Neuroscience Books
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)
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)
Revolutionary Connections: Psychotherapy and Neuroscience
For many years psychotherapy and neuroscience have been estranged; existing on opposite ends of the spectrum concerned with the investigation of the mind. However in recent years, these two opposing... (more)
Connectionism and the Mind: Parallel Processing, Dynamics, and Evolution in Networks
Connectionism and the Mind provides a clear and balanced introduction to connectionist networks and explores their theoretical and philosophical implications. (more)
Case studies in neuropsychological rehabilitation:
After a discussion of late-1990s theory and research findings relating to rehabilitation of brain injury, this book presents 20 case studies of adults with severe brain injuries sustained several... (more)
Neurobiology
This updated text will continue to serve the needs of students in introductory neuroscience courses. Among topics highlighted in the 3rd edition are the superfamily of molecules responsible for... (more)
Mind and Nature: Essays on Time and Subject
This collection of essays extends the microgenetic theory of the mind/brain state to basic problems in process psychology and philosophy of mind. The authora s microtemporal model of brain activity... (more)
Cognitive Rehabilitation in Dementia:
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation provides an international forum for the publication of well designed and properly evaluated intervention strategies, survays, and observational procedures which are... (more)
Physiological Basis of Behaviour: Neural and Hormonal Processes
An introduction to the basic structures of the central nervous system, the techniques used in neuroscience and a short discussion of the affect of drugs on the brain. (more)
Clinical neuropsychology: Behavioral and brain science
This study of how normal and abnormal function of the brain affects human thought, emotion and behaviour focuses on the effects of localized brain damage and of specific brain disorders. The text... (more)
Cognitive neuroscience: A reader
This work offers a collection of readings in the area of cognitive neuroscience. The author has brought together papers ranging from the earliest articles discussing brain plasticity through to... (more)
Altered egos: how the brain creates the self
It may be the deepest mystery of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience: how does the brain unite to create the self, the subjective "I"? In this work, Dr. Todd Feinberg presents his theory of the... (more)
Mind, Brain, and Schizophrenia
The author of this accessible, well-written book argues that it is time to set aside the search for a single cause of schizophrenia and focus on the disease's final common pathway. He highlights... (more)
Disorders of Affect Regulation: Alexithymia in Medical and Psychiatric Illness
Here, the authors present recent thinking about the development and regulation of emotions, and argue that several common but difficult-to-treat psychiatric illnesses, including drug addictions, are... (more)
The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
Much of our emotional life is lived unconsciously and is far richer than our conscious feelings, for example, our unconscious mind will already be reacting to situations of danger some time before we... (more)
The Language Instinct
Looks at one of the most fundamental of our species' distinguishing characteristics: the use of language. The author argues that our language abilities are part of our genetic inheritance, not a... (more)
Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of Emotional Development
During the past decade a diverse group of disciplines have simultaneously intensified their attention upon the scientific study of emotion. This proliferation of research on affective phenomena has... (more)
The Neurobiological and Developmental Basis for Psychotherapeutic Intervention
This text addresses the relationship between early experiences and later difficulties in life. With contributions from researchers in this field, it presents a synthesis of psychoanalysis with... (more)
A Leg to Stand On
When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position - that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward... (more)
Memory in mind and brain - what dream imagery reveals
The nature of memory, dreams, and how the brain works is explored in this text. The author takes a multidiscipliniary approach, using data from neuroscience, psychology, biology and artificial... (more)
Psychodynamics and Cognition
Outlines ways that methods and ideas from cognitive and information science can be used to reformulate psychoanalytic concepts and to test them outside the psychoanalytic situation. Based on a 1984... (more)
A Moment of Transition: Two Neuroscientific Articles by Sigmund Freud
Translations of two neuroscientific articles by Freud are presented here for the first time in English. Alongside these, the editors offer convincing arguments for their importance to both... (more)
Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive theory of executive functioning (EF) with important clinical implications. Synthesizing cutting-edge neuropsychological and evolutionary research,... (more)
Living with Mild Brain Injury: The Difficulties of Diagnosis and Recovery from Post-Concussion Syndrome
This important book presents a unique, personal account of the impact a mild traumatic brain injury can have. It tells the story of Pauline, who was 33 when a late football tackle caused a bleed in... (more)
Adjusting to Brain Injury: Reflections from Survivors, Family Members and Clinicians
This important book in the After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Series tells the story of four people who suffered acquired brain injuries: Karl Hargreaves and Ashraf Sheikh as a result of road... (more)
The Digitalisation of InterSubjectivity: A Psy-Critique of the Digital Death Drive
This book explores the responsibility of psychological and neuropsychological perspectives in relation to the digitalisation of inter-subjectivity. It examines how integral their theories and models... (more)
Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect
Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly... (more)