Neuropsychology category: 992 books
The Invisible Gorilla
And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important...
by Oliver Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability...
Hardwiring Happiness
The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day.
Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because...
by Oliver Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Revised and Expanded
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical...
The Little Book of Talent
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A manual for building a faster brain and a better you!
The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product...
by Rachel Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Our senses! Thanks to them, our brains are constantly flooded with information about the world around us. What may surprise you is that we’re not all wired the same way, and some of us are unable to understand exactly what we’re sensing. People with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a newly identified...
The Master and His Emissary
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
A new edition of the bestselling classic – published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary
This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain – the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen...
The Hungry Brain
Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it?
No one wants to overeat. And certainly...
The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
What is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge’s inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more
An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that...
How Emotions Are Made
The Secret Life of the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
“Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.” — Wall Street Journal
“A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.” — Scientific American
“A brilliant and original book on the...
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
We are profoundly social creatures--more than we know.
In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. Because...
The Male Brain
A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.
Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones,...
Beyond Boundaries
The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A pioneering neuroscientist shows how the long-sought merger of brains with machines is about to become a paradigm-shifting reality
Imagine living in a world where people use their computers, drive their cars, and communicate with one another simply by thinking. In this stunning and inspiring...
The Superhuman Mind
Free the Genius in Your Brain
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Did you know your brain has superpowers?
Berit Brogaard, PhD, and Kristian Marlow, MA, study people with astonishing talents—memory champions, human echolocators, musical virtuosos, math geniuses, and synesthetes who taste colors and hear faces. But as amazing as these abilities are, they...