Psychology is the science of the human psyche, its functions, the laws of occurrence and development. The main task of scientists in this area is to fully understand the essence of human mental activity and to figure out how to manage it. The knowledge gained can be used to help people with certain psychological problems, as well as for the development of mankind in other areas of life.
Psychology is closely connected with other sciences: philosophy, history, sociology, neuropsychology.
Many scientific and popular science books have been written on the psyche and the human brain, the authors of which are scientists and practitioners. One of them is Daniel Amen. About 20 books have been published under his name, many of which have been translated into Russian.
Biography
Daniel Amen was born July 19, 1954 in the United States in Los Angeles, California. His parents were immigrants from Lebanon.
In 1978, Daniel Amen graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in biology. Then he moved to Oklahoma, where he entered the University of Oral Roberts at the Faculty of Medicine, which he graduated in 1982. After that, Amen went through general psychiatric practice at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and at the Tripler Medical Center, the practice of child and adolescent psychiatry.
Daniel Amen was one of the first who began to conduct computed tomography of the brain of his patients in order to compare the results with the brain of a healthy person and find out the essence of the problem. At the moment, the doctor owns his own network of clinics well-known throughout the world, and each of them practices computed tomography.
Daniel Amen’s first book on the brain came out in 1999 and almost immediately became the New York Times magazine’s best seller.
Bibliography. “Change the brain - life will change!”
Daniel Amen's debut book “Change Your Brain - Life Will Change!” For the first time in Russian, it was published by Eksmo Publishing House in 2011.
In this book, the scientist talks about his research, during which he established the following pattern. Amen found that the physiology of the brain is largely influenced by factors such as thoughts and feelings that a person experiences. Therefore, if you learn to control them and manage them, you can significantly affect your own brain and completely change your life.
The book describes the anatomy of the brain, its departments and feelings for which they are responsible: a deep limbic system, basal nuclei, cortex and others.
"Brain. From good to excellent. ”
After the publication of his first book, Amen did not stop his research. Based on new data, he developed step-by-step programs for the development and improvement of the brain.
In the book “Brain. From good to excellent ”presents one of these programs lasting 15 days. In two weeks, the reader will be able to develop his brain and increase intelligence if he follows the recommendations given by Amen. The book describes in detail how to eat, take vitamins, exercise, how to protect the brain from microtrauma and stress.