Leaf, Caroline, 1963-

Who switched off your brain? : solving the mystery of he said /she said / Dr. Caroline Leaf. - Southlake, TX: Inprov, Ltd. : c2011. - 295 pages ; hbk ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Solving the mystery of he said/she said --
Embrace the mystery --
The "I-factor" --
More than your genes --
Genes, epigenomes, trees & the power to choose --
Vision: he sees tan, she sees relaxed khaki --
Hearing: he hears the boom, she hears the footsteps --
Touch: hugs and handshakes --
Non-verbal communication: more than words --
He speaks in headlines, she tells every detail --
The "gear-shifter" --
The sixth sense: she reads the people, he reads the room --
Pain in your brain --
Here come the hormones! --
Memories: the mental baggage of communication --
He sorts by title, she sorts alphabetically --
She enjoys "multi-tasking," he prefers "single-tasking" --
Emotions: he stops, thinks and buries, she never stops --
Stress: he needs his space, she needs to talk it through --
The rest state: he thinks she's babbling and she sees "the hibernate look" --
Anger: he boils over then cools down, she burns slowly --
Empathy: discovering the power of mirror neurons --
Love and sex: all you need is. . .oxytocin? --
Gray and white matter: he's like a supercomputer, she's like the internet --
Spatial perception: he uses a compass, she paints a picture.

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Thought and thinking--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Well-being--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Positive Psychology

BV4598.4 / .L43 2013

153.42/LEA