thought and thinking

Psychologist Guy Claxton explains why the human mind works best when people trust their unconscious thoughts and learn to ignore their results-oriented thinking.

"Average Loser" Scott Tyler meets the mysterious and pretty Aubrey Jones, and his entire world changes. Aubrey reveals that Scott is a "Shifter," a being with the power to undo any and every decision that he ever had to make. At first Scott has great fun with his power--until the unintended, time-space-dimensional paradoxes start to rip his world apart.

Scott Tyler is a Shifter, a being with the power to alter reality with a single thought, and is possibly the only one who can save his world. All Scott wants though is to find a way back to his reality and the girl he loves.

When Shifter Scott Tyler is sent by ARES to track down the mysterious Frank Anderson, Scott becomes determined to discover the dark secret that Frank and the kids in his project are hiding. As his obsession takes him further away from everyone he cares about, Scott's grip on reality weakens and he begins to realize that if he can't control his choices, they'll control him.

"Speaker and Bible teacher Jennie Allen hears all the time from women who feel stuck in patterns of frustration and defeat. In her search for a solution, she's learned that the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place between our ears. How we think shapes how we live. So it's crucial that we learn how to stop our spinning thoughts and refuse to be victims of toxic thinking patterns like victimhood, anxiety, and distraction. In this book Jennie draws on biblical truth and recent discoveries in neuroscience to show exactly how we can fight the enemies of the mind with the truth of who God is and who He calls us to be"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at how the brain processes, stores, and retrieves information, covering cognitive processes that we share with animals and those that are exclusive to people.

Contains three short stories in which the MVP Kids--Yong, Olivid, and Lebron--spend their Saturday morning learning to put others first.

"Have you ever made a mistake you wish you could wash away? Ezekiel is weighed down with regret, sinking in fear and anger. Ezekiel discovers that through forgiveness and forethought, even mistakes can lay a firm foundation for the future. Learn to understand regret and use the right thought patterns to turn mistakes into wisdom"--Back cover.

Contains articles in which teachers, principals, and trainers discuss their experiences in the classroom using the instructional tool of Thinking Maps--eight fundamental thinking skills defined and animated by maps and introduced as a common visual language for thinking and learning across whole learning communities.

When young Amera's mother tells her to taste her words before speaking, she discovers that mean words make her feel bad and others feel worse, so she decides to use kinder, sweeter words.