MIND IN LIFE BIOLOGY PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE SCIENCES OF MIND by Evan Thompson
$53.95 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
How is life related to the mind? The question has long confounded philosophers and scientists, and it is this so-called explanatory gap between biological life and consciousness that Evan Thompson explores in Mind in Life. Thompson draws upon sources as diverse as molecular biology, evolutionary theory, ...Show more
RECURSIVE MIND THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN THOU by CORBALLIS MICHAEL
$89.00 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. I think, theref ...Show more
BRAIN STORM THE FLAWS ON THE SCIENCE OF SEX DIFFERENCES by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young
$57.95 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. That's taught as fact in psychology textbooks, academic journals, and bestselling books. And these hardwired differences explain everything from sexual orientation to gender identity, to why there aren't mo ...Show more
Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain by David Bainbridge
$38.95 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
In his latest book, David Bainbridge combines an otherworldly journey through the central nervous system with an accessible and entertaining account of how the brain's anatomy has often misled anatomists about its function. Bainbridge uses the structure of the brain to set his book apart from the many v ...Show more
Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power by Dan Hurley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
Exhilarating and inspiring - with proven results - Smarter provides real scientific solutions to anyone wanting to better their own thinking, give their children the best start in life or to stave off the rapid declines of advancing years.
BRAIN WORKOUT by Arthur Winter; Ruth Winter
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Category: Medical and Nursing
Until recently, it was believed that as the years pass, the brain inevitably deteriorates in all of its many functions. Now, according to Dr. Arthur Winter, a neurosurgeon and the director of the New Jersey Neurological Institute, studies show that the brain can continue to develop and repair itself, ev ...Show more
The Moral Landscape by HARRIS, SAM
$35.00 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion through their recent bestsellers. In the aftermath, Sam Harris discovered that most people, from secular scientists to religious fundamentalists, agree on one point: Science has nothing to say ...Show more
The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine
$19.99 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
From the author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller "The Female Brain" comes this eagerly awaited follow-up. Did you know that the male brain: is a lean, mean problem-solving machine that uses analytical brain structures, not emotional ones, to find solutions; thrives under competition, inst ...Show more
This Will Make You Smarter - New scientific concepts to improve your thinking by John Brockman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing | Reading Level: very good
Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better. Includes contributions from: Richard Dawkins, Stephen Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Clay Shirky, Daniel Goleman, Sam Harris, ...Show more
The Moral Molecule: The New Science of What Makes Us Good or Evil by Paul J. Zak
$26.99 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing | Reading Level: good
Human beings can be so compassionate. They can also be shockingly cruel. What if there was a master control for human behaviour? Switch it on and people are loving and generous. Switch it off and they revert to violence and greed. Pioneering neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak has discovered just such a master s ...Show more
Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting it Right When You Have to by Sian Beilock
$36.99 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
Why do the smartest students often do poorly on standardized tests? Why did you tank that interview or miss that golf swing when you should have had it in the bag? Why do you mess up when it matters the most-and how can you perform your best instead? It happens to all of us. You've prepared for days, we ...Show more
Great Discoveries in Medicine by Helen Bynum
$55.00 AUD
Category: Medical and Nursing
"Great Discoveries in Medicine" provides an unrivalled account of the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to todays latest technology, from letting blood to keyhole surgery, from the theory of humours to the genetic revolution. In this inspiring compendium an ...Show more