Neurosciences

Science is growing at a pace that exceeds our comprehension. This is no less true of neuroscience than any other discipline. Ambiguity about what i...

The study of attention is central to psychology. In this work, Michael Posner, a pioneer in attention research, presents the science of attention i...

Embodied Visions presents a groundbreaking analysis of film through the lens of bioculturalism, revealing how human biology as well as human cultur...

What is attention? How does it go wrong? Do attention deficits arise from genes or from the environment? Can we cure it with drugs or training? Are...

The idea of a disjunctive theory of visual experiences first found expression in J.M. Hinton's pioneering 1973 book Experiences. In the first monog...

This book looks back at the simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 5...

Embodied Visions presents a groundbreaking analysis of film through the lens of bioculturalism, revealing how human biology as well as human cultur...

Ethicists and psychologists have become increasingly interested in the development of virtue in recent years, approaching the topic from the perspe...

Many people believe that pleasure and desire are obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior. In The Pleasure Center, Morten Kringelbach revea...

As technology has opened new windows into the brain, it has clarified what happens there when people make decisions about money. This clarity has p...

From William James to Sigmund Freud to Jean Piaget to B.F. Skinner, scholars (and parents!) have wondered how children move from the blooming, buzz...

Most people are surprised to learn that seeing has not yet been explained by science. Incredibly, scientists cannot even explain why some surfaces ...

The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to prob...

Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? In addressing this "hard problem" of consciousness, we face a central human ch...

We effortlessly remember all sorts of events - from simple events like people walking to complex events like leaves blowing in the wind. We can als...

The demand and opportunity for cross-cultural technology design is rapidly rising due to globalization. However, all too often resulting technologi...

Galvani's Spark chronicles the gradual understanding of the nerve impulse which is the basis of all thoughts, sensations and actions. The story beg...

Vision and memory are two of the most intensively studied topics in psychology and neuroscience. The present book concerns the interaction between ...

How much can we learn about normal visual perception and cognition from a malfunctioning visual system? Quite a lot, as Michael McCloskey makes abu...

Why do people find monkeys and apes so compelling to watch? One clear answer is that they seem so similar to us--a window into our own minds and ho...

How does motivation work? The classic answer is that people are motivated to approach pleasure and avoid pain, that they are motivated by "carrots ...

The saga of sex differences in brain and behavior begins with a tiny sperm swimming toward a huge egg, to contribute its tiny Y chromosome plus its...

Mental imagery has always been a controversial topic in psychology. The major problem has been the inherently private nature of mental images, whic...

Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? In addressing this ¨hard problem¨ of consciousness, we face a central human ch...