Physiological psychology Books

Book SynopsisDo you want more optimism, confidence, resilience and motivation? Then this book is for you! We currently live in a time of unprecedented challenges, uncertainty, overwhelming stress, loss of hope at times and a need for mental strength and adaptability to a new way of life.Traditional 'positive thinking', trying to constantly tell yourself that everything is OK, no matter the circumstances, just isn't enough to make any lasting difference.After 30 years working as a therapist, Paul McKenna has developed a unique approach – one that can guide you towards an all-round feeling of positivity – putting you into optimal states of mind, building up your resilience and enabling good decisions and actions that lead to successful results in life.There is now irrefutable scientific evidence that shows that particular ways of thinking and acting produce tangible positive results in people's ability to deal with challenges and their overall quality of life. The research also shows that this mindset can be learned quickly just like any habit.And that is why this book is a practical psychological system in how to survive and thrive – how to discover your own natural most powerful resources for self-care, self-belief and for taking control of your life.

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Book Synopsis'Absorbing, mind-enlarging, studded with insights ... This could have significant real-world results' Sunday Times Humanity's greatest feat is our incredible ability to learn. Even in their first year, infants acquire language, visual and social knowledge at a rate that surpasses the best supercomputers. But how, exactly, do our brains learn? In How We Learn, leading neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene delves into the psychological, neuronal, synaptic and molecular mechanisms of learning. Drawing on case studies of children who learned despite huge difficulty and trauma, he explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood. We can all enhance our learning and memory at any age and 'learn to learn' by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback and consolidation. The human braiTrade ReviewThis is an absorbing, mind-enlarging book, studded with insights ... Could have significant real-world results. -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times *An entertaining survey of how science from brain scans to psychological tests is helping inspire pedagogy. Dehaene challenges many tropes [and] describes much of his own pioneering work ... Well translated from the French with some touching references to his upbringing, from the cult film La Jetée to the writing of Daniel Pennac. -- Andrew Jack * Financial Times *An expert overview of learning ... Dehaene's fourth insightful exploration of neuroscience will pay dividends for attentive readers. * Kirkus *

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Book Synopsis''Astonishing . . . an amazing book . . . absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know'' Chris Evans''Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet'' Evening StandardTHE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTLS, OBSERVER, SUNDAY TIMES, FT, GUARDIAN, DAILY MAIL AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer''s, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.''Startling, vital ... a life-raft'' Guardian''A top sleep scientist argues that sleep is more important for our health than diet or exercise'' The Times''Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me'' ObserverTrade ReviewA neuroscientist shows how a good night's shut-eye can make us cleverer, more attractive, slimmer, happier, healthier and ward off cancer . . . it's probably a little too soon to tell you that it saved my life, but it's been an eye-opener -- Mark O'Connell * Guardian *Passionate, urgent . . . it had a powerful effect on me -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *An important and fascinating book -- Bill GatesCompelling and utterly convincing . . . you'll never think of your bedtime in the same way again -- James McConnachie * Sunday Times *A stimulating and important book . . . richly packed with science -- Clive Cookson * Financial Times *Uplifting . . . Walker is in love with sleep and wants us to fall in love with sleep, too -- David Kamp * New York Times *Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet -- Katie Law * Evening Standard *Astonishing . . . an amazing book . . . absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know -- Chris EvansAmazing . . . I'm obsessed with this book -- Thom Yorke

