Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Toward consilience Toward consilience Gerald A Cory "This book is a comprehensive effort to establish a framework for consilience - the unification of the natural and social sciences. Grounded in physics, molecular biology, and evolutionary neuroscien… OL12001260W
Optimum nutrition for your child's mind Optimum nutrition for your child's mind Patrick Holford "A science-based guide to understanding how choosing the right foods (and avoiding the wrong ones) can boost your child's intelligence and improve mood and behavior"--Provided by publisher. OL15081972W
Sensory neuroscience Sensory neuroscience Jozef J. Zwislocki "Sensory Neuroscience: Four Laws of Psychophysics provides valid unifying principles and systematic applications for this otherwise fragmented precursor of experimental psychology, and defines four m… OL15107533W
The actor's brain The actor's brain Sean Spence 434 p., [16] p. of plates : 24 cm OL15508587W
The neural bases of multisensory processes The neural bases of multisensory processes M. M. Murray "Introducing groundbreaking original research and reviews, this indispensible reference provides a current review of the state-of-the-field focusing on the neural bases that form the foundation of mu… OL15936131W
Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Yann Coello,Angela Bartolo "This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language p… OL16617681W
Neurotribes Neurotribes Steve Silberman What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more—and the future of our societ… OL17203015W
Believing Believing Michael T. McGuire A book about brain chemistry, neural systems, and the formation of beliefs from the scientist who brought to light serotonin's many crucial roles in human behavior. OL17858162W
The influential mind The influential mind Tali Sharot "We all have a duty to affect others--from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts--from… OL19714727W
Annoying Annoying Joe Palca "Two crackerjack science journalists from NPR look at why some things (and some people!) drive us crazy It happens everywhere? offices, schools, even your own backyard. Plus, seemingly anything can t… OL19826757W
Hijacked by your brain Hijacked by your brain Julian D. Ford What do you do when stress takes over your life, and nothing you do to feel better seems to work? When you ...?Melt down over the smallest things?Get angry at the people you love?Choke under pressure… OL19855433W
Loneliness Loneliness John T. Cacioppo A sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our thinking abilities and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. A blend of biological and s… OL19884622W
The stress-proof brain The stress-proof brain Melanie Greenberg "We can't avoid the things that stress us out, but we can change how we respond to them. In this breakthrough book, a clinical psychologist and neuroscience expert offers an original and comprehensiv… OL20049926W
Think Less, Learn More Think Less, Learn More Srinivasan S. Pillay 304 pages ; 22 cm OL21607118W
Pleasure Pleasure David J. Linden Award-winning neuroscientist David Linden shows how pleasure affects us at the most fundamental level, in our brains, and why ecstatic activities can easily become addictive. On this trip into cuttin… OL24185026W
Being No One Being No One Thomas Metzinger "In Being No One, Metzinger, a German philosopher, draws strongly on neuroscientific research to present a representationalist and functional analysis of what a consciously experienced first-person p… OL3031125W
Memory Memory Larry R. Squire,Eric R. Kandel "Combining insights from both cognitive neuroscience and molecular biology, Memory presents the basics of memory--from molecules and cells to brain systems and cognition. What is memory and where in … OL5275387W
Embracing the Wide Sky Embracing the Wide Sky Daniel Tammet The author of Born on a Blue Day combines meticulous scientific research with detailed descriptions of how his mind works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. He explains how our natur… OL8568638W