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La melancolía creativa

Autor: Jesús Ramírez-bermúdez

Número de Páginas: 189

Este ensayo establece puentes entre la historia de la psiquiatría, la narrativa clínica y la neurociencia para investigar los mecanismos ocultos de la creatividad y sus vínculos con la melancolía. Somos el lienzo de la melancolía: en buena parte devenimos el resultado de nuestras nostalgias y anhelos, de la lucha entre lo que quisimos ser y la conciencia de lo que realmente somos. Y este no es un fenómeno únicamente individual. La melancolía atraviesa la historia de Occidente: es un símbolo de la desilusión y el sufrimiento; un signo crítico que indica el desenlace de los disturbios colectivos y las limitaciones de todo esfuerzo civilizatorio.Pero también es un punto de partida de la travesía artística.

Diagnosis, Therapy, and Evidence

Autor: Gerald N. Grob , Allan V. Horwitz

Número de Páginas: 271

Employing historical and contemporary data and case studies, the authors also examine tonsillectomy, cancer, heart disease, anxiety, and depression, and identify differences between rhetoric and reality and the weaknesses in diagnosis and treatment.

The Creating Brain

Autor: Nancy C. Andreasen

Número de Páginas: 232

"In her tour of creativity and the brain, Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa and the winner of the National Medal of Science, shows us that creativity is not the same as intelligence, nor the same as skill. Rather, we discover, the essence of creativity is to shape the materials of life in new and unexpected ways." "Andreasen explores how the human brain achieves creative breakthroughs - in art, literature, music, and science - the role of genes and environment, extraordinary creativity vs. ordinary creativity, the possession of a omnivorous vision, the value of not having a "standard education," and the question of "genius and insanity". The author examines what extraordinary creators such as Mozart, Henri Poincare, and Coleridge, said about creating and how their insights reflect particular qualities of creative people and the creative process. She includes her fascinating interview with the playwright Neil Simon in which he described how his mind and brain work." "Andreasen also shows how her studies of participants in the Iowa Writer's Workshop and other evidence suggest that, while creativity often may be inherited and may sometimes be...

Biomedical Index to PHS-supported Research: Project number listing, investigator listing

Número de Páginas: 968

Brave New Brain

Autor: Nancy C. Andreasen

Número de Páginas: 0

In this book, Nancy Andreasen looks at what we know about the human brain and genome, and shows how these two vast branches of knowledge are coming together in an ambitious effort to conquer mental illness.

The Wisdom of Many

Autor: Wolfgang Mieder , Alan Dundes

Número de Páginas: 360

The Wisdom of Many explores research on proverbs of many cultures. More than twenty essays written by scholars of such diverse disciplines as folklore, literature, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology illustrate the significance of traditional proverbs and trace variations of proverbs over time, drawing on African, Chinese, Spanish, Finnish, Irish, and Yiddish examples.

The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Medicine

Número de Páginas: 390

Books recommended for undergraduate and college libraries listed by Library of Congress Classification Numbers.

When Madness Comes Home

Autor: Victoria Secunda

Número de Páginas: 392

The acclaimed author of "When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends" knows mental illness firsthand. Her painful, personal experience has served as the genesis for this book, a groundbreaking exploration of the effects which mental illness wreaks on the family.

Conversations With Neil's Brain

Autor: William H Calvin , George A Ojemann

Número de Páginas: 360

A different slip could wipe out Neil's ability to speak Spanish (his second language) but not his native English. Another could leave him able to identify an animal as an elephant, but never able to remember that its name was Babar.

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