Neurosciences

Witty, sharp and enlightening . . . This book will make you smarter' Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever LivedWhat if ...

The brain is a masterpiece that defines your uniqueness. As you age, though, your brain may be susceptible to a terrible disease. Alzheimers diseas...

This book discusses advances in research on evoked potentials and electrical stimulation. Chapters One describes the neurophysiological immediate a...

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would oversee. The bestselling autho...

Our relentless drive to create makes us unique among living creatures. What is special about the human brain that enables us to innovate? Why don't...

Many coaching tools and techniques are now fairly well established, but how do they actually work? Answer this questions and start delivering great...

Functional MRI: Basic Principles and Emerging Clinical Applications provides an overview of the basic principles of fMRI for clinicians with minima...

You could be a genius . . . In The Genius Within, award-winning science writer David Adam reveals how frontier neuroscience can enhance your intell...

The past two decades have seen unparalleled developments in our knowledge of the brain and mind. However, these advances have forced us to confront...

This book focuses on dopamine-mediated regulation of gene expression within the striatum and associated regions of the central nervous system. It i...

First published in 1981: This volume talks about new research understandings of the function of the Pineal Gland which was thought to have no legit...

Published in 1984, this book explores craniosynostosis, providing a synthesis of diagnostic aspects and the therapeutic orientation derived from bo...

If you''re like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing - often outside y...

From the world''s foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an ...

Psychologist Nicky Hayes explores the ingenious and sometimes unhelpful ways our minds process the world around us in this comprehensive and access...

The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything kno...

Every cortical area receives input from the thalamus and projects to the thalamus. The cortex and thalamus, therefore, are inseparable partners for...

'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read'The Telegraph'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn't just explain how our lives migh...

This book consolidates current knowledge in the field and discusses psychiatric disorders among the elderly, while bridging the gap between clinica...

When we look at an object, do we see what''s really there? In this follow-up to the highly provocative Why We See What We Do, D. Purves and R. Beau...

** Published in the U.S. as The Self-Driven Child**A hands-off parenting guide to nurture independent thinking and collaboration for happier, smart...

Almost everybody has an obsession or feels a compulsion to do something a certain way. Magic numbers, intrusive thoughts, unusual fears and superst...

Mismatch negativity (MMN) is the electrophysiological change-detection response of the brain. MMN is stimulated when there is any discernible chang...

In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between life and death, which the...

Acclaimed journalist Lone Frank embarks on an incredible adventure to the frontiers of neuroscience, revealing how todays top scientists are reinve...

Since Alois Alzheimer described the results of his postmortem studies in 1906, significant strides have been made in understanding the pathogenesis...

The Encyclopedia of Pain includes more than 3,000 entries and provides clear, detailed and up-to-date coverage of the current state of research, an...

This book provides the means for every teacher to build a base of understanding in three essential learning sciencesneuroscience, cognitive psychol...

Leading us through cognitive theory, neuroscience and Darwinian evolution with his trademark wit and wisdom, Michael Corballis explains what we kno...

Vision, more than any other sense, dominates our mental life. Our conscious visual experience of the world is so rich and detailed that we can hard...

What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraord...

Welcome to a revolution in the science of human health...This book takes us to the frontier of medical research and reveals stunning recent advance...