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Book SynopsisIn ADHD and the Edison Gene, Thom Hartmann shows that the creativity, impulsiveness, risk taking, distractibility, and novelty seeking that are characteristic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are not signs of a disorder at all but instead are components of a highly adaptive skill set utilized by our hunting and gathering ancestors. These characteristics have been critical to the survival and development of our modern civilization and will be vital as humanity faces new challenges in the future. Hartmann, creator of the "hunter versus farmer" theory of ADHD, examines the differences in neurology between people with ADHD and those without, sharing recent discoveries that confirm the existence of an ADHD gene and the global catastrophe 40,000 years ago that triggered its development. He cites examples of significant innovators with ADHD traits, such as Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison, and argues that the children who possess the ADHD gene have neurology that is wired to give them brilliant success as artists, innovators, inventors, explorers, and entrepreneurs. Emphasizing the role that parents and teachers can play in harnessing the advantages of ADHD, he shares the story of how Edison was expelled from school for ADHD-related behavior and luckily his mother understood how to salvage his self-esteem and prepare him for a lifetime of success. Offering concrete strategies for nurturing, educating, and helping these children reach their full potential, Hartmann shows that rather than being "problems" such children are a vital gift to our society and the world.Trade Review“Like Edison, Thom Hartmann is a visionary who uses history to illuminate the potential cost to society of shackling unique minds aching to soar. He questions the cultural imperative that compels us to label what is outside the bell curve as pathological rather than extraordinary. In this new edition, Hartmann urges us to nurture the fearlessly innovative child and celebrate their differences. Our futures will ultimately be shaped by those undaunted by the spectra of the impossible--because they have been taught to believe in their own self-worth.” * Ellen Littman, Ph.D., coauthor of Understanding Girls with ADHD *“Instead of pathologizing the differences we call ADHD, we need to value neurodiversity, and Thom’s book shows us in rich detail how and why this is true. Thom’s work can help protect children and adults from the devastating effects of being viewed through a pervasive pathological lens--a much more severe problem than ADHD could ever be!” * Sari Solden, M.S., L.M.F.T., psychotherapist and author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and *“Thom Hartmann has made one of the most important contributions to transforming our understanding of ADHD. Thom was the first to consider ADHD in an evolutionary context. He showed that ADHD has not only a significant survival advantage in hunter gatherer societies, but that it also confers powerful advantages in our contemporary civilization. Thom was one of the very first to comment on the link between ADHD and creativity. He will be recognized as a pioneer contributing to the reconceptualization of ADHD from being simply a ‘disorder’ to being viewed as a ‘mode of thought’ characterized by strengths, such as enhanced creativity.” * Richard Silberstein Ph.D., professor emeritus, Swinburne University of Technology *"From the marvelous mind, and lively pen of Thom Hartmann comes this new opportunity to celebratethe magnificent diversity of how we learn to thrive Read it... and start a new conversation with your kids." * Rabbi Hillel Zeitlin, Director, The Maryland Institute for Ericksonian Hypnosis & Psychotherapy *“The very gene associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have helped humans survive sudden climate changes before the end of the ice age. Thom Hartmann explains that children and adults with ADHD have characteristics such as risk-taking, distractibility, creativity and impulsiveness that are ideal for life paths that could well save us in the future. They're ideally suited to becoming entrepreneurs, explorers, inventors, innovators, emergency room physicians and fighter pilots. Drugs are not the answer; nor is the structured education system which has no room for "problem" children. Hartmann has strategies to help parents and teachers bring out the best in so-called hyperactive kids.” * Nexus, February 2016 *“The very gene associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have helped humans survive sudden climate changes before the end of the ice age.…children and adults with ADHD have characteristics such as risk-taking, distractibility, creativity and impulsiveness that are ideal for life paths that could well save us in the future. They’re ideally suited to becoming entrepreneurs, explorers, inventors, innovators, ER physicians and fighter pilots. Hartman has strategies to help parents and teachers bring out the best in so-called hyperactive kids.” * Nexus Magazine, March 2016 *“There is a lot of practical advice on how to interact and encourage ‘Edison Gene’ children; showing how to celebrate their skills rather than condemn their behavior. I found this book insightful, informative and inspirational. The message I took away from this book was: ‘child-hood’ is not a psychological disorder--stop drugging our kids.” * New Dawn, Sandy Brightman, March 2016 *Table of ContentsForeword by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D. Acknowledgments Introduction: A New View for Our Children Genetics and Differences 1993: The Hunter Gene Distractibility Impulsivity Risk-Taking Where Have All the Hunters Gone? Indigenous Hunters Today The Agricultural Revolution Our Society’s Hunters The Edison Gene The Crisis-Survival Gene Hunters Before the Holocene Adapted to Adversity and Change Part 1 The Past 1 The World of the Edison-Gene Child The Ancient World The Salt Pump The Great Ice Age Heated by the Great Conveyor Belt 2 The Dawn of Civilization What Made Us Human? The Bacteria That Took Over the World The Human Bottleneck Before the Bottleneck 3 Three Ways Humans Were Killed Off by Weather Warming by the Sun Vulcan’s Hammer Survivors: AIDS Chimps and the Black Plague Creativity Saves the Day ADHD and Creativity The Beads: Clue to the First Edisons Part 2 The Present 4 Anatomy of a Diagnosis How Edison-Gene Children Are Different Are They Disordered? Anthropology Meets Psychology • From Hunters to Inventors 5 The Mystery of Novelty-Seeking Behavior The “Novelty Gene” The Novelty Gene and ADHD 6 Genes Move Around and Turn On