Arturo E Hernandez

Gebundenes Buch

Mastery

How Learning Transforms Our Brains, Minds, and Bodies

Beschreibung

For anyone looking to learn a new skill, teach someone else to do the same, or to better understand how our brains evolve and excel, this fascinating tour of cognition will reveal the path to surprising potential.

Autor

Arturo E. Hernandez, Ph.D. is a professor of psychology at the University of Houston specializing in the brain bases of bilingualism. He is the winner of the Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany and a Fulbright Global Scholar award, among other awards. He is the author of The Bilingual Brain and has written more than 80 journal articles. As a child, Hernandez was exposed to four languages and became proficient in two of them, English and Spanish. He learned Portuguese as a third language in early adulthood and German in his thirties. He is also an avid tennis player, having competed in tournaments himself and spent time coaching his children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 149mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781633889408
• ISBN-10: 1633889408
• Artikelnr.: 68430777