Neurosciences

In science, sometimes it is best to keep things simple. Initially discrediting the discovery of neurons in jellyfish, mid-nineteenth-century scient...

In Neuroscience and Philosophy three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist clash over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neu...

Reality is much more than the physical world before us. In Expanding Reality, Mario Beauregard examines a variety of phenomena investigated by the ...

A fresh take on contemporary brain science research, this book presents neuroscience—the scientific study of brain, mind and behaviour—in easy-to-u...

'A truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence TrapIn recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists...

In the early modern period, poetic form underpinned and influenced scientific progress. The language and imagery of seventeenth-century writers and...

The strike of a praying mantis's forelegs is so fast that, once they are set in motion, the mantis cannot control its aim. How does it ever manage ...

Harvard University Press is proud to announce the second edition of a widely admired introductory textbook. When first published, Neurons and Netwo...

In his most probing and expansive work to date, Jerome Kagan—one of this country’s leading psychologists—demonstrates that innovative research meth...

The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and ...

The major goal of developmental neurobiology is to understand how the nervous system is put together. A central theme that has emerged from researc...

Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative? In this ground-breaking work, Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of ...

For countless generations people have been told that their potential as humans is limited and fundamentally unequal. The social order, they have be...

Sports are as varied as the people who play them. We run, jump, and swim. We kick, hit, and shoot balls. We ride sleds in the snow and surf in the ...

Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy Evolution and Adaptation Second Edition Ann B. Butler and William Hodos The Second Edition of this landmark...

WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZEWhat the judges said: 'Every man and woman should read this book on gender bi...

The GnRH Neuron and its Control examines the developmental biology of GnRH neurons including their birth in the nasal placode of the early embryo, ...

Once upon a time, neuroscience was born. A dazzling array of neurotechnologies emerged that, according to popular belief, have finally begun to unl...

The latest installment of The Year in Cognitive Neuroscience series features in-depth reviews of the major issues and emerging topics in cognitive ...

As life expectancy has increased, so has the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly those associated with aging. Contributing to inc...

Crosstalk between the neuroendocrine and immune systems plays an essential role in inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases. An internationa...

The intricate relationships between music and human neurological makeup, as well as the ways in which music can influence neurological development,...

Researchers from diverse research communities in cognitive neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, MR-diffusion tensor imaging, and algorithm developm...

In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, 'I think, therefore I am,' science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person's ...

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neu...

Science has long treated religion as a set of personal beliefs that have little to do with a rational understanding of the mind and the universe. H...

In recent decades, issues that reside at the center of philosophical and psychological inquiry have been absorbed into a scientific framework vario...

Like the cracking of the genetic code and the creation of the atomic bomb, the discovery of how the brain's neurons work is one of the fundamental ...

An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to b...

Winner of the Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life SciencesA world-renowned researcher of animal be...