Neuropsychology category: 992 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Brain plasticity is the focus of a growing body of research with significant implications for neurorehabilitation. This state-of-the-art volume explores ways in which brain-injured individuals may be helped not only to compensate for their loss of cognitive abilities, but also possibly to restore...
States of Mind
New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2007
An all-star lineup of scientists takes you to the front lines of brain research.
Are we born to be shy? Why do we remember some events so clearly and others not at all? Are creativity and depression somehow linked? Do our dreams really have deeper meanings?
Now in paperback, here is...
by Rowena Kong
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2019
Depression is a multi-faceted disorder with symptom clusters that are highly variable between individuals. Despite efforts utilizing neuroscientific and genetic techniques in research to determine its etiology, practical clinical settings still rely on traditional verbal consultation method to devise...
Brain and the Inner World
An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Subjective Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
About this Book...
The Brain and the Inner World is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now assume center...
The Upward Spiral
Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and apathy. In The Upward Spiral, neuroscientist Alex Korb demystifies the intricate brain processes that cause depression and offers a practical and effective approach to getting better. Based on the latest...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
The International Conference on Cognitive Modeling brings together researchers who develop computational models to explain and predict cognitive data. The core theme of the 2004 conference was "Integrating Computational Models," encompassing an integration of diverse data through models...
Children's Theories of Mind
Mental States and Social Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind. A topic whose effects span cognitive, language, and social development, it may bring a unifying influence to developmental psychology. New studies in this area acknowledge children's conceptions of intention and...
Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2008
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.
The authors begin by exploring the history of science, showing how science...
by Howard J. Oakes, PsyD, David W. Lovejoy
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
The Independent Neuropsychological Evaluation explores the process of conducting an independent neuropsychological evaluation (IME) for disability related claims. While neuropsychologists are well trained in the area of clinical assessment, little training, mentoring, or supervision applies these...
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
A 24 hour Journal of What's Happening in Your Brain as you Sleep, Dream, Wake Up, Eat, Work, Play, Fight, Love, Worry, Compete, Hope, Make Important Decisions, Age and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain as you go through a typical day and night? This fascinating book presents an hour-by-hour round-the-clock journal of your brain’s activities. Drawing on the treasure trove of information from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind...
Neuroexistentialism
Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to support...
by Robert RH Anholt, Trudy F. C. Mackay
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Principles of Behavioral Genetics provides an introduction to the fascinating science that aims to understand how our genes determine what makes us tick. It presents a comprehensive overview of the relationship between genes, brain, and behavior.
Introductory chapters give clear explanations...
Summary & Study Guide - Into the Gray Zone
A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
The Borderland Between Life and Death
The must-read summary of “Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death” by Adrian Owen.
The “gray zone” is the twilight region between full consciousness and brain death. People with sustained brain injuries...
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
With a 4-page full-color insert, and black-and-white illustrations throughout
Why do some innocent kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing...