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  • This Will Make You Smarterby John Brockman

    HarperCollins 2012; US$ 9.99

    Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world. Daniel Kahneman on the “focusing illusion” • Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention • Richard Dawkins on experimentation • Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear... more...

  • This Is Your Brain on Musicby Daniel J. Levitin

    Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99

    In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music?its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it?and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: ? How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world ? Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre ? That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise ? How those insidious little jingles (called earworms... more...

  • The Brain That Changes Itselfby Norman Doidge

    Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 13.99

    An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries- old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed. From stroke patients learning to speak again to the remarkable case of a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, The Brain That Changes Itself will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential. more...

  • The Body Has a Mind of Its Ownby Matthew Blakeslee; Sandra Blakeslee

    Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.99

    In this compelling, cutting-edge book, two generations of science writers explore the exciting science of “body maps” in the brain–and how startling new discoveries about the mind-body connection can change and improve our lives. Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? What makes video games so addictive? How can “practicing” your favorite sport in your imagination improve your game? The answers can be found in body maps. Just as road maps represent interconnections across the landscape, your many body maps represent all aspects of your bodily self, inside and out. In concert, they create your physical and emotional awareness and your sense of being a whole, feeling self in a larger social world. Moreover,... more...

  • Who's Who of the Brainby Kenneth Nunn; Tanya Hanstock; Bryan Lask; Linn Iril Hjelseth

    Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008; US$ 19.95

    Offers an introduction to the brain - what it is and how it works. This title explains the role and key functions in the brain. It also shows what happens when things go wrong in the brain, and illustrates the work using examples of clinical cases. more...

  • Neurotropic Viral Infectionsby Carol Shoshkes Reiss

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 144.00

    A depiction of viruses that infect the brain, their treatment, and novel beneficial uses of them. more...

  • An Introduction to Neuroendocrinologyby Richard Brown

    Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 72.00

    This book is an introductory text in neuroendocrinology for undergraduate students. more...

  • The Great Brain Debateby John E. Dowling

    Princeton University Press 2007; US$ 20.95

    Whether our personality, intelligence, and behavior are more likely to be shaped by our environment or our genetic coding is not simply an idle question for today's researchers. There are tremendous consequences to understanding the crucial role that environment and genes each play. How we raise and educate our children, how we treat various mental diseases or conditions, how we care for our elderly--these are just some of the issues that can be informed by a better understanding of brain development. In The Great Brain Debate , the eminent neuroscience researcher John Dowling looks at these and other important issues. The work that is being done on the connection between the brain and vision, as well as the ways in which our brains help... more...

  • Neuroscience For Dummiesby Frank Amthor

    John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 21.99

    Get on the fast track to understanding neuroscience Research into the human brain has exploded in recent years, and neuroscience has become a major program at many universities and a required course for a wide range of studies. Neuroscience For Dummies tracks to an introductory neuroscience class, giving you an understanding of the brain's structure and function, as well as a look into the relationship between memory, learning, emotions, and the brain. Providing insight into the biology of mental illness and a glimpse at future treatments and applications of neuroscience, Neuroscience For Dummies is a fascinating read for students and general interest readers alike. The brain holds the secrets to our personalities, our use of language,... more...

  • Maps of Meaningby Jordan Peterson

    Routledge 1999; US$ 59.95

    Peterson argues that there is an empirical connection between what technologically sophisticated neuroscience tells us about the brain and behaviour, and what ritual, myths and religious stories have long narrated. more...