Cerebrum 2010 : emerging ideas in brain science / Dan Gordon, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index.

Foreword / Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D. -- The science of education : informing teaching and learning through the brain sciences / Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D., and Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D. -- How arts training improves attention and cognition / Michael I. Posner, Ph.D., with Brenda Patoine -- What can dance teach us about learning? / Scott T. Grafton, M.D. - 'Cerebrum classic' : A debate on "multiple intelligences" / Howard Gardner, Ph.D., and James Traub -- The teen brain : primed to learn, primed to take risks / Jay N. Giedd, M.D. -- Video games affect the brain : for better and worse / Douglas A. Gentile, Ph.D. -- Updating the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" / David J. Kupfer, M.D., Emily A. Kuhl, Ph.D., William E. Narrow, M.D., M.P.H., Darrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H. and Paul R. McHugh, M.D. -- Using deep brain stimulation on the mind : handle with care / Mahlon R. DeLong, M.D. -- Neuroimaging : separating the promise from the pipe dreams / Russell A. Poldrack, Ph.D. -- Why so many seniors get swindled : brain anomalies and poor decision-making in older adults / Natalie L. Denburg, Ph.D., with Lyndsay Harshman, B.S. -- Wired for hunger : the brain and obesity / Marcelo O. Dietrich, M.D., and Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D. -- Vitamin D and the brain : more good news / R. Douglas Shytle, Ph.D., and Paula C. Bickford, Ph.D. -- Religion and the brain : a debate / Dimitrios Kapogiannis, M.D., Jordan Grafman, Ph.D. and Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. -- Decisions are not so simple : "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer / reviewed by Scott A. Huettel, Ph.D. -- Synesthesia : another world of perception : "Wednesday Is Indigo Blue : Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia" by Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., and David M. Eagleman, Ph.D. / reviewed by Julian E. Asher, Ph.D. -- Weighing in on "conditioned hypereating" : "The End of Overeating : Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" by David A. Kessler, M.D. / reviewed by Lisa J. Merlo, Ph.D., and Mark S. Gold, M.D. -- Our neurotech future : "The Neuro Revolution : How Brain Science Is Changing Our World" by Zack Lynch with Byron Laursen / reviewed by Michael F. Huerta, Ph.D.

Cerebrum 2010 offers a feast for readers keen to know what the world's leading thinkers see as the newest ideas and implications arising from discoveries about the brain. Drawn from Cerebrum's highly regarded Web edition, this fourth annual collection brings together the foremost experts in brain science. Scientists present their research--and their take--on such cutting-edge topics as the development of the teen brain, how arts education affects intelligence, the limitations of brain imaging, and how to bring more certainty and flexibility to diagnosis in the next edition of the psychiatric bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). Cerebrum 2010 presents candid, intriguing debates that capture the harmony as well as the discord in the complex and evolving relationship between neuroscience and society.

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