and Off The Genetics of Behavior Turning on Genes Codominant Genes Turning on Edison Characteristics 7 Other Genes and Influences Neurotransmitters and Personality Characteristics The Reasons for Genetic Variations Culture and Genes 8 Scientists Find the “Adaptive” Edison Gene But Some Say It’s a Disease Is It a Disorder? Novelty Seeking 9 The ADHD Gene and the Dawn of Human Civilization The Time Machine The News Hits the Streets The Edison Gene and Democracy 10 Brain Development and the Edison-Gene Child Sense of Self A Process that Mirrors Evolution The Reptilian Brain The Limbic Brain The “New” Brain The Unique Prefrontal Brain The Brain Develops After Birth, Too The First Pruning of the Brain The Impact of Stress The Brain in the Birth Period The Brain in the Toddler Period The Brain in the Early Childhood Period The Brain in the Teenage Period The Brain in the Early Adult Years Adult Memory of the Stages of Brain Development Intuition versus Information The Loss of Intuition The Tragedy of Lost Potential Invasion of the Lizard People? Are We Stuck in a Loop? Triggering Events Raising Fully Human Children Schools May Be the Key School as Torture Condemnation School as Work Comorbidities Applying Comorbidities to Edison-Gene Children Breaking the Loop Offering a New Story 11 The Edison Gene, Drugs, Exercise, and Nutrition Nutritional Deficiencies Are Rampant Environmental Toxins Nutriceuticals Yerba Maté: Nature’s Ritalin Drugs for Edison-Gene Children Medications Bite Back Burning Out Brain Cells? Do Drugs Help Over the Long Term? The Loss of Play EEG Neurofeedback Exercise: The Optimal “Treatment”? 12 Providing Discipline and Structure for the Edison-Gene Child Nurturing the Hunters Reward/Punishment versus Inclusion/Interdependence Separating Person from Behavior Break the Pattern with a Positive Message Watch for Islands of Success The Importance of Mastery Turn Off the Television 13 Alfred Adler’s Principles for Raising Children Promote Mutual Respect Encourage Foster Security Avoid reward and Punishment Use Natural and Logical Consequences Act Instead of Talk in Conflict Situations Use Withdrawal as a Counteraction Withdraw from the Provocation, Not from the Child Don’t Interfere in Children’s Fights Fighting Requires Cooperation Take Time to Teach Essential Skills and Habits Never Do for a Child What He Can Do for Himself Don’t Overprotect Avoid Being Overly Responsible Distinguish between Positive and Negative Attention Understand the Child’s Goal A Habit Is Maintained if It Achieves Its Purpose Minimize Mistakes Try a Family Council and Have Fun Together The Edison-Gene Family 14 Educating the Edison-Gene Child Learned Helplessness Reframing Identity = Success in Learning Government Studies Pronounce on Medication They Ignored the Environment The Study Proved Ritalin Doesn’t Improve Learning But It Makes the Teachers Happy Lighting a Fire for Learning Education and Testing Corporations How Modern Education Came About German Schools Come to America American Education and the Catholic Problem Backlash Against the Authoritarian Model of Public Education Maria Montessori Rudolf Steiner Free and Alternative Schools Homeschooling and Internet Schooling But What About Socialization? Why Homeschooling Works for Edison-Gene Children The Edison Gene through the College Years Find a Mentor or a Coach 15 Edison-Gene Girls and Women Be a Good Girl Cinderella in a Hostile World Cultural Barriers Cultural Programming and Expectations Healing the Wounds Spirituality and the Edison-Gene Child Edison-Gene Mystics The Hunter’s Reality The World of the Hunter’s Dreams Dreaming with the Natives Learning to Know Understanding the Real World Wild People and Tame People The Loss of True Wisdom When Access to Personal Spirituality Is Lost Part 3 The Future 17 How Edison-Gene Children May Change the World Glimmers of How Culture Works What Causes Culture? The Biology of Culture Primal Human Cultures Cultural and Genetic Selection 18 Is Human Evolution Finally Over? As Good As It Gets We’re Going Downhill It’s the Fault of Those People with ADHD! Are We Standing Still? Distant Bottleneck Events 19 One Generation to Save the World Climate Flip-Flops to the Next Ice Age A Global-Warming Bottleneck Afterword: Yesterday’s Child by Janie Bowman Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis accessible handbook focuses on the importance of neuropsychological evidence and the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness in brain injury litigation. This thorough, evidence-based resource fosters discussion between the legal profession and expert neuropsychological witnesses. The chapters reflect collaborations between leading personal injury lawyers and neuropsychologists in the UK. Key issues in brain injury litigation are addressed that are essential to an understanding of the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness and of neuropsychological evidence for the courts. These include neuropsychological testing, assessment of quantum, vocational rehabilitation, mental capacity, forensic outcomes, the frontal paradox, mild traumatic brain injury and more.Combining the scientific and legal background with practical tips and case examples, this book is valuable reading for legal professionals, particularly those working in peTable of Contents Introduction Phil S. Moore, Shereen Brifcani and Andrew Worthington Legal Principles in Litigation Henry F Charles and Ruth Johnson Part 1: ‘But For’ The Brain Injury and Causation Premorbid Abilities: Cognition, Emotion and Behaviour Martin Bunnage with Marc Willems Neuropsychological Testing in Brain Injury Litigation: A Critical Part of the Expert Neuropsychological Examination Andrew Worthington and Phil S Moore Paediatric Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury: Social and Forensic Risk Management in Multidisciplinary Treatment Approaches Hope Kent, James Tonks and Huw Williams with Ian Brownhill Part 2: Current Condition Effort Testing, Performance Validity, and the Importance of Context and Consistency Simon Gerhand, Chris A. Jones and David Hacker Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Persistent Neuropsychological Symptoms Andrew Worthington and Phil S Moore The Frontal Lobe Paradox Sam Fisher-Hicks, Rodger Ll Wood and Bill Braithwaite Assessing Mental Capacity in Brain Injury Litigation Ian Brownhill Part 3: Loss, Disability, and Impact Legal Principles of Quantum William Latimer-Sayer Practical Applications of Quantum Principles Andrew Worthington, William Latimer-Sayer and Andy Tyerman Conclusion: Formulating Neuropsychological Opinion in Brain Injury Phil S. Moore, Shereen Brifcani and Andrew Worthington

