Neuroscience

What distinguishes good explanations in neuroscience from bad? Carl F. Craver constructs and defends standards for evaluating neuroscientific explanations that are grounded in a systematic view of what neuroscientific explanations are: descriptions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262620932Author Simon LeVayFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Body, Brain, Behavior: Three Views and a Conversation describes brain research on the frontiers, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between the brain and its development and evolution, peripheral organs, and other brains in communication. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496425669Author Dr. Daniel G. AmenFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

No one can avoid gray hair and wrinkles, but what about preventing the brain from aging? Dr. Eric Braverman, "America's Brain Doctor" and bestselling author has created a simple, science-based plan that can help prevent the worst mental side effects of...

Serotonin has a powerful effect on the brain: enough and you feel great; too little and you may binge on food and alcohol, get a migraine, or even feel suicidal. In fact, millions of people take prescription anti-depressants every day to compensate for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262043304Author Peter SterlingFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538156Author Michael S GazzanigaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Laterality in Sports: Theories and Applications summarizes recent research on the neurophysiological foundations of handedness, and how left or right lateralization (affecting primary hand use, foot use, and eye use) affects motor control, performance...

Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation...

Sleep paralysis (characterized by an inability to move, conscious awareness in sleep, and vivid hallucinations) has a history that spans over two-thousand years. However, despite this expansive history, it is only in recent times that a scientific...

This volume presents techniques and recently developments in extracellular recording. The chapters in this book explore topics such as mouse, rat and zebrafish models; extracellular recordings on human cognition; single-unit recordings and...

Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) is an increasingly popular tool to study the brain. What sets it apart from other neuroimaging methods is the combination of quantitative measurements of a physiologically well-defined process, namely perfusion, and a...

The field of social cognitive neuroscience has captured the attention of many researchers during the past ten years. Much of the impetus for this new field came from the development of functional neuroimaging methods that made it possible to...

What makes us human and unique among all creatures is our brain. Consciousness, perception, emotion, memory, learning, language, and intelligence all originate in and depend on the brain. Over the past century, our understanding of the brain has raced...

A defining scholarly publication on the past and current state of research with psychedelic plant substances for medicine, therapeutics, and spiritual uses.Certain plants have long been known to contain healing properties and used to treat everything...

With over 350 illustrations, this impressive volume traces the rich history of ideas about the functioning of the brain from its roots in the ancient cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome through the centuries into relatively modern times. In contrast to...

This book contains a large collection of beautiful figures produced throughout the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century and that represent some characteristic examples of the early days of research in neuroscience. The main aim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101972328Author Oliver SacksFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In this accessible overview of current knowledge, an expert team of editors and authors describe experimental approaches to consciousness. These approaches are shedding light on some of the hitherto unknown aspects of the distinct states of human...

The Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) explored the microscopic world of the brain and found a landscape inhabited by distinctly individual cells, later termed neurons. "The mysterious butterflies of the soul," he called them, "whose...

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the currently used concepts, approaches and technologies in the discovery and development of new treatments for the full spectrum of disorders of the central nervous system. It guides the reader through...

Paxinos and Franklin's The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Compact Fifth Edition, is the compact version of the most widely used and cited atlas of the mouse brain in print. It emulates in design and accuracy Paxinos and Watson's The Rat Brain in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734414202Author Thomas G Broussard Ph D, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Stroke Educator IncPublisher Stroke Educator IncWeight(grams)...

A 65-year-old patient arrives at the Emergency Department with stroke symptoms that began 45 minutes ago. You are called STAT!Acute stroke management has changed dramatically in recent years. Tremendous advances have been made in acute treatments,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045438Author Felipe De BrigardFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

You've probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain's elegant design in reverent tones.To which this book says: Pure...

Confabulations are recitations of events and experiences that never happened, ranging from incorrect responses to questions to a blatant confusion of reality. The Confabulating Mind provides the most up-to-date account of the causes, anatomical basis,...

This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight," Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious...

In The Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System, Michael Graziano offers a fundamentally new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire...

Since its founding in 1989 by Terrence Sejnowski, Neural Computation has become the leading journal in the field. Foundations of Neural Computation collects, by topic, the most significant papers that have appeared in the journal over the past nine years...

This classic well-illustrated textbook simplifies neuroscience content to focus coverage on the essentials and helps students learn important neuroanatomical facts and definitions. Among its many distinctions are its organization by region and then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048200Author Sten GrillnerFormat HardbackPage Count 286Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 461gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501144318Author Matthew WalkerFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809016488Author Alva No Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 142mm * 16mm

Two of the most widely used terms in medicine are 'placebo' and placebo effect, even though it is not always clear what exactly they mean. Recent progress in biomedical research has allowed a better clarification of the placebo effect. We now know that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941070512Author Frederick EarlsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Nrb PublishingPublisher Nrb PublishingWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262550079Author Gerald M. EdelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 259g

Acclaimed neuroscientist Gary Wenk reveals the fascinating impacts of exercise on the brain Decades of research demonstrate that regular modest levels of exercise improve heart and lung function and may relieve joint pain. Regular daily exercise will...

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...