Neuroscience

Despite the amazing progress made by the stereotactic technique, particularly regarding the localization of the target, despite the extreme caution, which stereotactic neurosurgeons apply at every step of the procedures, despite the routine...

Cognitive Psychology: The Basics provides a compact introduction to the core topics in the field, discussing the science behind the everyday cognitive phenomena experienced by us all. The book considers laboratory and applied theory and research...

We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Drawing on decades of research, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer...

How do I communicate change to the business? How do I maintain productivity and wellbeing during change? How do I deal with resistance to business change? Neuroscience for Change at Work answers these questions and explains how to use insights from...

DELVE INTO THE SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR PRACTICE WITH THIS ESSENTIAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MEDITATION 'This is a book that really can change your life' Arianna Huffington, author of the New York Times bestseller The Sleep RevolutionMeditation is fascinating,...

Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more.Written by Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, Sophie Scott, and composed of ten mind-blowing yet accessible essays, The Brain guides you...

'Absorbing, mind-enlarging, studded with insights ... This could have significant real-world results' Sunday TimesHumanity's greatest feat is our incredible ability to learn. Even in their first year, infants acquire language, visual and social knowledge...

Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? In this ground-breaking work, Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the world's foremost cognitive neuroscientists, shows how our mind and brain accomplish the amazing feat of...

'Superbly written with excellent insights... One of the best non-fiction books I've read!' Dr Rupy Aujla, author of The Doctor's Kitchen'Fascinating... A thoroughly thought-provoking read' Dame Sarah Gilbert, author of VaxxersYou've heard that a healthy...

'Highly accessible, content-rich and eminently readable . . . Fascinating and informative . . . popular science at its best.' - The Observer'Subtly radical . . . It presents a revelatory model of consciousness that will be completely new to most readers'...

'Superbly written with excellent insights... One of the best non-fiction books I've read!' Dr Rupy Aujla, author of The Doctor's Kitchen'Fascinating... A thoroughly thought-provoking read' Dame Sarah Gilbert, author of VaxxersYou've heard that a healthy...

'Phantoms in The Brain' takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world's leading experimental neurologists. 'Phantoms in The Brain', using a series of case histories, introduces strange and unexplored mental...

A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience'Lisa Miller is the leading psychologist of her generation' Martin Seligman'We can live chasing goals and rewards, lost in worries...

Memory and the Brain explores the fascinating psychology and neuroscience of human memory.Written by a World expert in the field, John P. Aggleton, this book covers learning and memory from the very beginning of life to its end, with an emphasis on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593329733Author Barbara OakleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g

'Compelling and wise and rational.' - Jon RonsonMotion sickness.Nightmares.Forgetting people's names.Why did I walk into this room??For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and...

A playful guide to understanding the ways of ‘normal people’, The Autist’s Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara Törnvall has written a fun,...

A FINANCIAL TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Compelling . . . optimistic' Observer'Fascinating . . . a refreshing counterblast to many popular ideas about wellbeing' Prospect'Excellent . . . anyone reading it will come away with a kinder, better...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038256Author Paul MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David...

THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ORGANIZED MIND 'Everyone we know needs this remarkable book ... Essential for the rest of your life' Daniel H. Pink, author of When and Drive' 'The secrets of ageing well ... a...

From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Female Brain comes this eagerly awaited follow-up.Did you know that the male brain...*is a lean, mean problem-solving machine that uses analytical brain structures, not emotional ones,...

What sets humans apart from other animals? Perhaps more than anything else, it is the capacity for innovation. The accumulation of discoveries throughout history, big and small, has enabled us to build global civilizations and gain power to shape our...

WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZEWhat the judges said: 'Every man and woman should read this book on gender bias ... an important, yet wickedly witty, book.' 'Fine's entertaining and thoughtful book is a valuable...

The remarkable family of proteins that can make us very ill-but can also be linked to long-term memory, immunity, and the origin of lifeOver the last decade, scientists have discovered the importance and widespread presence in the body of a remarkable...

'Nobody bewitched by these mysteries can afford to ignore the solution proposed by Mark Solms' - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian 'A remarkable book. It changes everything' - Brian Eno How does the mind connect to the body? Why does it feel like something...

Winner of the William James Book AwardWinner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award"A landmark in our understanding of human development."-Paul Harris, author of Trusting What You're Told"Magisterial...Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845187Author Douglas GroothuisFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint IVP BooksPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 236g

In this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease-one of the great health challenges of our time.Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of...

Rewire the brain processes that cause obsessions and compulsions-and take back your life! If you've ever wondered why you seem to get trapped in an endless cycle of obsessive, compulsive thoughts, you don't have to wonder anymore. Grounded in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328915436Author Prof Lisa Feldman BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Discover the incredible possibilities of the female brain in midlife, redefine the menopause and access your most vital, confident and wise phase yet.'This is an important book. I want all women to read it. I wish I had read it years ago!' Jane...

'This is a book of miracles. Fascinating... An absorbing compendium of unlikely recoveries from physical and mental ailments offers evidence that the brain can heal... brings Oliver Sacks to mind' Lisa Appignanesi, ObserverThe Brain's Way of Healing...

***A Waterstones Best Paperback of 2022 pick***Perfect for fans of Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage and Professor Brian Cox.'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' Professor Carlo RovelliComedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at...

Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934), the father of modern neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, was an exceptional artist. He devoted his life to the anatomy of the brain, the body's most complex and mysterious organ. His superhuman feats of visualisation,...

New York Times BestsellerDiscover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat and change the way your brain ages, in this cutting-edge, practical guide to eliminating brain fog, optimizing brain health, and achieving peak mental performance...

Developed by internationally renowned neurosurgeons, this unique book is designed for students of psychology and the biological sciences, and medical, dental, and nursing students.About the AuthorMarian C. Diamond, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anatomy at the...

At the heart of Touching a Nerve is the question of what happens when we accept that everything we feel, think and experience stems not from an immaterial soul but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains. Patricia Churchland, one of the...

Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound? These are questions that have, until recently, remained mysterious. Now The Music Instinct explores...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262529334Author Moheb CostandiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 13mm