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Book SynopsisCalling upon metaphors, vignettes, jokes, innuendos, and certain other "right-hemispheric" language games, Paul Watzlawick shows how we can (and do) make everyday life miserable.

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Book SynopsisA brief guide to the most important neuroscience concepts for all mental health professionals.

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Book SynopsisThis provocative account of our obsession with neuroscience brilliantly illuminates what contemporary neuroscience and brain imaging can and cannot tell us about ourselves, providing a much-needed reminder about the many factors that make us who we are. What can''t neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI -- functional magnetic resonance imaging -- was introduced in the early 1990s, brain scans have been used to help politicians understand and manipulate voters, determine guilt in court cases, and make sense of everything from musical aptitude to romantic love. >In Brainwashed, psychiatrist and AEI scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld reveal how many of the real-world applications of human neuroscience gloss over its limitations and intricacies, at times obscuring -- rather than clarifying -- the myriad factors that shape our behavior and identities. Brain scans, Satel and Lilienfeld show, are useful but often ambiguous represenTrade ReviewWall Street Journal "In their concise and well-researched book, [Satel and Lilienfeld] offer a reasonable and eloquent critique of this fashionable delusion, chiding the premature or unnecessary application of brain science to commerce, psychiatry, the law and ethics... In a book that uses 'mindless' accusatively in the subtitle, you might expect an excitable series of attacks on purveyors of what's variously called neurohype, neurohubris and neurobollocks. But more often than not Dr. Satel and Mr. Lilienfeld stay fair and levelheaded. Good thing, because this is a topic that requires circumspection on all sides." New York Times "Dr. Satel and Dr. Lilienfeld offer a methodical critique of this oversimplified neuro-nonsense, convincingly arguing that in many ways the M.R.I.'s of today are simply the phrenology heads of yesteryear, laughably primitive attempts to wrangle human character and behavior into tractable form." Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity "This thoughtful, provocative book provides a needed counterbalance to the arrogant neuromythology that purports to explain all of human behavior through brain imaging. It makes a strong moral argument that we are, ultimately, creatures of choice who can exercise will; it grapples boldly with a science that has sometimes threatened our understanding of what it is to be human." Charles Murray, author of Coming Apart "Science develops new tools that have promise for illuminating age-old questions, and those new tools are then misused or oversold until expectations are finally reconciled with reality. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfield tell the story of neuroscience's real and illusory contribution to goals that range from treating addiction and detecting lies to mapping the neural underpinnings of morality. It is a daunting topic, but Brainwashed somehow manages to blend the authors' mastery of their subject with compulsive readability." Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "A smart and sometimes devastating critique of 'neurobollocks'... this book is a brisk read, but a good one - and, I would argue, an important one." Nature "Satel and Lilienfeld provide an engaging overview of the technical and conceptual factors that complicate the interpretation of brain scans obtained by functional magnetic resonance imaging and other techniques... Brainwashed offers much to bolster popular understanding of what brain imaging can and cannot achieve." Huffington Post "[An] important new book... Brainwashed is not an anti-neuroscience book by any means. Indeed, the authors celebrate the new insights into human thought and behavior that brain studies have yielded. But the book does take a hard stand against the prevailing neurocentrism, and aims to restore some balance to our understanding of human fallibility, including drug and alcohol addiction." BBC Focus "In a witty but no-hold-barred book, the authors skewer the ridiculous claims of those who tell us that brain imaging can unlock the secrets of the mind... Brainwashed explains why we must be skeptical and accept that, if anything, brain research has revealed just how much further we have to go." Gary Marcus, Newyorker.com "The book does a terrific job of explaining where and how savvy readers should be skeptical." Discover "Well-written and remarkably balanced... Should you buy it?... For new readers, or as a gift, it would be fantastic." Metapsychology "Offers an availing expose on the recklessly radical conclusions of Naive Neuroscience and what must be addressed to maintain a comprehensive, sensible and constrained Modern Neuroscience." Reason "A skeptical but fair-minded review of the field that carefully distinguishes between wild hopes and actual accomplishments." Commentary "[A] lucid new book" The Scientist "Brainwashed is a reasoned, humane addition to the growing 'neuroskeptic' bookshelf." Booklist, Starred Review "[A] fascinating book." Library Journal "An accessible entry point to important and timely neuroethical discussions. Above all, readers will learn why they should turn a critical eye to reports that begin, 'Brain scans show...'" Kirkus Reviews "A valuable contribution to the neuroscience bookshelf." Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, George Washington University and Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic "Brainwashed challenges the much-hyped claim that neuroscience will transform everything from marketing to the legal system to our ideas of blameworthiness and free will. Satel and Lilienfeld bring much needed skeptical intelligence to this field, giving neuroscience its due while recognizing its limitations. This is an invaluable contribution to one of our most contested debates about the ability of science to transform society." Peter D. Kramer, author of Against Depression "An authoritative, fascinating argument for the centrality of mind in what, doubtless prematurely, has been called the era of the brain." Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Yale and author of How Pleasure Works "In this smart, provocative and very accessible book, Satel and Lilienfeld are not out to bury neuroscience; they are here to save it--to rescue it from those who have wildly exaggerated its practical and theoretical benefits. Some of this book is very funny, as when they review the dubious history of neuromarketing and neuropolitics, and some of it is dead serious, as in their discussion of how the abuse of neuroscience distorts criminal law and the treatment of addicts. Brainwashed is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the use and abuse of one of the most important scientific developments of our time." Hal Pashler, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego "Brainwashed provides an engaging and wonderfully lucid tour of the many areas in which the progress and applications of neuroscience are currently being overstated and oversold. Some of the hyping of neuroscience appears fairly harmless, but more than a little of it carries potential for real damage--especially when it promotes erroneous ideas about addiction and criminal behavior. The book combines clearheaded analysis with telling examples and anecdotes, making it a pleasure to read." Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, and author of How the Mind Works and The Stuff of Thought "Neuroscience is an exhilarating frontier of knowledge, but many of its champions have gotten carried away. This book shows how attempts to explain the human condition by pointing to crude blotches of brain activity may be superficially appealing but are ultimately unsatisfying. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld are not dualists, romantics, mystics, or luddites. Their case for understanding the mind at multiple levels of analysis will resonate with thoughtful psychologists and biologists, and they make that case lucidly, expertly, and entertainingly. Anyone who is interested in the brain--and who isn't?--will be enlightened by this lively yet judicious critique." PsycCRITIQUES "In this volume, these two prolific authors combine their talents to provocatively call for caution concerning many of the promises associated with neuroscience... A very readable, even entertaining, commentary on how neuroscience is beginning to change the world... A welcome reminder of the never-ending need for healthy skepticism as we encounter the various creative endeavors that so often accompany emerging scientific developments." The National Review "[An] incisive and clearly written book... [I]f you want to know where and why the neuroscientific used-car salesmen are wrong, if you want to arm yourself against their preposterous overselling, read this book." David Brooks, New York Times "[A] compelling and highly readable book." Slate "A well-informed attack on the extravagances of "neurocentrist" thought." The New Scientist "The intrepid outsider needs expert guidance through this rocky terrain -- and there's no better place to start than Brainwashed by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld. Satel, a practising psychiatrist, and Lilienfeld, a clinical psychologist, are terrific sherpas. They are clear-sighted, considered and forgiving of the novice's ignorance"Table of ContentsIntroduction: Losing Our Minds in the Age of Brain Science Chapter One. This Is Your Brain on Ahmadinejad: Or What Is Brain Imaging? Chapter Two. The Buyologist Is In: The Rise of Neuromarketing Chapter Three. Addiction and the Brain-Disease Fallacy Chapter Four. The Telltale Brain: Neuroscience and Deception Chapter Five. My Amygdala Made Me Do It: The Trials of Neurolaw Chapter Six. The Future of Blame: Neuroscience and Moral Responsibility Epilogue: Mind Over Gray Matter

