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5 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm

Neuro retreat : a small sample of brain research conducted at Berkeley.

xiii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

A day in the life of the brain : the neuroscience of consciousness from dawn till dusk / Susan Greenfield.

Investigates the brain's hidden logic behind seemingly irrational behaviors to explain how conscious and unconscious systems interact in order to create experiences and preserve the sense of self. --Publisher's description.

Neurologic : the brain's hidden rationale behind our irrational behavior / Eliezer J. Sternberg.

"In this provocative, mind-bending international bestseller, prize-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reveals his life's work exploring the inner workings of the human brain. Sigman's ambition is to explain the mind so that we can understand ourselves and others more deeply. He shows how we form ideas during our first days of life, how we give shape to our fundamental decisions, how we dream and imagine, why we feel certain emotions, how the brain transforms and how who we are changes with it. Sigman looks at the development of language, how bilingualism helps us to think and how our notions of what is good and fair develop far earlier than we think."--From jacket.

The secret life of the mind : how our brain thinks, feels and decides / Mariano Sigman.

"Within our heads, we carry around an infinite and endlessly unfolding map of the world. Navigation is one of the most ancient neural abilities we have - older even than language - and in 'Dark and Magical Places', Christopher Kemp embarks on a journey to discover the remarkable extent of what our minds can do. From the secrets of supernavigators to the strange, dreamlike environments inhabited by people with "place blindness", he will explore the myriad ways in which we find our way, explain the cutting-edge neuroscience that is transforming our understanding of it - and try to answer why, for a species with a highly sophisticated internal navigation system that evolved over millions of years, do humans get lost such a lot?"--From publisher's website. <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/books/YW7QGhEAACIANf_z">https://wellcomecollection.org/books/YW7QGhEAACIANf_z</a>

Dark and magical places : the neuroscience of how we navigate / Christopher Kemp.

Very short introductions

xviii, 134 pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm.

Cognitive neuroscience : a very short introduction / Richard Passingham.

From the publisher. Recent neuroscience, in replacing the old model of the brain as a single centralized source of control, has emphasized "plasticity," the quality by which our brains develop and change throughout the course of our lives. Our brains exist as historical products, developing in interaction with themselves and with their surroundings. Hence there is a thin line between the organization of the nervous system and the political and social organization that both conditions and is conditioned by human experience. Looking carefully at contemporary neuroscience, it is hard not to notice that the new way of talking about the brain mirrors the management discourse of the neo-liberal capitalist world in which we now live, with its talk of decentralization, networks, and flexibility. Consciously or unconsciously, science cannot but echo the world in which it takes place. In the neo-liberal world, "plasticity" can be equated with "flexibility"-a term that has become a buzzword in economics and management theory. The plastic brain would thus represent just another style of power, which, although less centralized, is still a means of control. In this book, Catherine Malabou develops a second, more radical meaning for plasticity. Not only does plasticity allow our brains to adapt to existing circumstances, it opens a margin of freedom to intervene, to change those very circumstances. Such an understanding opens up a newly transformative aspect of the neurosciences. In insisting on this proximity between the neurosciences and the social sciences, Malabou applies to the brain Marx's well-known phrase about history: people make their own brains, but they do not know it.This book is a summons to such knowledge.

Perspectives in continental philosophy

What should we do with our brain? / Catherine Malabou ; foreword by Marc Jeannerod ; translated by Sebastian Rand.

xi, 387 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Genes, brains, and human potential : the science and ideology of intelligence / Ken Richardson.

"The study of music and the brain can be traced back to the work of Gall in the 18th century, continuing with John Hughlings Jackson, August Knoblauch, Richard Wallaschek, and others. These early researchers were interested in localizing musicality in the brain and learning more about how music is processed in both healthy individuals and those with dysfunctions of various kinds. Since then, the research literature has mushroomed, especially in the latter part of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain is a groundbreaking compendium of current research on music in the human brain. It brings together an international roster of 54 authors from 13 countries providing an essential guide to this rapidly growing field. The major themes include Music, the Brain, and Cultural Contexts; Music Processing in The Human Brain; Neural Responses to Music; Musicianship and Brain Function; Developmental Issues in Music and the Brain; Music, the Brain, and Health; and the Future. Each chapter offers a thorough review of the current status of research literature as well as an examination of limitations of knowledge and suggestions for future advancement and research efforts. The book is valuable for a broad readership including neuroscientists, musicians, clinicians, researchers and scholars from related fields but also readers with a general interest in the topic."--

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xi, 835 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm.

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Neuro retreat : a small sample of brain research conducted at Berkeley.

A day in the life of the brain : the neuroscience of consciousness from dawn till dusk / Susan Greenfield.

Neurologic : the brain's hidden rationale behind our irrational behavior / Eliezer J. Sternberg.

The secret life of the mind : how our brain thinks, feels and decides / Mariano Sigman.

Dark and magical places : the neuroscience of how we navigate / Christopher Kemp.

Cognitive neuroscience : a very short introduction / Richard Passingham.

What should we do with our brain? / Catherine Malabou ; foreword by Marc Jeannerod ; translated by Sebastian Rand.

Genes, brains, and human potential : the science and ideology of intelligence / Ken Richardson.

The Oxford handbook of music and the brain / edited by Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges.

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Neuro retreat : a small sample of brain research conducted at Berkeley.

A day in the life of the brain : the neuroscience of consciousness from dawn till dusk / Susan Greenfield.

Neurologic : the brain's hidden rationale behind our irrational behavior / Eliezer J. Sternberg.

The secret life of the mind : how our brain thinks, feels and decides / Mariano Sigman.

Dark and magical places : the neuroscience of how we navigate / Christopher Kemp.

Cognitive neuroscience : a very short introduction / Richard Passingham.

What should we do with our brain? / Catherine Malabou ; foreword by Marc Jeannerod ; translated by Sebastian Rand.

Genes, brains, and human potential : the science and ideology of intelligence / Ken Richardson.

The Oxford handbook of music and the brain / edited by Michael H. Thaut and Donald A. Hodges.

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