Neuroscience

'Compelling and wise and rational.' - Jon RonsonOne in four of us experience a mental health problem each year, with anxiety and depression alone affecting over 500 million people worldwide.Why are these conditions so widespread? What is it about modern...

Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us), and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern life has thrust the world's tribes into a shared space, creating conflicts of interest and clashes of...

The (printed) 'Updated Edition' now comes with added value access to the complete, downloadable eBook version via Student Consult. Search, read and revise whilst on the move and use the interactive self-assessment to test your understanding. Crash Course...

A respected medical professional, family man, and keen athlete, Andrew Tillyard had a full and active life until a vehicle crash changed it all. He sustained a serious head injury and was airlifted to the hospital where he worked, having only just...

Robert Jay Lifton, the National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual, proposes a radical idea: that the psychological relationship between extremist political movements and fanatical religious cults may be much closer than...

Ideal for any student of neuroanatomy, neuroscience, or other medical or science disciplines involving the nervous system, Netter's Atlas of Neuroscience, 4th Edition, is a highly visual, clinically oriented exploration of structure and function-from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287815Author Nancy C. AndreasenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 212g

'It's a brilliant book... There are lessons in every paragraph... Get it now.' Chris Evans'Wonderous and wild. I loved this book' James Nestor, bestselling author of Breath 'Moving, raw and unflinching' Julia Samuel, bestselling author of This Too Shall...

Progress in the neurosciences is profoundly changing our conception of ourselves. Contrary to time-honored intuition, the mind turns out to be a complex of brain functions. And contrary to the wishful thinking of some philosophers, there is no stemming...

Shortlisted for the 2021 William Hill Sports Book of The Year award."This is the book that boxing has always needed...It is shattering yet moving, informative yet tender...An essential read for anyone who cares about boxing and its courageous, damaged...

"A heart-breaking but still inspiring insight into the real-life impact of the biggest issue facing the world's biggest sport." Jeremy Wilson, Chief Sports Reporter, The Telegraph This is the story of the 'real' Bill Gates. A famous footballer, a...

This book explains the continuum of trauma in all its complexity in succinct and straightforward terms, drawing on the latest thinking and research in neuroscience. It shows how teachers, while not specialist mental health professionals, can provide...

Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as...

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the...

Since the publication of the first edition in 1966, Eye and Brain has established itself worldwide as an essential introduction to the basic phenomena of visual perception. Richard Gregory offers clear explanations of how we see brightness, movement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345503428Author Andrew NewbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Shortlisted for the 2021 William Hill Sports Book of The Year award."This is the book that boxing has always needed...It is shattering yet moving, informative yet tender...An essential read for anyone who cares about boxing and its courageous, damaged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262036597Author Moran CerfFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 24mm

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An...

'Wise, timely and eloquent... A joy to read.' GuardianWhat does it mean to be well? Is it something in our body? Or, is it rather something subjective - something of the mind? In this profound collection of clinical stories, eminent psychiatrist Dr...

The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed...

Kepler's successful solution to the problem of vision early in the 17th century was a theoretical triumph as significant as many of the more celebrated developments of the scientific revolution. Yet the full import of Kepler's arguments can be grasped...

Neuroscience is, by definition, a multidisciplinary field: some scientists study genes and proteins at the molecular level while others study neural circuitry using electrophysiology and high-resolution optics. A single topic can be studied using...

There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and feeling. Each cell possesses a mysterious beauty, with branching, intricate patterns like shattered glass. Richard Wingate has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736424Author Humberto R. MaturanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

This book tells the amazing story of perception -- how experiences are created by your senses and how you use these experiences to interact with the environment. You might be surprised to know that although perception is easy -- we see, hear, feel touch,...

This book looks at how three kinds of strongly electric fishes literally became "electrical", and how they helped to change the sciences and medicine. These fishes are the flat torpedo rays common to the Mediterranean, the electric catfishes of...

'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS 'FASCINATING... SHOCKING' SPECTATOR What is paranoia? What makes us anxious? How can this be overcome? ...

Reissue with 16 pages of extra material, including an index.Book InformationISBN 9780439944472Author Nick ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint ScholasticPublisher ScholasticWeight(grams) 130gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 12mm

World-renowned neuroscientist Beau Lotto reveals the truths of human perception and devises a cognitive toolkit for how to succeed in a world of uncertainty.Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand how our own...

From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests-from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and...

Our sense of smell - or olfaction as it is technically known - is our most enigmatic sense. It can conjure up memories, taking us back to very specific places and emotions, whilst powerful smells can induce strong feelings of hunger or nausea. In the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578861692Author Jodi BarnardFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Mike TranterPublisher Mike TranterWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262633086Author Thomas MetzingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 714Imprint Bradford BooksPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

It has been remarked that if the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. Commencing with a brief history of neuroscience, from the ancient practice of drilling holes in the head to relieve headaches to the latest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501144325Author Matthew WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988025056Author Karen Pape, M.D.Format HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Barlow PublishingPublisher Barlow PublishingWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

NLP is the science of excellence. In this important book, List 3 Dressage Judge and NLP Master Practitioner Wendy Jago shows riders for the first time how NLP tools can help: improve rapport between rider and horse; ensure that the horse is really...

What is intelligence? How did it begin and evolve to human intelligence? Does a high level of biological intelligence require a complex brain? Can man-made machines be truly intelligent? Is AI fundamentally different from human intelligence? In Birth of...

A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of the YearA Guardian "Best Book about Ideas" of the YearNo one likes to be bored. Two leading psychologists explain what causes boredom and how to listen to what it is telling you, so you can live a more engaged life...