Neuroscience Books
Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology and Philosophy
When people confabulate, they make a false claim that they honestly believe is true. The book contains countless fascinating examples of confabulatory behaviour - people falsely recalling events from... (more)
Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
In this pioneering book, neuroscientist John T. Cacioppo unveils his groundbreaking research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our... (more)
Presence of Mind in Neurophysiological Processes
This book is a study of the simultaneous physiological recordings and psychoanalytic observations when emotional/psychological responses to external stimuli occur pari passu with observed... (more)
Neuroanatomy of Social Behaviour: An Evolutionary and Psychoanalytic Perspective
This book is for readers who are knowledgeable about the neurosciences and curious about brain mechanisms that produce normal and pathological social behaviour. It is a reference work that presents... (more)
Forensic Neuropsychology in Practice: A Guide to Assessment and Legal Processes
Clinical psychologists and psychiatrists are increasingly being asked to prepare reports for legal purposes. These might involve issues regarding the clients own mental state at the time they... (more)
Memory Rehabilitation
From a well-known authority, this comprehensive yet accessible book shows how state-of-the-art research can be applied to help people with nonprogressive memory disorders improve their functioning... (more)
Principles of Memory
In over 100 years of scientific research on human memory, and nearly 50 years after the so-called cognitive revolution, we have nothing that really constitutes a widely accepted and frequently cited... (more)
Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind
Ever wonder why you repeat the same negative thoughts in your head? Why you keep coming back for more from hurtful family members, friends, or significant others? Why you keep falling into the same... (more)
Reading Minds: A Guide to the Cognitive Neuroscience Revolution
Reading Minds is a practical guide to the cognitive science revolution. With fascinating descriptions of studies of the mind, from the brain scans of lovers and liars in London to the eye movements... (more)
Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience: Philosophical Perspectives
"Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience" is a philosophical analysis of the role of neuroscience in the study of psychopathology. The book examines numerous cognitive neuroscientific methods, such as... (more)
Explaining the Brain: Mechanisms and the Mosaic Unity of Neuroscience
What distinguishes good explanations in neuroscience from bad? Carl F. Craver constructs and defends standards for evaluating neuroscientific explanations that are grounded in a systematic view of... (more)
Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will
If humans are purely physical, and if it is the brain that does the work formerly assigned to the mind or soul, then how can it fail to be the case that all of our thoughts and actions are determined... (more)
Methods in Social Neuroscience
Straightforward and practical, this is the first book to provide detailed guidance for using neurobiological methods in the study of human social behavior, personality, and affect. Each chapter... (more)
A Relational Approach to Rehabilitation: Thinking about Relationships after Brain Injury
This book is one of very few books on the topic of family adaptation and relationships after brain injury. It is an important topic because of the unique impact that such a trauma can have on... (more)
The Unwell Brain: Understanding the Psychobiology of Mental Health
'What is going on in the brain of a person suffering a debilitating psychological disorder?' So begins Scott Kraly's explanation of how brain chemistry affects behaviour. While we continue to learn... (more)
Infant/Child Mental Health, Early Intervention, and Relationship-Based Therapies: A Neurorelational Framework for Interdisciplinary Practice
A groundbreaking neuroscientific understanding of infant and child development. The fields of infant mental health and early intervention have expanded rapidly, contributing to fragmentation across... (more)
Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development and Clinical Practice
We are hardwired to connect with one another, and we connect through our emotions. Our brains, bodies, and minds are inseparable from the emotions that animate them.
Normal human development relies... (more)
From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self
Leading neuroscientist Todd E. Feinberg asks what dementia, delusions and other neurological disorders can teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self. By... (more)
Brain Change Therapy: Clinical Interventions for Self-Transformation
Using principles from hypnosis, biofeedback, object relations therapy and cognitive therapy, therapists learn how to help their clients calm themselves, remove stress and achieve goals. With a range... (more)
Psycho-Physical Dualism Today: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Philosophers and scientists have recently been showing renewed interest in dualistic conceptions of the human mind, owing to growing acknowledgment of the failings of materialism and reductionism in... (more)
Understanding Consciousness: Second Edition
Provides a unique survey and evaluation of consciousness studies, along with an original analysis of consciousness that combines scientific findings, philosophy and common sense. Building on the... (more)
Cognitive Dysfunction in Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Clinicians
The first comprehensive book of its kind, this book compiles the latest data in neuropsychology, neuroimaging, neurogenetics, and functional outcomes research to enable clinicians to more effectively... (more)
Art Therapy and Clinical Neuroscience
An authoritative introductory account of the latest developments in neuroscience and its impact on art therapy theory and practice. Contributors explore the complex relationship between art and... (more)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we understand our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the... (more)
What Color Is Your Brain? A Fun and Fascinating Approach to Understanding Yourself and Others
Why do you zig while others zag? What makes you seem unique or peculiar to some people, yet similar or comforting to others? The differences are in our personalities and how they shade our perception... (more)
Who's Who of the Brain: A Guide to Its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do
Meet the inhabitants of the brain in this reader-friendly introduction to what it is and how it works. Residents include Frederick Foresight (the frontal cortex), Mayor of Cephalton-upon-Ridge, who... (more)
Social Neuroscience: 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... (more)
The Fundamentals of Brain Development: Integrating Nature and Nurture
In a remarkable synthesis of the research of the last two decades, a leading developmental neuroscientist provides psychologists with a sophisticated introduction to the brain - the system that... (more)
NeuroAnalysis: Bridging the Gap between Neuroscience, Psychoanalysis, and Psychiatry
"NeuroAnalysis" investigates using the neural network and neural computation models to bridge the divide between psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience when diagnosing mental health disorders... (more)