What Neuroscience Reveals about the Compulsion to Believe
Does neuroscience have anything to say about religious belief or the existence of God? Some have tried to answer this question, but, in doing so, most have strayed from the scientific method. In The Phantom God, computational biologist and neuroscientist John C. Wathey, Ph.D., tackles this problem head-on, exploring religious feelings not as ......
The Neurobehavioral Consequences of Multiple Sclerosis
Written in an immediate, accessible way, this book has a crossover appeal, making it of interest not only to neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, occupational therapists, and nurses but to people with MS and their caregivers, family, and friends.
Of all the mental illnesses, schizophrenia eludes us the most. No matter the strides scientists have made in neurological research nor doctors have made in psychiatric treatment, schizophrenia remains misunderstood, almost complacently mythologized. Without a reason for the illness, patients feel even more alienated than they already do, ......
The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries. Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with extensive ......
An all-in-one guide for helping caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease to address speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and to distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging. Advances in science mean that people are more likely to survive a stroke or live for many years after being diagnosed ......
The essential guide to recovering from concussion and other brain injuries. Recovering from a brain injury can be a challenging and prolonged process. Learn how to maximize your recovery from the effects of brain injuries with the guidance of Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD, and Vani Rao, MBBS, MD, two leading medical experts with extensive ......
How the Manipulation of Language Affects Our Minds
From Machiavelli to P. T. Barnum to Donald Trump, many have perfected the art of strategically using language to gain the upper hand, set a tone, change the subject, or influence people's beliefs and behaviors. Language--both words themselves and rhetorical tactics such as metaphor, irony, slang, and humor--can effectively manipulate the minds of ......
One Woman's Yearlong Journey to Discover If Science Can Improve Her Mi
Using herself as a guinea pig, a science journalist explores "neuroplasticity" to find out whether she can make meaningful, lasting changes to the way her brain works. In books like THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, THE NO-SPEND YEAR, and THE YEAR OF YES, individuals have tried a specific experience and then reported on it, sharing the takeaway for the rest ......
Examines human-animal interactions by applying research in the neurobiology and genetics that underlie human social functioning. Chapters describe the concepts and methodologies that social neuroscientists use to understand human social relationships, functioning, and the social bases of cognition, and apply these to understanding the role of ......
This book introduces the idea of the social brain networked in the world. The author's foundational thesis is that humans appear in evolution always, already, and everywhere social. We have social selves, social brains, and social genes.
This book explains in layperson's terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which ......
Ever wonder why some people have difficulty recognizing faces or why food found delicious in one culture is reviled in another? John M. Henshaw ponders these and other surprising facts in this fascinating and fast-paced tour of the senses.From when stimuli first excite our senses to the near-miraculous sense organs themselves to the mystery of how ......
Covers bullying, teasing, and victimization in child, adolescent, and adult populations. This book presents theoretical perspectives, including social cognition, social ecology, genetics and genetic-environment interactions, and social cognitive neuroscience. It analyses traditional aggression and victimization as well as social rejection.
"Being Seen" by Professor Selena Bartlett – the neuroscience-backed guide for modern parent navigating the digital age. Nurture your child's brain health,in the digital age. Empower yourself to connect with your child. Become the ultimate parent your child deserves. It's never too late to transform!
Where Contemporary Neuroscience Meets the Aristotelian Tradition
Matthew Owen argues in Measuring the Immeasurable Mind that it is possible to empirically detect and measure nonphysical consciousness. Toward this end, Owen proposes a model of neural correlates of consciousness informed by Aristotle's understanding of causal powers and Aquinas's view of human nature.
An all-in-one guide for helping caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease to address speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and to distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging. Advances in science mean that people are more likely to survive a stroke or live for many years after being diagnosed ......
Where Contemporary Neuroscience Meets the Aristotelian Tradition
Matthew Owen argues in Measuring the Immeasurable Mind that it is possible to empirically detect and measure nonphysical consciousness. Toward this end, Owen proposes a model of neural correlates of consciousness informed by Aristotle's understanding of causal powers and Aquinas's view of human nature.
