Neuroscience
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The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down
$28.00 Read moreStorytelling, a tradition that built human civilization, may soon destroy it
Humans are storytelling animals. Stories are what make our societies possible. Countless books celebrate their virtues. But
- Author: Gottschall, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1541645960
- Language: English
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Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
$18.99 Add to cartA tour through the groundbreaking science behind the enigmatic, but crucial, brain developments of adolescence and how those translate into teenage behavior
The brain creates every feeling, emotion, a- Author: Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1541742745
- Language: English
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Phantoms in the Brain
$18.99 Add to cartNeuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran is internationally renowned for uncovering answers to the deep and quirky questions of human nature that few scientists have dared to address. His bold insights about … [more below]
- Author: Ramachandran, V. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 18 1999
- ISBN10: 0688172172
- Language: English
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Memory
$16.95 Add to cartA short, accessible primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Why do we vividly recall a traumatic childhood event but forget where we left our- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Craik, Fergus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545209
- Language: English
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Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: Practical Strategies for Peak Health and Performance
$18.99 Add to cartWith engrossing stories from the OR and the lab, a leading neurosurgeon and neuroscientist explores the cutting-edge science that can be applied to everyday life for peak performance, improved memory,… [more below]
- Author: Jandial, Rahul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0358410959
- Language: English
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Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood
$19.99 Add to cartHealth and science journalist Chelsea Conaboy explodes the concept of “maternal instinct” and tells a new story about what it means to become a parent.
Conaboy expected things to change with the birth- Author: Conaboy, Chelsea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1250871425
- Language: English
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The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary
$30.00 Add to cartThe author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Foods offers a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to their “factory settings”–to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression and t
- Series: Genius Living #2
- Author: Lugavere, Max
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0062892819
- Language: English
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The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook: Using the Brain’s Neuroplasticity to Break the Cycle of Chronic Pain
$25.95 Add to cartFree yourself from chronic pain with this powerful, evidence-based workbook.
Do you suffer from back, knee, or neck pain, migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or any other condition that causes chronic
- Author: Blackstone, Vanessa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1648483763
- Language: English
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The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
$19.00 Add to cartA brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world
“This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in- Author: Clark, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0525567259
- Language: English
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Father Nature: The Science of Paternal Potential
$32.95 Read moreHow and why human males evolved the capacity to be highly involved caregivers–and why some are more involved than others.
We all know the importance of mothers. They are typically as paramount in the- Author: Rilling, James K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0262048930
- Language: English
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Shift: Managing Your Emotions–So They Don’t Manage You
$29.00 Add to cartA myth-busting, science-based guide that addresses the timeless question of how to manage your emotional life using tools you already possess–from the bestselling author of Chatter.
Whether it’s anxi- Author: Kross, Ethan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593444418
- Language: English
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Just Following Orders: Atrocities and the Brain Science of Obedience
$39.99 Add to cartHow can obedience and carrying out orders lead to horrific acts such as the Holocaust or the genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, or Bosnia? For the most part, it is a mystery why obeying instructions from … [more below]
- Author: Caspar, Emilie A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 261
- Publish Date: September 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1009385437
- Language: English
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Letters
$40.00 Add to cartThe letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends… [more below]
- Author: Sacks, Oliver
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0451492919
- Language: English
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The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing
$30.00 Add to cartThe follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief–and life’s other major stressors–on the human
- Author: O’Connor, Mary-Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0063338904
- Language: English
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Psychology According to Shakespeare: What You Can Learn about Human Nature from Shakespeare’s Great Plays
$28.95 Add to cartWilliam Shakespeare has undergone psychological analyses ever since Freud diagnosed Hamlet with an Oedipus complex. But now, two psychologists propose to turn the tables by telling how Shakespeare him
- Author: Zimbardo, Philip G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1633889602
- Language: English
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The Power of Prions: The Strange and Essential Proteins That Can Cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Diseases
$24.95 Add to cartThe remarkable family of proteins that can make us very ill–but can also be linked to long-term memory, immunity, and the origin of life
Over the last decade, scientists have discovered the importanc- Author: Brahic, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0691252386
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind.
Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? Wh- Author: Sigman, Mariano
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0316549622
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
$17.95 Add to cartA leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science.
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Barres, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0262539543
- Language: English
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
$19.00 Add to cartIf the conscious mind–the part you consider to be you–is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing?
In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates- Author: Eagleman, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0307389928
- Language: English
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Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety
$20.00 Read more“A rigorous, in-depth guide to the history, philosophy, and scientific exploration of this widespread emotional state . . . LeDoux] offers a magisterial review of the role of mind and brain in the ge… [more below]
- Author: LeDoux, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 23 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109049
- Language: English
