Neuroscience Brain

Women are far more likely than men to suffer from anxiety, depression, migraines, brain injuries, strokes and Alzheimer's disease. But, until recently, scientific research has focused on 'bikini medicine,' assuming that women are essentially men with different reproductive organs. The XX Brain presents groundbreaking research showing that women's brains age distinctly from men's, due mostly to the decline of a key brain-protective hormone: estrogen.

Lauren Marks was 27 when an aneurysm ruptured in her brain and left her fighting for her life. She woke up in a hospital soon after with serious deficiencies to her reading, speaking, and writing abilities, and an unfamiliar diagnosis: aphasia. This would be shocking news for anyone, but Lauren was a voracious reader, an actress, director, dramaturg, and pursuing her PhD. At any other period of her life, this diagnosis would have been a devastating blow. But she woke up...different.

Over the past decade neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This splendidly accessible book explores the most intriguing findings of this research. With infectious enthusiasm, Rob DeSalle illuminates not only how we see, hear, smell, touch, taste, maintain balance, feel pain, and rely on other less familiar senses, but also how these senses shape our perception of the world aesthetically, artistically, and musically.

Relentless fear, chest pain, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath, among other things, are signs you’re having an anxiety or panic attack. Both may feel similar - this is because they share a lot of emotional and physical symptoms. However, an anxiety attack is a different condition from a panic attack. Anxiety can build gradually and is usually linked to an event, situation, or experience that’s perceived as threatening or stressful. Panic attacks, however, often occur out of the blue, and aren’t always cued by stressors.

What makes you the way you are - and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of our brains.

Dreams are a source of mystery. They have changed the course of individual lives and the world, spurring business deals, inspiring art and scientific breakthroughs, triggering military invasions and mental breakdowns. Yet the source of dreams is not mysterious. They are the product of normal brain electrophysiology and they follow the circadian rhythms, the day-night cycles that govern all life. Dr Rahul Jandial delves into decades of research into the dreaming brain and shares stories from his own practice to show the extraordinary impact that dreams have on our waking life.

From adrenaline to dopamine, most of us are familiar with the chemicals that control us. They are the hormones and neurotransmitters that our brains run on, and Overloaded looks at the role they play in every aspect of our lives, from what we remember, how we make decisions and who we love to basic survival drives such as hunger, fear and sleep.

In The Evolving Brain, evolutionary neuroscientist Paul Goldsmith reveals the reason why we feel this way - our brains are fundamentally no different to those of the very first humans. They evolved to help us survive our environment of millions of years ago, and since then the world around us has changed faster than our brains could ever hope to. Many of the issues we face in our daily lives stem from this mismatch - we are using an ancient tool to navigate our complex modern lives.

Providing readily accessible information and real-world encouragement to people living with primary and metastatic brain tumors, this book discusses the basics of brain tumors, types of tumors, management of different tumors, related symptoms, treatments and side effects, the role of medical team members, and coping strategies from initial diagnosis throughout the course of the illness. At the same time, it also offers practical suggestions on symptom management and lifestyle modification.

In Hyperefficient, Dr Mithu Storoni lays out the tools to retune our brains to the best settings for complex thinking, creativity, concentration, and decision-making. Based on intriguing scientific research, Hyperefficient is a must-have practical manual for your brain. Discover how to reach a brain state where prolonged mental work feels effortless - learn to thrive amidst the deluge of digital information at work, at home and in your whole life - become 'hyperefficient'.

La dopamina ha sido el tema de muchos debates y discusiones entre neurocientíficos, médicos y analistas. Ha sido controvertido y fascinante al mismo tiempo. La dopamina parece darnos motivación para tener éxito, hacer ejercicio, buscar recompensas, sobrevivir y procrear. Nos recompensa cuando seguimos nuestros instintos y puede ser la fuente de un comportamiento adictivo. Las personas con TDAH tienen desafíos especiales con respecto a la fluctuación de la dopamina y parecen sufrir con frecuencia una deficiencia o una sobredosis.

Cuando llega el momento de trabajar, de repente encontramos muchas otras cosas que hacer. En vez de trabajar hacia nuestros objetivos diarios , salimos a dar un paseo, salimos de compra, ponemos muchas excusas para no terminar un trabajo pendiente, etc. Quizás esta situación te resulte muy familiar y que simplemente estás recibiendo un exceso de estímulos y justamente este libro te ayudara a crear un habito de ayuno de dopamina el cual te ayudará a reducir tu nivel de estimulación y a recuperar tu concentración en 24 horas o menos.

Do you ever wonder what is going on inside your brain when you feel worried, anxious, and panicked? This audiobook offer simple, specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in our brain. As you listen, you'll gain a greater understanding of how anxiety is made in the brain, and thus, you will feel motivated and empowered to overcome it. Using the self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this audiobook, you will understand how to literally "rewire" the brain processes that’s at the root of your fears.

Drawing on humorous examples, true stories, and playful analogies, Connection Mode shows how our nervous system—including a surprisingly common missed opportunity to finish our lower brain development—often interferes with our lives in ways we don’t even realize. Connection Mode distills decades of compelling information from the Brain Highways program, which has guided 20,000 kids and adults to improve their lives by changing their brain and nervous system. The book offers a simple, time-tested trifecta approach for restoring our nervous system’s flexibility.

Retraining your brain is all about changing your perspective of life. Circumstances in life may trick you to have a biased view of life. It is important that you maintain a clean and sober mind at all times if you want to live a happy life. This audiobook gives you a chance to enjoy life again. Whether you have gone through the hardest relationships or you have already given up on life, you should give this audiobook a chance. This audiobook shows you a practical approach to life, using real-life examples.

At the heart of Israel Rosenfield and Edward Ziff's inquiry is the nature of brain function. The sensory world is disordered and chaotic. There are no labels for tables, chairs, or airplanes, and indeed there are no colors, sounds, or smells, only photons, airwaves, odorant molecules, and so on, which are unlabeled and impossible to "know." To make sense of this chaos, the brain must simplify the sensory inputs by creating, or inventing, the colors, sounds, smells, forms, and faces that are perceived in consciousness, which become a proxy for the chaotic world in which we live.

Brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect an estimated one in six Americans and are increasing in incidence as the population ages. In this audiobook, we examine these and other conditions involving the damage and loss of neurons, including other forms of dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and multiple sclerosis (MS).

What happens to our brain at night? Are we really fully asleep? And if so, how is it that some individuals end up doing what they do? Or can it be the case that perhaps the brain never fully goes to sleep and that in some individuals there is a disconnect between the sleeping part of their brain and the active part of their brain so that the two become confused? Does this happen to all of us in varying degrees, and can the reverse be the case, too - so that some individuals are actually asleep during the day while appearing to be awake?!

Discover the boundless potential of the human brain with "Mind Over Matter," the transformative eBook that delves deep into the groundbreaking realm of neuroplasticity. This comprehensive tour de force is poised to redefine your understanding of the mind's capacity to evolve and adapt throughout your life. Embark on a captivating journey through the foundations of neuroplasticity, as you explore how modern neuroscience has shattered long-held beliefs about the brain's potential to change. With precision and clarity, "Mind Over Matter" strips away the myths and shines a light on what ...

Dozens of books promise to improve your brain function with a gimmick. Lifestyle changes, microdosing, electromagnetic stimulation: Just one weird trick can lightly alter or dramatically deconstruct your brain. In truth, there is no one-size-fits-all shortcut to the ideal mind. Instead, the way to understand cognitive enhancement is to think like a tailor: Measure how you need your brain to change, and then find a plan that suits it.