@article{320732,
      author = {Stein, Kathleen,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/320732},
      title = {The genius engine : where memory, reason, passion,  violence, and creativity intersect in the human brain /},
      publisher = {John Wiley & Sons,},
      abstract = {Although other primates and many other animals have  working memory, the human brain gives our species a unique  ability to reason, remember and build models of the future.  Our brain-specifically, the prefrontal cortex-defines our  prevailing spirit, distinctive character, talent, aptitude  and inclination. Our genius.  In The Genius Engine,  Kathleen Stein investigates the wonders of our prefrontal  cortex, or PFC. Drawing on her decades of experience as a  science and technology editor and writer, she deftly  explains how the PFC gives us the special flexibility to  update information from moment to moment and to make  long-range plans; how it controls our artistic and athletic  intelligence; and how it determines our moral compass. She  delves into the mundane and often taken-for-granted  capacities of the PFC-such as multitasking, humor and  empathy-and probes the social problems caused by a  dysfunctional PFC. Examining how the PFC orchestrates our  entire mental universe, The Genius Engine shows why some  individuals are hardwired to be dark and brooding and why  little laughs are evolutionʾs way of encouraging us to do  some light cognitive calisthenics. It also explores how we  can expand the PFCʾs capacities, demonstrating how the  preschool television show Blueʾs Clues helps children  develop their memory and how bilingualism enhances a  childʾs working memory and control processes.},
      recid = {320732},
      pages = {xi, 292 p. :},
      address = {Hoboken, N.J. :},
      year = {2007},
}