Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude)....

Draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate and strengthen one's brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth. Listeners learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger.

"A scientific look at something that affects us all--annoying spouses, car alarms, fingernails on a chalkboard, coworkers, missed planes, bad dreams, dropped calls, bed bugs, even the sounds coming out of everyone else's iPod--while still being humorous, surprising, and helpful"--

"An engaging and deeply reported investigation of friendship: its evolution, purpose, and centrality in human and nonhuman lives alike. The bonds of friendship are universal and elemental. In Friendship, journalist Lydia Denworth visits the front lines of the science of friendship in search of its biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations. Finding it to be as old as life on the African savannas, she also discovers that friendship is...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.
“Compelling…Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he presents us are worth the trip.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Future of the Mind brings a topic that once...

Our senses! Thanks to them, our brains are constantly flooded with information about the world around us. What may surprise you is that we're not all wired the same way, and some of us are unable to understand exactly what we're sensing. People with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a newly identified neurological condition, as well as those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are frequently misunderstood by others when they over- or under-react...

"Cognitive Learning" is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the process of cognitive learning psychologically. It is a study guide with in-depth explanations. Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced systematically so students can learn and retain the materials intuitively....

An all-star lineup of scientists takes you to the front lines of brain research. Are we born to be shy? Why do we remember some events so clearly and others not at all? Are creativity and depression somehow linked? Do our dreams really have deeper meanings? Now in paperback, here is a wonderfully accessible introduction to the most important recent findings about how our health, behavior, feelings, and identities are influenced by what goes on inside...

"How Freud, Jung, and Wilson Cured Addiction and the Treatment Industry Closed Its Ears: A Peer Reviewed Analysis of the Brain," lays out in critical detail how the theoretical foundation for the cure of addictions was in place a century before technological advances would support those findings. This volume presents to the world the only neuro-chemical diagnostic model for addictions based upon personality, as well as the first emotion regulation...

Sea Lavender "Time and memory are inextricably linked, without one there cannot be either.” Imagine if it were possible to explore another’s' memory in vivid sense-surround virtual reality...finding and recording, erasing or supplanting life's forgotten recollections. Experimental neuroscientist Doctor Elizabeth's Graham has done just that by developing powerful tools to navigate through distant memories and uncover long lost secrets. Unknown...