How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds? In Stories and the Brain, Paul Armstrong analyzes the cognitive processes involved in constructing and exchanging stories, exploring their role in the neurobiology of mental functioning.
Dr. Daniel Drachman, along with various illustrious colleagues, details the development of the Johns Hopkins Neurology Department from its inception in 1969 to the present. This highly illustrated, full-color work documents major innovations over the past 50 years and their impact on the field of neurology with respect to imaging, immunology, ......
This authoritative work, now thoroughly revised, has given thousands of clinicians, students, and researchers a state-of-the-art understanding of the human frontal lobes--the large brain region that plays a critical role in behavior, cognition, health, and disease. Leading experts from multiple disciplines address the anatomy and chemistry of the ......
This 15th volume in the Extraordinary Brain Series is focused on research in dyslexia and neuroscience in response to the Geschwind-Galabura hypothesis. Invited attendees of the 2016 Extraordinary Brain Symposium (hosted by The Dyslexia Foundation) revisited the hypothesis and assessed what remains to be investigated; this book is based on the ......
This book explains in laypersons' terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which ......
Bringing together leading researchers, this book comprehensively covers what is known about the amygdala, with a unique focus on what happens when this key brain region is damaged or missing. Offering a truly comparative approach, the volume presents research on rats, monkeys, and humans. It reports on compelling cases of people living without an ......
A leading neuroscientist offers the latest research and many new ideas on the connections between brain circuitry and conscious experience.How the mysterious three-pound organ in our heads creates the rich array of human mental experience, including the sense of self and consciousness, is one of the great challenges of 21st-century science.
Highly readable and accessible, this book describes how research in cognitive science is transforming the way scientists and clinicians think about abnormal behavior. Bruce Pennington draws on work from multiple disciplines to identify compelling links among psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurological disorders that are not generally studied ......
Synthesizing cutting-edge knowledge from multiple disciplines, this book explores the impact of acquired brain injury and developmental disabilities on children's emerging social skills. The editors present an innovative framework for understanding how brain processes interact with social development in both typically developing children and ......
This authoritative reference provides a comprehensive examination of the nature and functions of attention and its relationship to broader cognitive processes. The editor and contributors are leading experts who review the breadth of current knowledge, including behavioral, neuroimaging, cellular, and genetic studies, as well as developmental and ......
This update to Peter R. Mouton's pioneering work provides bioscientists with the concepts needed in order to apply the principles and practices of unbiased stereology to research involving biological tissues.Mouton starts with a brief explanation of the history and theory of the process before defining the terms, concepts, and tools of unbiased ......
This update to Peter R. Mouton's pioneering work provides bioscientists with the concepts needed in order to apply the principles and practices of unbiased stereology to research involving biological tissues.Mouton starts with a brief explanation of the history and theory of the process before defining the terms, concepts, and tools of unbiased ......
Examining brain-behavior relationships in a typically developing children, this volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. It features full color illustrations. It is suitable for practitioners and researchers in developmental and cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology.
Offers guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and affect. This book provides various chapters that cover neuroimaging techniques, genetic measurement, hormonal methods, lesion studies, facial electromyography, autonomic nervous system responses, and modeling based on neural networks.
Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior
Provides a broad overview of the field of social neuroscience. Showcasing an array of research programs, this volume presents various approaches to the study of how the brain influences social behavior, and vice versa. It discusses the theoretical advantages of taking a social neuroscience perspective.
Examining brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. It presents research on specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants of diabetic mothers.
Integrating Biological and Psychological Explanations of Social Behavior
This compelling volume provides a broad and accessible overview of the emerging field of social neuroscience. Showcasing an array of cutting-edge research programs, leading investigators present new approaches to the study of how the brain influences social behavior, and vice versa. The contributors discuss the theoretical advantages of taking a ......
Presents a unified theory of psychology and brain chemistry. This book explains how love significantly affects not only psychological well-being but physical health and personality traits as well.