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Book SynopsisQuickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the most popular neuropsychological assessment instruments Neuropsychological testing can identify changes in cognition, behavior, and emotion; aid in determining the cause of a disorder or developmental problem; and assist clinicians in planning treatment and rehabilitation. To use these tests properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Now fully revised and in a second edition, Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment is that source. Completely updated to include the most current instruments, including the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS), the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV), the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), and the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV), Essentials of Neuropsychological AssessmTable of ContentsSeries Preface. One: Introduction to Neuropsychological Assessment. Two: The Discipline of Neuropsychological Assessment. Three: Essentials of the Interview And Clinical History. Four: Essentials of Test Selection, Administration, And Scoring. Five: Essentials of Interpretation. Six: Special Issues in Neuropsychological Assessment. Seven: Essentials of Report Writing. Appendix A A General Guide for Neuropsychological Assessment. Appendix B Essentials of the Neurobehavioral Syndromes. References. Annotated Bibliography. Index. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory text provides a concise and engaging introduction to the science and practice of clinical neuropsychology. It takes readers on a journey beginning with the history of discipline, through exploring some of the classic case studies in neuropsychology which have brought valuable insights into understanding how the brain works, even before we could see it in action.Early chapters look at the beginnings of the field and the impact that the emergence of neuroimaging and the use of different research methodologies have had on the development on the discipline. Later chapters focus on the application of this knowledge into the diagnosis and rehabilitation of neurological conditions. Using real-life stories and case examples, the book goes on to examine the power of adopting a neuropsychological informed approach towards achieving positive societal change. It concludes by considering the role of the neuropsychologist of the future, in a fast-paced globalised world where digital technologies and AI take centre stage. Whilst focusing mainly on clinical neuropsychology, the book also taps into knowledge, methods, and examples from experimental neuropsychology to give students a good understanding of how neuropsychology has contributed to the knowledge of brain behaviour relationships and its role in practice and policy.Key Topics in Clinical Neuropsychology: From Science to Practice is invaluable reading for undergraduate students of psychology. It may also be of interest to undergraduate students from other fields, postgraduate students intending to pursue a career in neuropsychological settings, and professionals from various disciplines including social work, nursing, and allied health and law, who wish to get a better understanding of how neurological injury or illness affect behaviour.

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Book SynopsisThis book compiles and explains the key terms and core concepts related to memory in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.The quest to understand how memory works and how it fails remains a cornerstone of both Psychology and Neuroscience; however, defining memory is not easy. At a higher level, memory is sometimes seen as a psychological function for the preservation of information, while other definitions focus on remembering. In this innovative book, John P. Aggleton delves into the many definitions and attributes that constitute memory and guides the reader through over 160 entries ranging from Aging to Repression; Dementia to Working Memory. Each entry explores the various psychological and biological elements of memory and includes recommended further reading and cross-referencing.This guide will serve as an overview and introductory resource for students and scholars involved in memory studies and memory research, as well as practitioners working with sufferers of memory disorders. It will also be of great interest to anyone interested in the utterly remarkable memory skills we all possess.

