Neuroscience

Hailed by the Washington Post as "a sure-footed and witty guide to slippery ethical terrain," a philosophical exploration of AI and the future of the mind that Astronomer Royal Martin Rees calls "profound and entertaining"Humans may not be Earth's most...

Memory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of...

Reality is much more than the physical world before us. In Expanding Reality, Mario Beauregard examines a variety of phenomena investigated by the most open-minded and visionary scientists. These phenomena provide the evidence that mind, consciousness,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684838915Author Robert M. SapolskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 224g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063096363Author Paul BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 327g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543262Author Giosue BaggioFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120759Author David J. LindenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? In this book, neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex...

Present day neuroscience places the brain at the centre of study. But what if researchers viewed the brain not as the foundation of life, rather as a mediating organ? Ecology of the Brain addresses this very question. It considers the human body as a...

In this "wonderful" (John Brandon, Forbes) book, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains, and to appreciate the advantages of this uniquely human skill. From walking's evolutionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142196908Author Paul J. ZakFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 201gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 134mm * 14mm

Have you ever done something stupid, dangerous or self-sabotaging just to get one over someone else? Most of us have. Simon McCarthy-Jones draws on psychology, current affairs, literature and genetics to illuminate - whether we admit it or not - our...

In recent years, a dedicated effort has been made to understand the immune dysfunction that is associated with major psychiatric disorders. The expanding knowledge of the immune system as a major homeostatic system has been very helpful in indicating new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539555Author Christof KochFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time? No existing machine can match the power and...

Take a journey into the fascinating world of microRNA, the genome's master controllers. Discovered in 1993, our genome's master controllers are critical to the evolution of complex life, including humans. This captivating book tells their story, from...

Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times-bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. Now in an updated and expanded paperback edition.Winner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus...

A pioneering neuroscientist argues that we are more than our brainsTo many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical conceptions of the soul than in scientific fact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544030Author John M. BeggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262525855Author Steven J. LuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548007Author Anna AbrahamFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120537Author Joshua FoerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038317Author Marc WittmannFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity's universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541142Author James R. DotyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 403g

An NRC Handelsblad Book of the Year"Offers rich discussions of olfactory perception, the conscious and subconscious impacts of smell on behavior and emotion."-ScienceDecades of cognition research have shown that external stimuli "spark" neural patterns...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**'A brilliant book' - DagbladetWhy does the brain work the way it does? Can eating certain foods improve your memory? Can you activate the parts of the brain you don't use? Can you smile yourself to happiness? What is free...

No reader curious about our "little grey cells" will want to pass up Harvard neuroscientist John E. Dowling's brief introduction to the brain. In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating Mind, Dowling conveys the essence and vitality of the...

The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything known about how neurons and muscles generate electrical signals can be traced back to five revolutionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681885636Author Alie CaldwellFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143126263Author Stanislas DehaeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545204Author Fergus CraikFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045933Author Giorgio VallortigaraFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Dr. Walter begins with a history of the evolution of the brain, and describes to us something of the meaning of "that enchanted loom where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern." He then tells the story of the invention and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666789133Author Stan W WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

When a computer goes wrong, we are told to turn it off and on again. In Am I Dreaming?, science journalist James Kingsland reveals how the human brain is remarkably similar. By rebooting our hard-wired patterns of thinking - through so-called 'altered...

Living in an age of digital distraction has wreaked havoc on our brains-but there's much we can do to restore our tech-life balance.We live in a world that is always on, where everyone is always connected. But we feel increasingly disconnected. Why? The...

The human brain may be the best piece of technology ever created, but it's far from perfect. Drawing on colorful examples and surprising research, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano exposes the blind spots and weaknesses that beset our brains and lead us to...