, Bettina, 1963-
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(LOWER LEVEL) GN484 .T734 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GN484 .T734 2007	AVAILABLE

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In Defense Of Self : How The Immune System Really Works

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William R. Clark
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2008
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In Defense of Self covers everything from how antibodies work and the strategies the body uses to distinguish self from not self to the nature of immunological memory, the latest approaches to vaccination, and how the immune system will react should we ever be subjected to a bioterrorist attack. Of special interest to all those suffering from diseases related to the immune system, as well as their families, In Defense of Self lucidly explains a system none of us could live without. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Immunology · Immunity · Immunologic diseases · Immune System · physiology · physiopathology · Immunotherapy · Clark, William R., 1938-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QR181.7 .C5532 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QR181.7 .C5532 2008	AVAILABLE

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Music Therapy, Sensory Integration, And The Autistic Child

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Dorita S. Berger ; [foreword by Donna Williams]
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Book, Jessica Kingsley, 2002
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Music therapy is well established as a particularly effective way of working with people with autism - helping them to communicate, ameliorating symptoms of distress and helping them to cope better with an uncertain and confusing world. Vignettes throughout the book of music therapy work with children demonstrate the theory in action, and the last section of the book develops the practical application with action plans for music therapy interventions particularly suited for work with children with autism. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Music therapy for children · Autism in children · Alternative treatment · Sensorimotor integration · Autistic Disorder · therapy · Auditory Perception · physiology · Child · Music · psychology · Music Therapy · methods · Psychomotor Performance · Berger, Dorita S
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(UPPER LEVEL) ML3920 .B45 2001 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	ML3920 .B45 2001	AVAILABLE

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Sex Differences In The Brain : From Genes To Behavior

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edited by Jill B. Becker … [et al.]
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2008
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Recent years have seen significant progress in the integration of sex in many aspects of basic and clinical research, including analyses of sex differences in brain function. Sex Differences in the Brain provides scientists with the basic tools for investigating sex differences in brain and behavior and insight into areas where important progress in understanding physiologically relevant sex differences has already been made. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Sex differences · Sex differences (Psychology) · Brain · Human behavior · Physiological aspects · physiology · Behavior · Central Nervous System Diseases · physiopathology · Mental Disorders · Mental Processes · Sex Factors · Becker, Jill B
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP81.5 .S484 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP81.5 .S484 2008	AVAILABLE

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Your Brain On Cubs : Inside The Heads Of Players And Fans

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edited by Dan Gordon
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Book, Dana Press, 2008
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The reasons why ardent sports fans in Chicago and around the world buy expensive game tickets and memorabilia, fill stadiums, and live and die by their team’s fortunes is the subject of Your Brain on Cubs, an engaging study that delves into why sports engender such passionate emotions in us all. A group of today’s leading science writers and neuroscientists explore here the ways that our brain functions when we participate in sports as fans, athletes, and coaches, taking baseball as the quintessential sport for all three perspectives. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) · Baseball fans · Psychology · Baseball players · Baseball · physiology · psychology · Athletic Performance · Brain · Gordon, Dan 1977-
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(LOWER LEVEL) GV875.C6 Y68 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GV875.C6 Y68 2008	AVAILABLE

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Making Up The Mind : How The Brain Creates Our Mental World

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Chris Frith
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2007
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Uses evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments and studies of patients to explore the relationship between the mind and the brain Demonstrates that our knowledge of both the mental and physical comes to us through models created by our brain Shows how the brain makes communication of ideas from one mind to another possible (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Brain · Popular works · Human behavior · Physiological aspects · Neuropsychiatry · Neuropsychology · Behavior · physiology · Perception · Frith, Christopher D
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP376 .F686 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP376 .F686 2007	AVAILABLE

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Measurement Theory And Practice In Kinesiology

