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|  | Mozart Effect by Don Campbell
In this guide, musicologist Don Campbell draws on parents' and educator's claims to support French physician Alfred Tomatis' theory that early exposure to good music may increase an infant's intelligence. After discussing the importance of helping children appreciate music and speculating about potential intellectual development benefits, he offers parents rhyme games to play with children, suggestions for children's songs, and Mozart musical menus. AUTHOR: Don Campbell
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body 
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 | Salem Witch Trials of 1692 by Mary Beth Norton
Description not available.A vivid historical chronicle evokes the spirit of late seventeenth-century Massachusetts in an incisive study of the Salem witch trials, discussing the events, the crucial turning points in the case, the accusers and accused, the confessors, and the judges, setting it all against the backdrop of the social, cultural, and political atmosphere of the period. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Mary Beth Norton
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter
Today a brain scan reveals our thoughts, moods, and memories as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. We can actually observe a person's brain registering a joke or experiencing a painful memory. Drawing on the latest imaging technology and the expertise of distinguished scientists, Rita Carter explores the geography of the human brain. Her writing is clear, accessible, witty, and the book's 150 illustrations -- most in color -- present an illustrated guide to that wondrous, coconut-sized, wrinkled gray mass we carry inside our heads. Mapping the Mind charts the way human behavior and culture have been molded by the landscape of the brain. Carter shows how our personalities reflect the biological mechanisms underlying thought and emotion and how behavioral eccentricities may be traced to abnormalities in an individual brain. Obsessions and compulsions seem to be caused by a stuck neural switch in a region that monitors the environment for danger. Addictions stem from dysfunction in the brain's reward system. Even the sense of religious experience has been linked to activity in a certain brain region. The differences between men and women's brains, the question of a gay brain, and conditions such as dyslexia, autism, and mania are also explored. AUTHOR: Rita Carter
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | I Can Cope; Staying Healthy with Cancer, 2nd Revised ed. by Judi Johnson, Linda L. Klein
Description not available.Examines the emotions, problems, and challenges cancer patients face, shares the latest information on treatment options, and discusses stress reduction and support sources AUTHOR: Judi Johnson, Linda L. Klein
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | PMS by Susan M. Lark
A woman's guide to feeling good all month, bringing welcome relief through natural methods. The book discusses symptoms and causes of fatigue, anxiety, and pain; provides nutritional guidelines to help reduce premenstrual symptoms; and is fully illustrated throughout with a comprehensive workbook. AUTHOR: Susan M. Lark
PUBLISHER: Celestial Arts Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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 | Genetic Nutritioneering by Jeffrey Bland, Sara H. Benum
The far-ranging Human Genome Project is producing a breathtaking revolution in health, raising the prospect of averting hereditary destined diseases by modifying the expression of genetic traits. Researchers have identified many genes implicated in specific diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and arthritis and have realized that unfavorable genetic messages can be improved by changes in lifestyle, diet, and environment. Genetic Nutrioneering uses detailed questionnaires to show how to read genetic characteristics and how specific foods and nutrients can be used to improve gene expression to slow biological aging and reduce the risk of age-related diseases. It covers the use of gene expression for preventing heart disease, cancer, arthritis, and hormone-related problems, and improving immune and nervous system function. A comprehensive nutritional program presents specific foods, supplements, and diet plans that apply these concepts to an individual's needs. AUTHOR: Jeffrey Bland, Sara H. Benum
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Trade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Health, Mind & Body
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