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Book SynopsisMeasuring Behaviouris the established go-to text for anyone interested in scientific methods for studying the behaviour of animals or humans. It is widely used by students, teachers and researchers in a variety of fields, including biology, psychology, the social sciences and medicine. This new fourth edition has been completely rewritten and reorganised to reflect major developments in how behavioural studies are conducted. It includes new sections on the replication crisis, covering Open Science initiatives such as preregistration, as well as fully up-to-date information on the use of remote sensors, big data and artificial intelligence in capturing and analysing behaviour. The sections on the analysis and interpretation of data have been rewritten to align with current practices,with advice on avoiding common pitfalls. Although fully revised and revamped, this new edition retains the simplicity, clarity and conciseness that have madeMeasuring Behavioura classic since the first editiTrade Review'A brilliant new edition of this classic guide to studying both animal and human behaviour, it is also a wonderful introduction to the scientific method: asking questions; formulating testable hypotheses; designing a research programme; research ethics; the recording, statistical analysis and interpretation of data; sample sizes, replication and reliability; and how best to communicate the findings to both a scientific and a public audience. Inspiring reading for field and laboratory researchers in ethology, psychology, anthropology, social sciences and public health, and for policy makers, too, and especially timely now, with an analysis of how social networks influence group dynamics and the spread of ideas and diseases.' Nick Davies, Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Cambridge, UK'From choosing a study animal to designing an experiment, from recording data to writing publications, this superb little book succinctly captures everything that a budding researcher needs to know to do excellent behavioural research. Updated to incorporate new chapters on the replication crisis, ethics, and animal social groups, and broadened to cover human behaviour, the new edition of this much-valued classic is the best ever.' Kevin N. Laland, Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews, UK'The new Measuring Behaviour, in which Paul Martin is joined by Melissa Bateson, retains all the succinct crystal clarity of the previous editions and significantly extends its reach to include major new sections on the reproducibility crisis, ethical and legal considerations in research, and the use of modern technologies in data collection. Its lucidity and comprehensive scope mean that, more than ever, it should be the go-to reference for all those wishing to run behavioural studies.' Mike Mendl, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare, University of Bristol, UK'Ever since its first edition in 1986, Measuring Behaviour has been an invaluable resource for anyone interested in recording, measuring and analysing how and why animals - including humans - do what they do. This newest edition is more useful than ever, an indispensable reference for students and established scientists alike. Melissa Bateson and Paul Martin have comprehensively revised and updated the volume, adding material to address important contemporary issues such as the replication crisis, the ethics of animal research, and how to manage the sometimes-complex publication process. This beautifully written 'how to' guide is a must read for researchers engaged in the study of behaviour.' Stephen Nowicki, Professor of Biology, Psychology and Neurobiology, Duke University, USA'An essential 'how to' guide to research in animal behaviour, this new updated edition goes through all the stages needed to achieve scientifically valid results from initial planning to presenting the final conclusions. Highly recommended for students wanting to achieve the highest standards of scientific research.' Marian Stamp Dawkins, University of Oxford, UK'Over the past several years I have recommended Measuring Behaviour to students, postdocs and even accomplished researchers. Since its initial publication, Measuring Behaviour has saved many investigators from shabby technique and the reinvention of unsatisfactory new wheels. ... This new edition represents a greatly enlarged and modernised vision of behavioural measurement. The new edition (boldly but quite correctly) discusses the measurement of human and non-human behaviour in parallel. In addition to the bricks and mortar issues of sampling frequency and ethograms, the new edition considers the replication crisis, basic principles of research design, and the ethics of studying living subjects. It would be a marvellous text for a course on behavioural research method, but every serious student of behavioural empiricism will benefit from this work. It is truly a tour de force.' David Stephens, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour, University of Minnesota, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Science and Truth; 3. Choosing a Research Question; 4. Designing a Behavioural Study; 5. Ethics and the Law; 6. Defining Behavioural Metrics; 7. Recording Methods; 8. Recording Technology; 9. Individuals and Groups; 10. Measurement Quality; 11. Data Analysis; 12. Interpreting and Communicating Findings; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures x List of Tables xvii List of Abbreviations xviii Preface to the First Edition xx Preface to the Fifth Edition xxii About the Companion Website xxiii 1 The Biology of Change 1 Viewpoints on Development 1 Analyzing Development 5 Why Take a Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Development? 6 Why Take a Developmental Approach to Cognitive Neuroscience? 7 The Cause of Developmental Change 8 Three Viewpoints on Human Functional Brain Development 10 Interactive Specialization 11 Looking Forward 12 2 Methods and Populations 14 Introduction 14 Behavioral and Cognitive Tasks 15 Assessing Brain Function in Development 16 Observing Brain Structure in Development 18 Animal Studies and Genetics 19 Neurodiversity and Developmental Disorders 20 Atypically Developing Brains 22 Sensory and Environmental Variations 25 Familial Risk Populations 26 3 From Gene to Brain 28 The History of the Gene 28 Principles of Gene Function 29 Genetics and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 32 The Epigenome 36 The FOXP2 Gene 36 4 Building a Brain 39 An Overview of Primate Brain Anatomy 40 Prenatal Brain Development 43 Postnatal Brain Development 46 The Development of Cortical Areas: Protomap or Protocortex? 53 Differential Development of Human Cortex 61 Postnatal Brain Development: Adolescence 64 Postnatal Brain Development: The Hippocampus and Subcortical Structures 65 Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators 66 What Makes a Brain Human? 69 General Summary and Conclusions 70 5 Vision, Orienting, and Attention 71 The Development of Vision 71 The Development of Visual Orienting 76 Saccade Planning 86 Visual Attention 89 General Summary and Conclusions 95 6 Perceiving and Acting in a World of Objects 97 The Dorsal and Ventral Visual Pathways 98 Hidden Objects 101 Neural Oscillations and Object Processing 105 General Summary and Conclusions 106 7 Perceiving and Acting on the Social World 107 The Social Brain 107 Face Recognition 109 Brain Development and Face Recognition in Humans 113 Perceiving and Acting on the Eyes 120 Understanding and Predicting the Behavior of Others 123 The Atypical Social Brain 127 General Summary and Conclusions 131 8 Learning and Long- Term Memory 133 Development of Explicit Memory 135 Implicit Memory 143 General Summary and Conclusions 145 9 Language 147 Introduction 147 Are Some Parts of Cortex Critical for Language Acquisition? 149 Neural Basis of Speech Processing in Infants 155 Influence of Experience on Brain Language Processing 156 Neural Correlates of Typical and Atypical Language Acquisition 158 General Summary and Conclusions 161 0005539305.indd 8 03-16-2023 10:44:52 10 Prefrontal Cortex, Executive Functions, and Decision- Making 163 Introduction 164 Prefrontal Cortex and Object Permanence 164 Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Functions Development During Adolescence 166 Social Decision- Making and Self- Regulation During Adolescence 170 Prefrontal Cortex, Skill Learning, and Interactive Specialization 173 General Summary and Conclusions 177 11 Educational Neuroscience 179 Numeracy 181 Literacy 185 Domain- General Skills: Executive Functions and Processing Speed 186 Individual Differences and Training Interventions 189 Dyscalculia and Dyslexia 192 General Summary and Conclusions 195 12 Global and Cross- Cultural Perspectives 197 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Factors to Consider in Global, Cross- Cultural Settings 198 Cognitive Neurosciences Approaches to Look at Commonalities Across Global/Cultural Settings 199 Infants’ Response to Novelty 199 Social Processing 200 Numeracy and Literacy 202 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: Examining Factors Affecting Similarities and Differences Among Global Settings and Cultures 203 Maternal Stress, Caregiving and Education and Brain Responses to Social Stimuli 203 Interactions Between Factors Predicting Individual Differences in Neurocognition 203 Brain Responses in the Context of Global- Specific Risk 204 General Summary and Conclusions 204 13 Toward an Integrated Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 206 Introduction 206 Three Viewpoints on Human Functional Brain Development 207 Interactive Specialization (IS) 209 Emerging Networks 213 Genes and Cognitive Development 217 Relations Between Brain Structure and Function in Development 218 Neuroconstructivism 219 Criticisms of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 221 Applications of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 223 Concluding Remarks 224 References 225 Index 282

