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Jordan Parker Professor Raymond English 2 4/9/2014 Annotated Bibliography

Bergen, Benjamin K. Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2012. Print. (Bergen) Summary: The purpose of this source is to get information most important source. Evaluation: My semester long project is all about the brain and its functions. The m about it is the brains purpose in everyday life. This quote describes what t consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose." about how mind has meaning. The min

part of the body. Without it a person is just a vegetable. This book is

Boyer, Dave. The Washington Times. "Budget Has $100M For Brain Study." Washington Times, The (DC) (2013): 6. Regional Business News. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. (Boyer) Summary: This source is interesting because it is a present day article. Obama has funded a study on the brain to find a cure for autism. This source is limited because it has nothing to do with my topic. Evaluation: The reason I will not include this source in my project is because it has nothing to do with trick on the mind. I simply thought it was a fun article and good to know that people are still doing research on how the brain works.

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Francis, Darlene Kaufer, Daniela. "Beyond Nature vs. Nurture." Scientist 25.10 (2011): 94. Master FILEComplete. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. (Francis) Summary: The purpose of this source is to understand the difference between what the brain wants to do naturally or what it has been train to do. This is a weak source because it doesn't have to do with the main point of my topic. Evaluation: For my Semester Long Project this website will probably not be used. This is an example on what this website has to offer, "The "nature vs. nurture" conundrum was reinvigorated genes were identified as the units of heredity, containing information influences development." that directs and when

Klarreich, Erica. "Reading Brains." Communications Source Complete. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. (Klarreich) Summary: The purpose of this website is to get information

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about how the brain works. This article is

about an experiment based on manipulating the brain. It is a moderate source. Evaluation: This is a good source in a way that will explain the functions of the brain. Scientist are studying human brains in order to find the technology that will fix brain disease. "As technology improves, Gallant predicts, it eventually will be possible to use this type of algorithm to decode thoughts and visualizations, and perhaps even dreams."

Myers, David G. "Neuroscience and Behavior." Psychology. 8th ed. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. <http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers8e/> (Myers)

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Summary: This source will be the most useful to our topic because it is written by a psychologists. The purpose of this source is it for research about the four main lobes of the brain and their functions. I might even use some of the visual that is included in the book. The limitations this source is that it doesn't include information Evaluation: This source will be very helpful in our research. It has a lot of information about the four main about tricks. of

parts of the brain. The topic of the four lobes is about 1/3 of our presentation.

Nordqvist, Christian. "What Is Neuroscience?" Medical News Today. MediLexicon International, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. (Nordqvist) Summary: This article was helpful in my research because we have a slide i our presentation what neuroscience is. The limitation strength of this source is moderate. Evaluation: This source is a great help to us because it easily defines what neuroscience is. This quote from the book is an example, "Neuroscience, also known as Neural Science, is the study of how the of this source is that it that explains

nervous system develops, its structure, and what it does. Neuroscientists focus on the brain and its impact on behavior and cognitive functions."

Roach, Karen. "Brain Frontal Lobes Not Sole Center of Human Intelligence, Comparative Research Suggests." Science Daily. ScienceDaily, 13 May 2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. (Roach) Summary: The purpose of this source is to get more information on the four lobes ofthe brain. It is a weak

source because it only pertains to one of the topics that I am going to talk about. The source is also moderately reliable.
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Evaluation: The reason I am using this source is because it is another basis that I can compare research. I can compare the research from this source to the others that I find.

Satinover, Jeffrey. The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man. New York: J. Wiley, 2001. Print. (Satinover) Summary: This book talks about how the brain develops as a person grows. As the brain matures more information is able to be stored. This is a weak source because it is not one of the main topics

of my research. Evaluation: How the brain develops is not important may not need to include information inf mnatlon pertaining to my semester long project. I his book.

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Yuste, Rafael, and George M. Church. "T e New Century of the Brain." Scientific American 310.3 (2014): 38-45. Academic Se (Yuste) Summary: The purpose of this article is to inform people about the way scientists are interpreting the

brain in 2014. It talks about some of the new discoveries they have revealed. This is a really reliable source. Evaluation: My Semester Long Project is about the how the brain is involved in tricks of the mind. This is a strong source and will probably be used in my presentation. rise to conscious thought-remains "The brain-and the way it gives

one of the great mysteries in all of science."

"10 Amazing Tricks to Play with Your Brain." Top Ten Lists Atom. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. (10 Amazing Tricks)

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Summary: The article of (flD Amazing Tricks" is going to give me lots of visuals for my presentations. It explains how the tricks work and how to preform them on other people such as my audience. There is no limitation of this cite. It is very useful. Evaluation: This source is going to help my presentation trem
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dously. The audience is going to love the

interactive activities that comes from this art

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