Neuroscience category: 1433 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Research relevant to the topic of distinctiveness and memory dates back over 100 years and boasts a literature of well over 2,000 published articles. Throughout this history, numerous theories of distinctiveness and memory have been offered and subsequently refined. There has, however, never been...
So Human a Brain
Knowledge and Values in the Neurosciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
WALTER A. ROSENBLITH Footnotes to the Recent History of Neuroscience: Personal Reflections and Microstories The workshop upon which this volume is based offered me an opportunity to renew contact fairly painlessly with workers in the brain sciences, not just as a participant/observer but maybe as...
Proof of Heaven
A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
**The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—**for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven.
Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...
Switched On
A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An extraordinary memoir about the cutting-edge brain therapy that dramatically changed the life and mind of John Elder Robison, the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
Imagine spending the first forty...
Murderous Minds
Exploring the Criminal Psychopathic Brain: Neurological Imaging and the Manifestation of Evil
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
“Part true crime, part neuroscience and a page-turner from start to finish,” this is a look at the biology behind violent psychopathic behavior (Kirkus Reviews).
How many times have you seen a murder on the news or on a TV show like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and said to yourself,...
Who's in Charge?
Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
“Big questions are Gazzaniga’s stock in trade.”
—New York Times
“Gazzaniga is one of the most brilliant experimental neuroscientists in the world.”
—Tom Wolfe
“Gazzaniga stands as a giant among neuroscientists, for both the quality of his research and his ability to communicate...
The Brain Electric
The Dramatic High-Tech Race to Merge Minds and Machines
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The gripping and revelatory story of the dramatic race to merge the human brain with machines
Leading neuroscience researchers are racing to unlock the secrets of the mind. On the cusp of decoding brain signals that govern motor skills, they are developing miraculous technologies to enable...
Waves in Neural Media
From Single Neurons to Neural Fields
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Waves in Neural Media: From Single Neurons to Neural Fields surveys mathematical models of traveling waves in the brain, ranging from intracellular waves in single neurons to waves of activity in large-scale brain networks. The work provides a pedagogical account of analytical methods for finding...
by Edmund T. Rolls
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do emotional states feel like something? What is the relation between emotion, and reward value, and subjective feelings of pleasure? How is the value of a good represented in the brain? Will neuroeconomics replace classical...
RecoveryMind Training
A Neuroscientific Approach to Treating Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
An innovative guide for professionals that establishes an extraordinary approach to understanding the dynamics of addiction and the recovery process. RecoveryMind Training (RMT) includes state-of-the-art information on neuroscience and behavioral techniques. RMT challenges readers to see addiction...
Brain Food
The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition.
Like our bodies, our brains have very specific food requirements. And in this eye-opening book from an author who is both a neuroscientist and a certified integrative nutritionist, we learn what...
State Space Grids
Depicting Dynamics Across Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Human development from birth through adulthood is a complex interplay of many interacting forces. Children’s internal processes are manifest in behaviors that are sculpted by their experiences, most notably with primary caregivers. Because the discipline of psychology explores human behavior and...
by Michael Wilkinson, Richard E. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
How does the brain regulate sexual behavior, or control our body weight? How do we cope with stress? Addressing these questions and many more besides, this thoroughly revised new edition reflects the significant advances that have been made in the study of neuroendocrinology over the last twenty years....
Champions of Illusion
The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A full-color celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind them
In Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik present a smorgasbord of mystifying images, many selected from their Best Illusion of the Year Contest. Whether it’s false motion, tricks of...