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Book SynopsisClose your eyes and ask yourself, ''what do I feel?''You might feel thirsty or tired. You might feel healthy and well or perhaps a little under the weather. Maybe you can feel that you are standing or that you are leaning over. You may also feel the world around you - the shape and texture of an apple in your hand, the feel of a chair you''re sitting on.All these feelings have something in common, say psychologists and neuroscientists. They are all mental events, things that happen in the mind. But what if this is all wrong?What if it''s not just the mind, but also the body itself that feels? And not merely physical sensations, but other feelings that seem to have nothing to do with bodies. Things like ''emotions'' and ''intuitions'' - joy or rage, anxiety or optimism, or the feeling of being hard done by or misunderstood?Drawing on the latest research and a range of classic and contemporary thought, How You Feel shows you that your braiTrade ReviewOnce you have read How You Feel, I promise you cannot help but become mindfully aware of the inner intricate machinery that is our body and the spooky relationship it has with our mind. From the everyday sensations of aches and pains we all know to rare exotic syndromes that distort reality, this book is a fascinating and superb read * Professor Bruce Hood, bestselling author of 'The Self Illusion' *An astonishing, gripping and beautifully told story, with out-of-body experiences, phantom limbs, imaginary heads, perceptions without sensations, and much more. Sparkles with insights and surprises * Professor Nick Chater, author of 'The Mind is Flat' *A story told with wit and imagination, How You Feel reveals how the brain and body work together in surprising ways to let the mind do its thing. It gets to the very core of who and what we are, and will forever change how you look at yourself * Professor Amanda Ellison, author of 'Splitting: The Inside Story on Headaches' *

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Book SynopsisYour success in life—at work and at home—rises when you harness the energy that powers your brain. A neuropsychologist explains how.Your drive to create change, catalyze impact, and build relationships all come from neuroelectrical energy—real, electrical impulses—firing in your brain. Who you are as a person depends on how you work with this energy. When this energy rises within you, you feel empowered and dynamic. But when this energy falls, you feel down, stressed, and defeated.You may feel as if you don't control your emotional energy, that it's an inevitable consequence of the world around you and the forces bearing down on you. But that's not the case. To reach your full potential, you can learn to recognize and harness the energy in your brain. Leading neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi will teach you how through eight "codes." Some of the codes will surprise you. All will fortify you. You will learn why these codes work and how to apply them to your own challenges through exercises and reflections.When you start viewing your life less about the activities you do and more about the natural energies within and around you, your power to live and lead with impact grows exponentially. Energy Rising offers you a provocative and neuroscientifically accurate path to greater emotional power, influence, and connection, both at work and at home.DiGangi's lab and clinical work have been conducted at Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown University, the University of Chicago, DePaul, and the University of Illinois Chicago. Her fMRI and EEG research has helped business leaders, parents, couples, educators, and military leaders. Her work, rooted in resilience after extreme stress, will show you how to effectively deal with struggles you currently face. She tells the stories of business leaders, parents, couples—and even combat veterans and trauma survivors—who used the eight codes to rise.Get ready to feel your energy rising.Trade Review"Energy Rising offers us hope that we can indeed utilize our emotional pain to leverage our emotional power." — Psychology Today"Presenting original and thought-provoking ideas backed by solid research in a clear and compelling fashion." — Børsen (Denmark)Advance Praise for Energy Rising:"How refreshing to discover a book that treats the serious work of managing our well-being by focusing on the physical nature of it—the electricity zipping around in our brains that makes us feel what we feel. Practical and inspiring, Energy Rising teaches us how to transform negative energy into positive energy and unlock pathways to growth." — Dan Cable, Professor of Organizational Behavior, London Business School; author, Exceptional and Alive at Work"Energy Rising delivers an enlightening and transformative guide that reveals the power of harnessing the energy within your brain. Drawing from her extensive work with patients, leaders, couples, and parents, Dr. DiGangi shares neuroscientifically grounded insights and compelling stories that bring principles to life. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and equipped to take control of your emotional energy and unleash your true potential." — Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach; New York Times bestselling author, The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won't Get You There"Most leaders don't realize what power and influence they have over others. Energy Rising is a wonderful book that teaches us about our own emotional center, with the goal of helping us learn how to lead teams better, inspire people, and grow our organizations." — Josh Bersin, Global Industry Analyst and CEO, The Josh Bersin Company

