Neuroscience Books
Curious Intimacy: Art and Neuro-psychoanalysis
The subject of the application of neuroscience to psychoanalysis is a growing one which aims to give a new perspective on the future for psychoanalysis. A Curious Intimacy will have great appeal for... (more)
Neurobiology for Clinical Social Work: Theory and Practice
This book can be used as a resource tool for social workers informing them about new findings from research on attachment and neurobiology. Explaining the insights of basic brain research for social... (more)
Neuropsychology of Art: Neurological, Cognitive and Evolutionary Perspectives: Second Edition
Fully updated, the second edition of Neuropsychology of Art offers a fascinating exploration of the brain regions and neuronal systems which support artistic creativity, talent and appreciation. This... (more)
A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia - A Clinician's Guide:
Bridging the gulf between the cognitive neuropsychological theory and its practical implications, this clinician's guide interprets the theoretical literature and relates it directly to available... (more)
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Developments in brain science are... (more)
Mind Wide Open: Why You Are What You Think
Mind Wide Open: Why You Are What You Think takes us on a journey to the frontiers of brain science and reveals exactly how we're hardwired to think and feel. 'You are part reptile, part mammal, part... (more)
4th International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Congress DVD (NTSC Format)
4-disc DVD box-set of the First Education Day held during the 4th International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Congress in New York in July 2003. NTSC format is compatible in North America. For PAL format see... (more)
4th International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Congress DVD (PAL Format)
4-disc DVD box-set of the First Education Day held during the 4th International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Congress in New York in July 2003. PAL format is compatible in all regions except North America.... (more)
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Argues that what is described as the self, or the essence of who a person is, reflects the interactions between the neurons and the synapses in the brain, allowing us to think, act, feel, believe,... (more)
Neuroscience: An Introduction
This engaging book will serve as an introductory text in neuroscience. It conveys important ideas in neuroscience without overburdening the student with unnecessary detail. Drawing from his 35 years... (more)
Textbook of Biological Psychiatry
This textbook integrates the basic science concerning brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders alongside surveys of standard clinical treatment. Organized in a coherent and easy-to-follow structure,... (more)
Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists:
The second edition of this textbook provides the occupational therapy student with descriptions of perceptual and cognitive abilities, supported by theoretical models. The text has been updated... (more)
Fugitive Minds: On Madness, Sleep and Other Twilight Afflictions
We know considerably more about the functioning of the brain than we did fifty years ago, but so many of its behaviours remain mysterious. How can we make sense of spirit possession or the psychology... (more)
Neuropsychological Assessment: Fifth Edition
Now in its Fifth Edition, Neuropsychological Assessment reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. This is the 35th anniversary of the landmark first... (more)
Cognitive Neuropsychology and Language Rehabilitation: A Special Issue of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
This volume is mainly based upon contributions presented at a workshop on the relationships between cognitive neuropsychology and aphasia rehabilitation. (more)
The Self in Neuroscience and Psychiatry
This book focuses on neuropsychiatric models of self-consciousness, set against introductory essays describing the philosophical, historical and psychological approaches. (more)
Consciousness
In this thought-provoking title, neurologist Adam Zeman offers an enlightening view of consciousness seen through the lenses of science and philosophy, enhancing his discussion with case studies of... (more)
Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology:
Written by researchers in neuropsychology, "Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology" (fifth edition) guides students on a comprehensive journey of discovery through the realm of contemporary human... (more)
Mapping the Mind: The Intersection of Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience
This reissued classic text is a comprehensive guide to the basics that shows simply how things work. Each chapter begins with a precis to relate the contents to the wider context and the book ends... (more)
Cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment: Theory and practice
To deal realistically with the problem of doing neuropsychological assessment without norms, the author of this book describes the principles of a "behavioural neuropsychology", and then sets out... (more)
Disorders of Brain and Mind Volume 2
In recent years there have been major advances in areas of clinical neuroscience including neurogenetics, neuroimaging and the scientific study of consciousness. Disorders of Brain and Mind II brings... (more)
Gene Worship: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate over Genes, Brain, and Gender
Gene Worship criticizes and gives alternatives to the new, pervasive genetic expanations for human behaviour. Written by two scholars internationallyy known for their research on brain development... (more)
Brave new mind: A thoughtful inquiry into the nature and meaning of mental life
A historical and critical account of the development of the computational metaphor on the mind. According to this metaphor, the mind is viewed simply as an "outgrowth" or "emergent property" of the... (more)