books

Malcom Gladwell: Outliers

Carlos Leyva
December 23, 2008 22:55

Malcolm has done it again. This is another great read. Lots of good stuff here, despite the fact that it might not get quite the acclaim of "The Tipping Point" and "Blink." Malcolm has a unique gift of following a...Malcolm has done it again. This is another great read. Lots of good stuff here,...

Here are several interviews for you on topics related to neurobiology/neuroscience

Stephanie West Allen
December 23, 2008 22:13

At this psychjourney Web site, interviewees include three who are authors of books I highly recommend (all recommended books are listed over to the right). Listen to interviews of Norman Doidge, Mario Beauregard, and Bonnie Badenach. Browse the neurobiology site; you may find other interviews that...

Is the book perishing? Some end-of-the-year thoughts

Stephanie West Allen
December 23, 2008 21:05

There are many differences between reading a book (or even a magazine) and reading online. To me, a person who considers books some of her closest friends, these differences are not to be ignored in this electronic age. From a new article in Science Daily:Clicking and scrolling interrupt our...

Everybody's talking about 10,000 hours.

Ann Althouse
December 23, 2008 13:41

"That's the amount of time that author Malcolm Gladwell says it takes for a talented person to master a cognitively complex skill -- like becoming a world-class pianist or an Olympic athlete -- in his new book, 'Outliers: The Story of Success.'""10,000 Hours" would have been a better title for...

Now & Then by Robert Parker

Al Nye
December 22, 2008 16:35

Now & Then By Robert B. Parker G.P. Putnam's Sons $25.95, hard cover, 296 pages, 978-0-399-15441-6 (2007). Robert Parker is bumming me out. I've been reading Spenser books for my entire adult life. Some of them are very good, many are quite entertaining, some are okay, and others plain stink. This...