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Frances E. Jensen · 384 pages
Drawing on her research, knowledge, and clinical experience, internationally respected neurologist and mother of two boys Frances E. Jensen, MD, offers a revolutionary look at the adolescent brain, providing remarkable insights that translate into practical advice both for parents and teenagers. Driven by the assumption that brain growth was almost complete by the time a child reached puberty, sci
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
John Medina · 304 pages
Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—such as the brain's need for physical activity to work at its best.How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman · 352 pages
In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language? NurtureSh
Brainstorm: The Teenage Brain from the Inside Out
Daniel J. Siegel · 327 pages
Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening and challenging ways. In this book, the author, a psychiatrist busts a number of commonly held myths about adolescence. He shows that, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form
Seeing Voices
Oliver Sacks · 186 pages
A neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language.
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
James Fallon · 246 pages
A compelling career memoir by an award-winning neuroscientist describes how while studying his own family's brain scans for research he made the disturbing discovery that his own reflected a pattern he recognized from those in the brains of serial killers, a finding that offered new insights into the role of biology in behavior.
The Psychopath Whisperer: Inside the Minds of Those Without a Conscience
Kent A. Kiehl · 304 pages
The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity
Bruce M. Hood · 334 pages
Superstitious habits are common. Do you ever cross your fingers, knock on wood, avoid walking under ladders, or step around black cats? Sentimental value often supersedes material worth. If someone offered to replace your childhood teddy bear or wedding ring with a brand new, exact replica, would you do it?
The Female Brain
Louann Brizendine · 279 pages
While doing research as a medical student at Yale and then as a resident and faculty member at Harvard, Dr. Brizendine discovered that almost all of the clinical data on neurology, psychology, and neurobiology focused exclusively on males. In response to the need for information on the female mind, Brizendine established the first clinic in the country to study and treat women's brain function. At
Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
Andrew B. Newberg, Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause · 240 pages
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin · 528 pages
The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accom
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
Susan Blackmore · 554 pages
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Michael S. Gazzaniga · 260 pages
"The "father of cognitive neuroscience" makes a powerful and provocative argument against today's common wisdom that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes we cannot control"--
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
Daniel L. Schacter · 279 pages
"Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Psychology Department and a leading expert on memory, has developed the first framework that describes the basic memory miscues we all encounter. Just like the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life. Schacter explains how transience reflects a weakening of memory over time, how absent-mindedness occurs when f
How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Andrew B. Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman · 360 pages
God is great--for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That's the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe. Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on memory patients and meditators, their Web-based survey of people's religious and spiritual experiences, and their analyses of adult drawings of God, neu
The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain
Alice W. Flaherty · 321 pages
The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul
Mario Beauregard, Denyse O'Leary · 368 pages
Do religious experiences come from God, or are they merely the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on his own research with Carmelite nuns, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard shows that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. He offers compelling evidence that religious experiences have a nonmaterial origin, making a convincing case for what many in scientific fields are
How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control
Sarah E. Hill · 320 pages
Social Intelligence: The Revolutionary New Science of Human Relationships
Daniel Goleman · 403 pages
Explores the nature of human relationships, finding that humans are "wired to connect," and bringing together the latest research in biology and neuroscience to reveal how one's daily encounters shape the brain and affect the body. "Humans have a built-in bias toward empathy, cooperation and altruism, provided we develop the social intelligence to nurure these capabilities in ourselves and others.
Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences
Cordelia Fine · 320 pages
Subtitle: How our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, the author criticizes claims about innate biological differences between men and women's minds as being faulty and exaggerated and considers how cultural and societal beliefs contribute to sex differences. Cornelia Fine is an academic psychologist.