{"product_id":"cfdt-informed-cognitive-functions-a-complex-systems-dynamic-approach-to-applying-neuroscience-for-transformed-lives-9798197007629","title":"CFDT-Informed Cognitive Functions: A \"complex systems dynamic\" approach to applying neuroscience for transformed lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jennifer Beyst | Brian Beyst\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Neuropsychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does the nervous system turn information into behavior-and why do some interventions help while others miss the level where change actually begins? 214 pages, 6x9 book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCFDT-Informed Cognitive Functions\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Information Flow Model, a practical architecture for understanding how cognitive functions emerge from the complex, self-organizing dynamics of the nervous system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for practitioners, therapists, educators, coaches, and other helping professionals, this core-tier volume moves beyond surface behavior and asks a deeper question: What is the nervous system doing with information before the person explains, reacts, learns, avoids, connects, or changes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Beyst and Jen Beyst clarify how information flows through layered systems of human function, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurvival cognitive functions and the nervous system's prime directive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoundational cognitive emotions: happiness, anger, fear, disgust, and sadness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimary cognitive functions, including alerting, orienting, executive attention, encoded memory, and working memory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning cognitive functions and the construction of more complex proficiency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial cognitive functions and the relational use of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop-down and bottom-up processes, and why the difference matters for intervention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal and external environments as active sources of information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplex systems dynamics, Bayesian inference, and targeted neuroplastic remodeling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book helps practitioners avoid the common mistake of treating behavior as if it were only a matter of insight, motivation, personality, or compliance. Observable behavior is the emergent output of a living system. If the wrong level of the system is addressed, the intervention may sound reasonable while leaving the underlying organization unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCFDT-Informed Cognitive Functions\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a clearer way to understand why clients may talk insightfully while remaining stuck, why threat can override reason, why learning depends on what lower levels make available, and why social behavior cannot be understood apart from the cognitive functions supporting it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a generic psychology overview. It is a working model for practitioners who want to understand cognitive function development with greater precision, stronger fidelity, and better clinical usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892182827159,"sku":"9798197007629","price":2140.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197007629.webp?v=1781186004","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cfdt-informed-cognitive-functions-a-complex-systems-dynamic-approach-to-applying-neuroscience-for-transformed-lives-9798197007629","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}