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Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25 percent of all the energy the body requires each day. And it became enormous in a very short amount of time in evolution, allowing us to leave our cousins, the great apes, behind. So the human brain is special, right? Wrong, according to Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Humans have developed cognitive abilities that outstrip those of all other animals but not because we are evolutionary outliers.

What accounts for the remarkable ability to get inside another person's head - to know what they're thinking and feeling? "Mind reading" is the very heart of what it means to be human, creating a bridge between self and others that is fundamental to the development of culture and society. But until recently, scientists didn't understand what in the brain makes it possible. This has all changed in the last decade.

A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle ageFor many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression.

If you've ever taken classes in meditation or hatha yoga, then chances are you've heard the word “pranayama” mentioned at some point or another. Other similar terms include “breath control”, “pranic breathing”, “yoga breathing”, and “energy expansion.” This audiobook will teach you how to practice numerous specific breath control exercises on your own. Although pranayama is usually practiced together with hatha yoga, martial arts, and meditation, it can also stand on its own because of its many benefits.

You're about to discover crucial information regarding jelqing. Millions of people have already tried different forms of male enhancement and are finding out the hard way about which ones actually work. Unfortunately, most online sources have financial incentives that taint the information they provide. This book was not made to convince you to buy any product; rather, it is made to give you the information you need before making any decisions.

Drop those pounds in a few days, get fit, and become healthier, with a complete guide on how to lose pounds. Don't get caught up in the latest diet fad. Use practical methods on eating the right way, the best exercise, and a whole range of helpful tips that will guide you on your diet and weight loss journey.

What is the spirit? Where is the center of its existence? And what is its function? What is the soul? Where is the center of its existence? And what is its function? What is the thought? Where does it exist? And what is its function? What is the mind? Where is its center? And what is its function? What is its relation with the thought? And what are the relations of the above-mentioned items to one another?

While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of other animals. For instance: the male garden spider spontaneously dies after mating with a female more than fifty times his size. Female cichlids must guard their eggs and larvae--even from the hungry appetites of their own partners. And male blanket octopuses employ a copulatory arm longer than their own bodies to mate with females that outweigh them by four orders of magnitude. Why do these gender gulfs exist?

Este audiolibro recoge: El cerebro, El corazón, El esqueleto, El hígado, La piel y Los músculos.

Este audiolibro recoge: - Cómo se forma un ser humano - Cómo son las células - El ADN - Qué es la sangre.

Este audiolibro recoge: - El gusto y el olfato - El oído humano - El sentido de la vista - La respiración - Los riñones.

Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, Randi Hutter Epstein takes us on a journey through the unusual history of these potent chemicals and their discovery, from the London laboratory where the concept of hormones was identified to a basement filled with jarred brains to a canine sex lab.

La audio guida dedicata al fantastico mondo della scienza. La serie esclusiva "Audioscienza" di Area51 Publishing ti propone argomenti scientifici con un approccio divulgativo e un linguaggio semplice e diretto. Qui troverai informazioni e conoscenze che puoi portare sempre con te, come utili strumenti per conoscere te stesso e il mondo che ti circonda. Il cuore è spesso considerato come il quartiere generale dei sentimenti e delle emozioni, ma è molto di più.

La audio guida dedicata al fantastico mondo della scienza. La serie esclusiva "Audioscienza" di Area51 Publishing ti propone argomenti scientifici con un approccio divulgativo e un linguaggio semplice e diretto. Qui troverai informazioni e conoscenze che puoi portare sempre con te, come utili strumenti per conoscere te stesso e il mondo che ti circonda. Respirare è così naturale per noi che per la maggior parte della nostra vita non ci facciamo caso.

You're about to discover the crucial information regarding plastic surgery. Millions of people suffer from cosmetic issues and throw away their personal and professional success because of it. Most people realize how much of a problem this is but are unable to change their situation simply because they don't have the proper information to work with.

In this smart and timely book, the distinguished moral philosopher Sissela Bok ponders the nature of happiness and its place in philosophical thinking and writing throughout the ages. With nuance and elegance, Bok explores notions of happiness - from Greek philosophers to Desmond Tutu, Charles Darwin, Iris Murdoch, and the Dalai Lama - as well as the latest theories advanced by psychologists, economists, geneticists, and neuroscientists.

In How We Do It, primatologist Robert Martin draws on 40 years of research to locate the roots of everything from our sex cells to the way we care for newborns. He examines the procreative history of humans as well as that of our primate kin to reveal what's really natural when it comes to making and raising babies, and distinguish which behaviors we ought to continue - and which we should not. Although it's not realistic to raise our children like our ancestors did, Martin’s investigation reveals surprising consequences of - and suggests ways to improve upon - the way we do things now.

Do antidepressants work, or are they no better than placebos? Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch spent years referring patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs. Eventually, however, he decided to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. With 15 years of research, Kirsch demonstrates that what everyone “knew” about antidepressants is wrong; what the medical community considered a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus.

Did you know women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they're ovulating? Or that PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends with unfit sperm? Behind the "fickle" differences in what women find sexy about men, or what they like to wear, there's a hidden adaptive intelligence shaped over eons. Rather than making women irrational - as the conventional and irredeemably sexist wisdom goes - the female hormonal cycle has been exquisitely fine-tuned to give women the advantages they needed to succeed in our ancestral environments, and perhaps also today.

In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk". With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose, Hamblin explores the human stories behind health questions that never seem to go away - and which tend to be mischaracterized and oversimplified by marketing and news media. He covers topics such as sleep, aging, diet, and much more.