61 Camino Alto, Suite 100A, Mill Valley, CA  94941

415.381.2020

61 Camino Alto, Suite 100A
Mill Valley, CA 94941

ph: 415.381.2020
fax: 415.381.0784

Book List



Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

Dr. John Madina, Director of the Brain center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University, writes an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the many daily implications of recent brain research. www.brainrules.net

  

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist’s Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Susan R. Barry, describes how wonderful it was to have step-by-step, this new 3D world revealed to her. As a neurobiologist she is able to discuss the science as an expert in simple language. www.fixingmygaze.com 

Susan R. Barry's thoughts on 3-D vision as posted by the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-barry22-2009jun22,0,350826.story

Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing your Brain’s Potential

Richard Restak, M.D., shows you how to boost your brain’s cognitive performance by increasing alertness, concentration, memory, and mental endurance. http://richardrestak.com/mozart.htm

 

The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Dr. Norman Doidge, psychiatrist and author of this bestseller, brings us a “compelling collection of tales about the amazing abilities of the brain to rewire, adjust and relearn.”

 

Spark: The Revolutionary New science of Exercise and the Brain

Dr. John Ratey, an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, summarizes the growing research on the brain benefits of physical exercise.

 

A User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain

Dr. John Ratey provides a stimulating description of how the brain works.

 

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

 

Childhood Learning - Journey or Race?: A parent and Teachers Guide

Dr. John W. Streff and Ellen Gundersen, M.Ed.

 

Without Ritalin: A Natural Approach to ADD

Samuel Berne, O.D., Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development

 

Raising A Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping your Child with Sensory Integration Issues

Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L and Nancy Peske

 

Thinking Goes To School (Piaget’s Theory in Practice)

Hans G. Furth and Harry Wachs O.D.

 

The Mislabeled Child

Brock and Fernette Eide

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