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Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. They are commonly linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. For thousands of years, humans have used hallucinogenics to achieve them. Here, with elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Oliver Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about our brains, our culture, and ourselves. (Bestseller)...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From “the poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) and the author of the classic The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding rich new forms of perception.
“Elaborate and gorgeously detailed.... Again and again, Sacks invites readers to imagine their way into...
“Elaborate and gorgeously detailed.... Again and again, Sacks invites readers to imagine their way into...
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Overview: From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom areas: delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and formal thought disorder. Treatment chapters then offer concrete guidance for addressing...
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If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you. Thoughts can seem like messages -- are they trying to tell you something? But the truth is that they are just thoughts, and don't necessarily mean anything. Sane and good people have them. If you are someone who is plagued by thoughts you don't want, thoughts that scare you, or thoughts you can't tell anyone about,...
11) Alucinaciones
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Coleción Compactos volume 728
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No vemos con los ojos, sino con el cerebro; de ahí que muchas veces veamos cosas que no están delante de nosotros, cosas que a veces llamamos apariciones, fantasmas o visiones, conceptos, todos ellos, que obedecen al término genérico de "alucinaciones". Pero las alucinaciones no son sólo visuales. Como nos explica Oliver Sacks en su nuevo y fascinante libro, las alucinaciones también pueden ser olfativas o auditivas. Cuántas veces hemos "oído"...
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"Do you find yourself constantly asking your child to "pick up the pace"? Does he or she seem to take longer than others to get stuff done--whether completing homework, responding when spoken to, or getting dressed and ready in the morning? Drs. Ellen Braaten and Brian Willoughby have worked with thousands of kids and teens who struggle with an area of cognitive functioning called "processing speed," and who are often mislabeled as lazy or unmotivated....
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