Neuroscience

Clinical Neuropsychology is an up-to-the minute overview of the major and many interesting minor disorders and behavioral syndromes caused by localized brain damage or abnormal brain functioning. The text combines clinical findings with studies on...

Why is deciding to do something sometimes so slow and difficult? How do we make decisions when lacking key information? When making decisions, the higher areas of the brain deliberately suppress lower areas capable of generating much faster but...

Herbal Treatment of Anxiety: Clinical Studies in Western, Chinese and Ayurvedic Traditions explains the nature and types of anxiety, its neurobiology, the pathophysiology that exacerbates and perpetuates it, and the psychopharmacology of the chemical...

Studies of mind, thought and reason have tended to marginalize the role of bodily form, real-world action, and environmental backdrop. In recent years, both in philosophy and cognitive science, this tendency has been identified and, increasingly,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358108498Author Alice RobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm * 23mm

Salience Network of the Human Brain focuses on the multiple sources of stimuli that compete for our attention, providing interesting discussions on how the relative salience-importance or prominence-of each of these inputs determines which ones we choose...

The development of the young brain after birth and the emergence of cognitive capacities, mind, and individuality rest on the maturation of a dense net of synaptic connections between neurons. Memory Makes the Brain describes the dramatic, competitive...

Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of...

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience is a state-of-the-art collection of interdisciplinary research spanning philosophy (of science, mind, and ethics) and current neuroscience. Containing chapters written by some of the most prominent...

There are myriad questions that emerge when one considers emotions and decision-making: What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions? Why do emotional states feel like something? What is the relationship between emotion,...

Neuroscience has dramatically increased understanding of how mental states and processes are realized by the brain, thus opening doors for treating the multitude of ways in which minds become dysfunctional. This book explores questions such as when is it...

Introduction to Pain and its relation to Nervous System Disorders provides an accessible overview of the latest developments in the science underpinning pain research, including, but not limited to, the physiological, pathological and psychological...

An introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system that emphasizes the history of experiments and observations that led to modern neuroscientific knowledge. This introduction to neuroscience is unique in its emphasis on how we know what...

Being Brains offers a critical exploration of neurocentrism, the belief that "we are our brains," which became widespread in the 1990s. Encouraged by advances in neuroimaging, the humanities and social sciences have taken a "neural turn," in the form of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546676Author A. David RedishFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533393Author Patricia S. ChurchlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint Bradford BooksPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 27mm

How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression,...

Understanding how right-brain and left-brain differences influence our habits, thoughts, and actions.Human behaviour is lopsided. When cradling a newborn child, most of us cradle the infant to the left. When posing for a portrait, we tend to put our left...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910600245Author Lea NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Let's Tell Your Story PublishingPublisher Let's Tell Your Story Publishing

Understanding how the brain works is probably the greatest scientific and intellectual challenge of our generation. The cerebral cortex is the instrument by which we carry the most complex mental functions. Fortunately, there exists an immense body of...

Being Brains offers a critical exploration of neurocentrism, the belief that "we are our brains," which became widespread in the 1990s. Encouraged by advances in neuroimaging, the humanities and social sciences have taken a "neural turn," in the form of...

The authors of the most cited neuroscience publication, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, have written this introductory textbook for neuroscience students. The text is clear and concise, and offers an excellent introduction to the essential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143130970Author Due QuachFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.

The Neuroscience of Meditation: Understanding Individual Differences explores the individual differences in learning and practicing meditation, while also providing insights on how to learn and practice effectively. The book comprehensively covers the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124047Author Ray KurzweilFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997965322Author Thomas G Broussard, JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Stroke Educator IncPublisher Stroke Educator IncWeight(grams)...

It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associative learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316300193Author Beau LottoFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 160mm * 28mm

Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via the Cloud?Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of...

It has been known for over a century that there is an afferent (body-to-brain) component to the visceral-autonomic nervous system. Despite the fundamental importance of bodily afferent information - sometimes called interoception - to central nervous...

Ordinary people can perform acts of astonishing selflessness, sometimes even putting their lives on the line. A pregnant woman saw a dorsal fin and blood in the water-and dove right in to pull her wounded husband to safety. Remarkably, some even leap...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316180665Author Claire DennettFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Most people are surprised to learn that seeing has not yet been explained by science. Incredibly, scientists cannot even explain why some surfaces appear to be black while others appear to be white. The physical difference between a surface that appears...

What if science fiction stopped being fiction? Developments in neuroscience are turning sci-fi scenarios into reality, and causing us to revisit some of the philosophical questions we have been asking ourselves for centuries. Science fiction often...

The Science of Marijuana, 3rd Edition is directed at a public interested in knowing more about cannabis, how it works, and what the hazards associated with its use may be. In terms of cannabis as a medicine, it is now sanctioned by a majority of US...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578606835Author Jd Dinu GangureFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Blue Globe PressPublisher Blue Globe PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons: Second Edition is a comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to essential concepts of cellular neuroscience. Emphasizing experimental approaches and recent discoveries, it provides an in-depth look at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048149Author Joseph AyersFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

With the rise of cognitive science and the revolution in neuroscience, it is now commonplace to assume that the study of a human person-a thinking, feeling, acting subject-is ultimately the study of the human brain. In both Europe and the United States,...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the neural foundations of behaviour, cognition, and communication across diverse animal species. Bridging molecular mechanisms with complex social dynamics, this volume traverses key themes in modern...