In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and sleeping on it." We assume that the quick-thinking "hare brain" will beat out the slower Intuition of the "tortoise mind." However, now research in cognitive science is changing this understanding of the human mind. It suggests that patience and confusion-rather than rigor and certainty-are the essential precursors of wisdom.
With a compelling argument that the mind works best when we trust our unconscious, or "undermind," psychologist Guy Claxton makes an appeal that we be less analytical and let our creativity have free rein. He also encourages reevaluation of society's obsession with results-oriented thinking and problem-solving under pressure. Packed with Interesting anecdotes, a dozen puzzles to test your reasoning, and the latest related research, Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind is an Illuminating, uplifting, stimulating read that focuses on a new kind of well-being and cognition.

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less

Claxton, Guy

Reference

Ecco

Live and Learn: An Introduction to the Psychology of Growth and Change in Everyday Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins College Div

An enthralling exploration that upends the prevailing view of consciousness and demonstrates how intelligence is literally embedded in the palms of our hands If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you’d better think again—or rather not “think” at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies—long dismissed as mere conveyances—actually constitute the core of our intelligent life. From the endocrinal means by which our organs communicate to the instantaneous decision-making prompted by external phenomena, our bodies are able to perform intelligent computations that we either overlook or wrongly attribute to our brains. Embodied intelligence is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy and neuropsychology, and Claxton shows how the privilege given to cerebral thinking has taken a toll on modern society, resulting in too much screen time, the diminishment of skilled craftsmanship, and an overvaluing of white-collar over blue-collar labor. Discussing techniques that will help us reconnect with our bodies, Claxton shows how an appreciation of the body’s intelligence will enrich all our lives.

Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks

Yale University Press

Teaching to Learn: A Direction for Education (Cassell Education Series)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

UNKNO

The Wayward Mind: An Intimate History of the Unconscious

In this exceptional book, Guy Claxton finally frees the unconscious from its narrow psychological confines and explores its evolution from the Sun God myths of Ancient Egypt to the insights of 21st century neuroscience

Little, Brown, UK

"New Kinds of Smart is an intelligent book about intelligence, the many things that go into it, and how educators can help students to get more of the cornucopia." Professor David Perkins, Harvard University, USA
 "This is an important and welcome book. It cuts through the hype about what the latest findings from cognitive neuroscience can, and more important, cannot tell us, and provides a comprehensive overview of what we know about learning." Professor Dylan Wiliam, Institute of Education, University of London
 "This immensely readable book explains the developments of learning theory and then applies those developments to classroom practice and takes that next vital step of explaining what that means for a learner." Professor Mick Waters, Chairman of The Curriculum Foundation
 20th Century schools presumed that students' intelligence was largely fixed. 21st century science says that intelligence is expandable - and in a variety of ways. New Kinds of Smart argues that this shift in the way we think about young minds opens up hitherto unexplored possibilities for education.
 For the first time ever, New Kinds of Smart brings together all the main strands of research about intelligence in one book and explains these new ideas to practising teachers and educators. Each chapter presents practical examples, tools and templates so that each new strand of thinking can be woven into their work as teachers and into their lives as learners.
 Topics covered include:
<ul>
<li> Composite intelligence </li>
<li> Distributed intelligence </li>
<li> Expandable intelligence </li>
<li> Social intelligence </li>
<li> Practical intelligence </li>
<li> Strategic intelligence </li>
<li> Intuitive intelligence </li>
<li> Ethical intelligence</li>
</ul>

New Kinds of Smart: How the Science of Learnable Intelligence is Changing Education

Lucas, Bill

Open University Press

This book offers a powerful manifesto for schools to articulate a different vision of education that looks beyond exam success.

Expansive Education

Spencer, Ellen

This book brilliantly charts history’s many different ways of explaining the unconscious mind, from ancient descriptions of the underworld” to theories of contemporary neuroscience. Guy Claxton’s beautifully written book takes in intellectual and cultural history, literature, and spirituality. In The Wayward Mind, the common image of the mind is skillfully redrawn to acknowledge the constant influence of its invisible foundations on everyday human behavior.

Mental Health

Little, Brown Book Group

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