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Terry M. Wood, Weimo Zhu, editors
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Book, Human Kinetics, 2006
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Simple, yet sophisticated, Measurement Theory and Practice in Kinesiology is presented without the need to work through rigorous equation sets. Part II explores current issues in measurement, including ethical issues, computerized adaptive testing, item bias, and scaling and equating measures. In part IV, the authors look at measurement in practice, current issues in physical education, measurement of physical activity, measurement issues in the clinical setting, epidemiology and physical activity, and preemployment physical testing. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Physical fitness · Testing · Physical education and training · Evaluation · Physical Fitness · physiology · Exertion · Kinesiology, Applied · Mathematical Computing · Physical Education and Training · Wood, Terry M., 1949- · Zhu, Weimo, 1955-
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(LOWER LEVEL) GV436 .M4264 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GV436 .M4264 2006	AVAILABLE

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Measurement Issues In Aging And Physical Activity : Proceedings Of The 10th Measurement And Evaluation Symposium

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Weimo Zhu, Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, editors
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Book, Human Kinetics, 2006
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Based on the 10th Measurement and Evaluation Symposium, Measurement Issues and Challenges in Aging Research, Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity considers research from experts around the world relating to the latest questions, challenges, and techniques in aging and measurement. Measurement Issues in Aging and Physical Activity breaks new ground with a discussion of multicultural factors related to physical activity promotion and intervention. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Aging · Physiological aspects · Congresses · Exercise · Exercise for older people · physiology · Aged · Exertion · Measurement and Evaluation Symposium (10th : 2003 : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · Zhu, Weimo, 1955- · Chodzko-Zajko, Wojtek J
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(UPPER LEVEL) QP86 .M43 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QP86 .M43 2006	AVAILABLE

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Insect Clocks

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by D.S. Saunders
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Book, 1st ed, Pergamon Press, 1976
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It includes rhythmic phenomena ranging from short period (ultradian) through daily (circadian) to long period (monthly, annual) cycles of behaviour, physiology and biochemistry. In recent years spectacular advances have been made, particularly in the field of circadian rhythms, and hardly a week passes without important papers appearing in the major scientific journals. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Insects · Physiology · Behavior · Biological rhythms · Insectes · Physiologie · Murs et comportement · Rythmes biologiques · Biologisch ritme. · gtt · Insecten. · Saunders, D. S. 1935-
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(UPPER LEVEL) QL495 .S28 1976 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	QL495 .S28 1976	AVAILABLE

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Physiology Of Sport And Exercise

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Jack H. Wilmore, David L. Costill, W. Larry Kenney
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Book, 4th ed, Human Kinetics, 2008
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The leading textbook for undergraduate exercise physiology courses, Physiology of Sport and Exercise, is back in an updated fourth edition that is better than ever after extensive external reviews of the previous edition by nine content experts. The authors, all distinguished researchers and past presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine, combine their expertise to deliver a level of technical content superior to that in previous editions with the inclusion of new and updated topics:New information regarding exercise training principles and the adaptations in muscle, hormonal control, neural control, metabolism, and cardiorespiratory function with both resistance training and aerobic and anaerobic training A more in-depth presentation of the body’s adaptations in hot and cold environments and at altitude Updated content on how general principles of exercise and sport physiology are specifically applied to children and adolescents, older individuals, and women The latest research in exercise prescription for health and fitness, including the unique role of physical activity for rehabilitation and the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes To facilitate a more integrated learning experience, both students and instructors can take advantage of the online ancillaries included in the fourth edition of Physiology of Sport and Exercise. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Exercise · Physiological aspects · Sports · physiology · Physical Endurance · Physical Fitness · Wilmore, Jack H., 1938- · Costill, David L · Kenney, W. Larry
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) QP301 .W6749 2008 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	QP301 .W6749 2008	AVAILABLE

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Dance Anatomy And Kinesiology

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Karen Clippinger
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Book, Human Kinetics, 2007
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Through Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, dancers will be able to * apply scientific principles to achieve optimal performance; This text helps dancers learn anatomical and biomechanical principles as they apply to dance performance. And they contain many practical exercises and examples that are specific to dance technique to help dancers apply the material. Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology offers valuable scientific knowledge and understanding for dancers, helping them to blend anatomical and kinesiological principles with artistic expression. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Dance · Physiological aspects · Dancing injuries · Prevention · Movement · physiology · Biomechanics · Cumulative Trauma Disorders · prevention & control · Dancing · injuries · Clippinger, Karen S
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(UPPER LEVEL) RC1220.D35 C55 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	RC1220.D35 C55 2007	AVAILABLE

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