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Healing Spaces : The Science of Place and Well-Being by Esther M. Sternberg (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674033361

ISBN-139780674033368

eBay Product ID (ePID)70928412

Product Key Features

Book TitleHealing Spaces : the Science of Place and Well-Being

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicHealing / General, Alternative & Complementary Medicine, General

GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Psychology, Medical

AuthorEsther M. Sternberg

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight18.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-001734

ReviewsIn this fascinating book, physician Esther M. Sternberg explores the intersection of architecture and medicine; the studies and conferences (primarily through the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture) and vast body of literature that reveals the extent to which our external environment plays a role in healing...Sternberg's findings are fascinating, some strange, some pure common sense--thought-provoking for both individuals and institutions., What Sternberg does so skillfully is to stitch together an explanation as to how so many of the things we intuitively find relaxing, like yoga, or sitting by the sea, or in a bright airy room, affect how quickly we heal. She provides the science to back it up and explains it so engagingly that it's hard to resist sharing her conviction., After this fascinating, engaging, and challenging read I'll think about the heath consequences of where I am in a different way., After this fascinating, engaging, and challenging read I'll think about the health consequences of where I am in a different way., Even the ancients understood that some places had healing powers. But in the late 20th century, scientists began to study how space affects both mental and physical health for good and ill. NIH researcher Sternberg thoroughly chronicles research on the neural pathways that connect our sensory perception of our environment with our ability to heal...The conclusions--e.g., that noise induces stress, which can impede healing--seem intuitive and well known, but readers interested in neuroscience will learn much about the research on why this is the case., Sternberg offers a fascinating study of the complex relationships between health and "healing places."...She makes the work of many pioneers in brain and behavioral research accessible to laypersons even as they rub elbows with such figures as Walt Disney, Frank Gehry, and the Dalai Lama...This is a fine, thoughtful volume., Healing Spaces [is] an exploration of environmental influences over the brain, the body and the course of mental and physical disease...Anyone who has ever felt peace descend in lovely surroundings will find a few seeds of explanation in her book.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal725/.51

Table Of ContentHealing Places Seeing and Healing Sound and Silence Cotton Wool and Clouds of Frankincense Mazes and Labyrinths Finding Your Way... ...and Losing It Healing Thought and Healing Prayer Hormones of Hope and Healing Hospitals and Well-Being Healing Cities, Healing World Healing Gardens and My Place of Peace Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

SynopsisA respected neuroscientist shows how some surroundings - from hospital rooms with windows to traditional religious shrines - can greatly improve healing from illness, and shows ways to create a healthier environment.

LC Classification NumberRA770.S74 2009