Neurosciences

A guide to the hardest problem in science: the nature of consciousness.

Gap junctions between glial cells or neurons are ubiquitously expressed in the mammalian brain and play a role in brain development including cell differentiation, cell migration and survival, and tissue homeostasis, as well as in human diseases including hearing loss, neuropathies, epilepsy, brain trauma, and cardiovascular disease.

A fun and fact-filled AZ treasury for anyone with a head on their shouldersNeuropedia journeys into the mysteries and marvels of the three pounds of tissue between your earsthe brain.

'Astute, compassionate, and brilliant' Siri HustvedtVanessa wakes from a coma having forgotten ten years of her life.

How do you know when you've studied enough to pass an exam?

We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works?

'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding' Mail on Sunday'Masterful and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN Dr Joseph Jebelli takes us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophyto reveal how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.

A wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.

'Highly accessible, content-rich and eminently readable .

With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser.

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.

'[A] creative and original book on resilience through crises' DAVID MILIBAND '[A] fascinating book is full of insights .

Control problems offer an industrially important application and a guide to understanding control systems for those working in Neural Networks.

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do.

We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning.

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.

Witty, sharp and enlightening .

Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius.

Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves.

'Promises a new route through the parenting wilds' Sunday Times'Powerful, honest and reassuring' Professor Gina Rippon'A vital new narrative .

'A tour de force .

How do you sniff out danger?

Most general knowledge about the brain and its workings is very dated, drawing on studies from the first part of the previous century or even earlier.

'An instant classic' Michael S.

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What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human?

Ever wondered what's going on inside your head?

Mindfulness is more than a buzzword.

'Wonderfully clear, fluent and eye-opening' THE TIMES'A stirring scientific journey, a celebration of human diversity and a call to rethink the "e;unthinkable"e;' NATURE'An utterly fascinating romp around the nether regions of the human mind' BIG ISSUEIMAGINE .

Legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.

'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you.

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'ESSENTIAL' The New York Times Have you ever wished you could just stop eating the cake, even as you put another forkful in your mouth?

'Informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch pototo' New Scientist Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill.

Barbie or Lego?

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**'Rattling.

In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem.

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In Mind Change, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences.

'Her stories have the power to transform your life' Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 'Radically changes the way we think about mental illness, pleasure, pain, reward and stress' Daniel Levitin, bestselling author of The Organized MindTHE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER We are a wired generation.

If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable.

Your brain is shrinking.

'Sarma's book may be the most important work on education written this century' - SkepticAs the head of Open Learning at MIT, Sanjay Sarma has a daunting job description: to fling open the doors of the MIT experience for the benefit of the wider world.

Close your eyes and ask yourself, 'what do I feel?

This book will get you thinking about thinking.

Drawing on current powerful neuroscience, this book equips you with a deep insight into how your interconnected brain, mind and body shapes your capacity for heartfelt connection, emotional regulation and compassion, and the compelling influence this has on your child's developing mind.

Neurological and psychiatric disorders have long been regarded as fundamentally different, depending on whether they appear to affect the brain or the mind.

From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

'Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe .

'A truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence TrapIn recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the question of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings in neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence have given us the necessary tools to solve its mystery.