Understand heart rate variability and its role in athletic performance.Heart rate variability (HRV) is a valuable tool used to assess cardiac function, evaluate mental and emotional well-being, and—when used by athletes and coaches—optimize training based on each athlete’s unique data.Written by a world-renowned author team, Heart Rate Variability: Science and Strategies for Peak Performance introd...

This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions, perception-cognition interactions, emotion-cognition interactions, and perception-action interactions. The book explores performance in sports, music, and the arts both for individuals and teams/groups, looking at the influence of cognition, perception, ...

As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development.She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And just as important, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process. How much of her baby...

Stress is not in your head, it’s in your body—this is the key to peak performance that Leah Lagos, PsyD, BCB, an internationally known expert in biofeedback and sport and performance psychology, wants us to know. In this book, she shares with readers for the first time the same program that she uses with top athletes, CEOs, business leaders—anyone who wants and needs to perform at their best. What makes her scientifically proven 10-week program unlike any other is that she recogni...

Written by a clinical audiologist with over 20 years experience, Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox is a great resource for people with tinnitus (ear noise). The author also has tinnitus, and has used treatment tools to go from severe tinnitus distress to coping well. Many people with tinnitus also have hearing loss or sound sensitivity (hyperacusis). Tinnitus Treatment Toolbox describes a wide range of traditional and alternative treatment approaches and coping strategies. Infor...

Tinnitus and oversensitivity to sound are common and hitherto incurable, distressing conditions that affect a substantial number of the population. Pawel Jastreboff's discovery of the mechanisms by which tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance occur has led to a new and effective treatment called Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). Audiologists, ENT specialists, psychologists and counsellors around the world currently practise this technique, with very high success rates. TRT, the treatment ...

It's the quintessential buzz word of modern life. It hangs on everyone's lips from the first miles of the morning commute until the screeching alarm clock starts yet another day. Countless articles and studies tell the same story: lives controlled by unmanaged stress end early and none too well. This book describes a simple, straightforward method readers can learn and practice to literally transform stress by shifting the heart's own rhythms.At the core of the HeartMath method of ...

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that you don't. These products are easy to sell, because good information about how children's minds really work is hard to come by.In their new book, neuroscientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wa...

'This book offers real hope' David Stockdale, CEO, British Tinnitus AssociationTinnitus can be a difficult and distressing condition to manage, and many people with tinnitus are currently left to fend for themselves.Misophonia is an increasingly recognized, and equally distressing, condition which is likewise often overlooked by the medical profession, despite the acute anxiety it generates in those experiencing it.However, prospects for recovery ha...

'With real life examples to guide the reader and proven cognitive behavioural techniques, this will help people to overcome the distress associated with tinnitus and live a meaningful life'Dr Rory Allott, Greater Manchester NHS Foundation TrustWorldwide, about one billion people experience tinnitus at some point in their life. It is a life-changing experience for many of them. Learning effective management strategies in a timely fashion is t...

Tinnitus Cure: Natural and Traditional Treatment for TinnitusWhile several Tinnitus relief books are available, few provide as much comprehensive information to help Tinnitus sufferers understand and alleviate the disturbing symptoms. The remedies and treatments provided in this book range from traditional methods used by most physicians to more natural methods that are gaining more recognition in the medical field.Dr. Giron provides detailed information in...

Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback, characterized by the ability to consciously control the brain waves. During neurofeedback therapy, the brain waves are recorded using electroencephalography (EEG). The components of the EEG are extracted and demonstrated to the therapy recipients as audio, video, or both. During neurofeedback therapy, therapy recipients are capable of assessing the changes and their progress for optimum treatment performance. The recipients tend to improve their brai...