Brain Science

Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus examines the partnership of sound and brain, showing for the first time that the processing of sound drives many of the brain's core functions. Our hearing is always on - we can't close our ears the way we close our eyes - and yet we can ignore sounds that are unimportant. We don't just hear; we engage with sounds. Kraus explores what goes on in our brains when we hear a word - or a chord, or a meow, or a screech.

Joe Biel, author of A People’s Guide to Publishing, draws on twenty-six years of business ownership and management experience to walk you through how to think like a business owner, plan, strategize, manage budgets, scale up, and keep your focus on what’s most important. Dr. Faith Harper, author of the bestselling Unf--k Your Brain, provides vital skills that aren’t often lauded in business books, such as overcoming imposter syndrome and other fears, communicating your boundaries, and building mutually beneficial relationships.

Immerse yourself in the enriching experience of personal growth and self-discovery with "Mindful Journeys". This compelling eBook invites you to embark on a transformative expedition into mindfulness, a practice grounded in the power of the present moment. Setting sail with an engaging introduction to mindfulness, the book elucidates the profound understanding and historical origins of this philosophy. Become one with the essence of mindfulness, exploring its multitudinous benefits that can beautify your existence in awe-inspiring ways. Dive deep into the enigmatic realm of the brain with ...

Welcome to "Fascinating Stuff that will Tickle your Brain"! In this book, which is part of my 50-volume "Get Smarter One Book at a Time" series, I take you on a captivating journey through 30 intriguing topics spanning science, nature, history, and the mysteries of the mind. Throughout these pages, we'll explore the remarkable communication systems of ants, uncover the learning process of freshwater otters, and discover the age-old struggle between predator and prey, like wild goats evading their fast pursuers. We'll also travel back in time to examine the roles and challenges faced by ...

When I set out to write this book, my goal was simple: I wanted to tickle brains. As the ninth volume in my explorative 50-book series spanning science, philosophy and adventure, I knew this collection needed to delight and intrigue. I embarked on a journey of discovery, relying on AI chatbots to rapidly search the internet and unearth fascinating facts for me to transform into succinct essays. Peppered with my own perspectives stemming from a lifelong curiosity about the world, together we explored the everyday and the cosmic. From the nuts and bolts of sleep cycles to the existential ...

An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they’ve transformed.

Essays to entertain smart people, without excessive effort Entertaining, bite sized essays on business, fashion, science, words, and other caffenation derived topics This tiny book includes random essays from history, philosophy, business and science. Bill Yarberry, CPA, chemist, statistician, auditor, history buff, and curious person, explores topics ranging from loud shoes to captain obvious. Get new and powerful ideas by reading across multiple disciplines. Tiny Brain Snacks boosts your thinking skills by enhancing long-term neural potentiation growth via novel ideas. In other words, ...

For the first time on audio, this is an unabridged reading of a classic Doctor Who novelisation, based on a serial from the original TV series....Why do so many spaceships crash land on Karn, a bleak, lonely and seemingly deserted planet?

Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems - beliefs, behaviors, patterns - are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day? Once we systematically understand our relationship with money, can we overcome the mind and brain’s resistance to change? Especially when so many of the current popular strategies for change are contrary to the way the mind and brain work?

A leading science writer examines how the brain's capacity reaches its peak in middle ageFor many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression.

In the early days of the Cold War, a spirit of desperate scientific rivalry birthed a different kind of space race: not the race to outer space that we all know, but a race to master the inner space of the human body. While surgeons on either side of the Iron Curtain competed to become the first to transplant organs like the kidney and heart, a young American neurosurgeon had an even more ambitious thought: Why not transplant the brain?

What does your brain have to do with experiencing joy? A lot more than most of us realize. In this breakthrough book, Dr. Earl Henslin reveals how the study of brain imaging turned his practice of psychotherapy upside down—with remarkably positive results. Listen to this practical, easy-to-understand, and often entertaining book, and you'll know exactly how to nourish your mind, balance your brain, and help others do the same. After all, the capacity for joy is a terrible thing to waste.

In this groundbreaking book, Steven Campbell (affectionately known as the "Brain Whisperer") shows you how to use the new brain science to transform your life: end negative thinking, improve focus and clarity, enhance problem solving, and simply be happier.

The Memory Thief is the remarkable true story of a team of doctors who - through years of scientific sleuthing and observant care - discover a surprising connection between opioids and memory, one that holds promise and peril for any one of us.

Brains Through Time examines how vertebrate nervous systems evolved in conjunction with other organ systems and the planet's ecology. Surveying an enormous range of information on genes and proteins, sensory and motor systems, central neural circuits, physiology, and animal behavior, the authors reconstruct the major changes that occurred as vertebrates emerged and then diversified.

La idea del cerebro como máquina, propuesta por primera vez hace siglos, ha llevado a suposiciones sobre la relación entre la mente y el cerebro que los científicos y los filósofos persiguen hasta nuestros días. Gazzaniga, sin embargo, afirma que se trata precisamente de lo contrario: los cerebros hacen máquinas, pero no pueden reducirse a una.

An introduction to the parts of the brain and how they function. Thoughts and feelings, movements, and brain injuries are discussed.

This is the story of how your life shapes your brain and how your brain shapes your life. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are 'you'? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?

World Brain is a collection of essays and addresses by the English science fiction pioneer, social reformer, evolutionary biologist and historian H. G. Wells, dating from the period of 1936–1938. Throughout the book, Wells describes his vision of the World Brain: a new, free, synthetic, authoritative, permanent “World Encyclopedia” that could help world citizens make the best use of universal information resources and make the best contribution to world peace.

In Fast Asleep, Dr. Michael Mosley brings together the latest, groundbreaking science to explain exactly why it is so important that we regularly get enough sleep. Prone to insomnia, he has taken part in numerous sleep experiments and tested every sleep remedy. Combining personal insight and in-depth research, he explains why so many of us struggle with sleep, what works and what doesn’t, and shares his own myth-busting program to help you achieve a good night’s rest.