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![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 1350099759 | 257 pages | True EPUB | 1.81 MB This book explores how predictive processing, which argues that our brains are constantly generating and updating hypotheses about our external conditions, sheds new light on the nature of the mind. It shows how it is similar to and expands other theoretical approaches that emphasize the active role of the mind and its dynamic function. ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 1472985540 | 305 pages | True PDF EPUB | 4.92 MB Many of us are striving to reach our full potential at work and beyond - to achieve our goals, rise to challenges and connect well with others. But how can we actively develop our performance, while also taking care of our well-being and life satisfaction?The Performance Curveis a bold new holistic guide that effectively tackles this challenge, providing practical insights into how you can develop and sustain a productive and fulfilling life. ![]() English | 2018 | ISBN:1032103612 | 193 pages | pdf | 8.94 MB The notion of common sense and abiding by its implications is something that, seemingly, everyone agrees is a good way of making behavioral decisions and conducting one's daily activities. This holds true whether one is a liberal, moderate, or conservative; young or old; and regardless of one's race and ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. If utilizing common sense is such a good idea, why then, do so many people seem to violate it? This is just one of many significant questions surrounding the idea of common sense explored and discussed in this book. ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 1416629904 | 140 pages | True EPUB | 2.53 MB One of the best ways to learn how to be a better teacher is by watching, listening to, and experimenting with the practices of great teachers, including those in your own school. ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 0190903058 | 697 pages | True PDF EPUB | 134.12 MB Every time Union armies invaded Southern territory there were unintended consequences. Military campaigns always affected the local population -- devastating farms and towns, making refugees of the inhabitants, undermining slavery. Local conditions in turn altered the course of military events. The social effects of military campaigns resonated throughout geographic regions and across time. Campaigns and battles often had a serious impact on national politics and international affairs. Not all campaigns in the Civil War had a dramatic impact on the country, but every campaign, no matter how small, had dramatic and traumatic effects on local communities. Civil War military operations did not occur in a vacuum; there was a price to be paid on many levels of society in both North and South. ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 019880864X , 978-0198808640 | 1038 pages | True PDF | 8.45 MB Meditation techniques, including mindfulness, have become popular wellbeing practices and the scientific study of their effects has recently turned 50 years old. But how much do we know about them: what were they developed for and by whom? How similar or different are they, how effective can ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 0198840950 | 577 pages | True PDF EPUB | 32.52 MB The Oxford Handbook of Hedge Funds provides a comprehensive overview of the hedge fund industry from a global perspective, bringing together insights from theoretical and applied research. The book seeks to both introduce the industry and what it does to scholars and practitioners new to the ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 0199311137 , 978-0199311132 | 881 pages | True PDF EPUB | 215.07 MB Anthropologists and historians have confirmed the central role alcohol has played in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has been the subject of serious scholarly inquiry. The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails is the first major ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 1538152096 | 232 pages | True EPUB | 350.14 KB Features pragmatic, reasonable advice for how parents can raise their children effectively and lovingly without overdoing it. ![]() English | 2021 | ISBN: 0520303431 | 404 pages | True PDF EPUB | 104.47 MB The Ottoman lands, which extended from modern Hungary to the Arabian peninsula, were home to a vast population with a rich variety of cultures. The Ottoman World is the first primary source reader to bring a wide and diverse set of voices across Ottoman society into the classroom. Written in many languages-not only Ottoman Turkish but also Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, and Persian-these texts, here translated, span the extent of the early modern Ottoman empire, from the 1450s to 1700. |