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Book SynopsisSelf Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion is an instruction manual in the ideas and methods of the early twentieth- century French psychologist Emile Coue.Shortly before his death in 1926, this self-taught therapist became an international sensation for his program of "conscious autosuggestion." His method challenged the existing reliance on chemicals and clergy, causing quite a stir throughout the scientific and religious communities.In this volume, discover Coue''s method of how to: Reprogram your psyche through the repetition of key mantras or affirmations Drastically improve health Revamp your self-image Feel a greater sense of well-being Affirm daily in a simple mantra: "Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better" Critics mocked the simplicity of his program, but tens of thousands of followers in the United States and Europe swore that Coue had turned their lives around with methods that could be tried any time, and anywhere.This Original Classic Edition is a work of real and unique value. It includes an introduction by Mitch Horowitz, a PEN Award-winning historian and the author of books including The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim, The Power of the Master Mind and The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. The Washington Post says Mitch "treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today''s raised-voice discussions."

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Book SynopsisExpertly unpacks, in an easy-to-read and instantly useable way, what every teacher needs to know about the brain and how we really learn – and what that suggests for how they should teach. Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE. Everyone is curious about the brain – including your learners! Not only can knowing more about the brain be a powerful way to understand what happens when your pupils – and, of course, you – pick up new knowledge and skills, but it can also offer a theoretical basis for established or new classroom practice. And as the field of neuroscience uncovers more of nature’s secrets about the way we learn – and further augments what we already know about effective teaching – this book advocates more efficient pedagogies rooted in a better understanding and application of neuroscience in education. By surveying a wide range of evidence in specific areas such as metacognition, memory, mood and motivation, the teenage brain and how to cater for individual differences, Neuroscience for Teachers shares relevant, up-to-date information to provide a suitable bridge for teachers to transfer the untapped potential of neuroscientific findings into practical classroom approaches. The key issues, challenges and research are explained in clear language that doesn’t assume a prior level of knowledge on the topic that would otherwise make it inaccessible – therefore enabling more teachers to better comprehend the lessons from neuroscience – while the authors also take care to expose the ways in which `neuromyths’ can arise in education in order to help them avoid these pitfalls. Laid out in an easy-to-use format, each chapter features: `Research Zones’ highlighting particular pieces of research with a supplementary insight into the area being explored; `Reflection’ sections that give you something to think about, or suggest something you might try out in the classroom; and concluding `Next steps’ that outline how teachers might incorporate the findings into their own practice. The authors have also included a glossary of terms covering the book’s technical vocabulary to aid the development of teachers’ literacy in the field of neuroscience. Packed with examples and research-informed tips on how to enhance personal effectiveness and improve classroom delivery, Neuroscience for Teachers provides accessible, practical guidance supported by the latest research evidence on the things that will help your learners to learn better. Suitable for LSAs, NQTs, teachers, middle leaders, local authority advisers and anyone working with learners.Table of ContentsContents include: 1. Neuroscience in the classroom principles and practice: getting started 2. Learning and remembering: attention, learning and memory 3. Metacognition: why it pays to teach your pupils how to think about how they think 4. Emotions and learning: classroom climate, stress and motivation 5. The individual in the classroom: what neuroscience can tell us about different abilities and some special educational needs in the classroom 6. The adolescent brain: why teenagers behave like teenagers 7. Surprises from cognitive psychology and neuroscience: why making things more difficult and less enjoyable for students in the short term can enhance long-term learning 8. Concluding remarks: developing your scientific literacy and understanding of controlled research

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Book SynopsisMore than meets the eye – the science of how we see and the secrets it reveals about how the brain works. Spotting a familiar face in a crowd is so easy, you take it for granted. But how you do it is one of science's great mysteries. Vision is involved in nearly a third of everything a brain does and explaining the ways it works reveals more than just how we see. It also tells us how the brain deals with information – how it perceives, learns and remembers. In We Know It When We See It, pioneering neuroscientist Richard Masland covers everything from what happens when light hits your retina, to the increasingly sophisticated nerve nets that turn that light into knowledge, to what a computer algorithm must be able to do before it can truly be called ‘intelligent’. It is a profound yet accessible investigation into how our bodies make sense of the world.Trade Review'A masterful page-turner that braids science and the stories behind the science. Wise, insightful, and written with the approachability and wisdom that only a veteran of the field can achieve.' -- David Eagleman, neuroscientist at Stanford, New York Times bestselling author'We Know It When We See It is the definitive description of the neuroscience of perception. Using language anyone can understand [...] Anyone interested in perception, machines that can learn, or how the brain works should read it.' -- Andrew D. Huberman, Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine'How do we recognize a face in a crowd? Starting with this question, Masland teaches us not only how we see but how we think and remember. Step by step, he paints a picture of the brain as a dynamic, wide-ranging coalition of nerve nets. This picture provides striking parallels with artificial intelligence and highlights the remarkable adaptability, creativity, and resilience of the brain.' -- Susan R. Barry, Author of Fixing My Gaze and Professor Emeritus of Neuroscience and Behavior, Mount Holyoke College

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Book SynopsisIt is now inarguable that climate change threatens the future of life on Earth. But in The Weight of Nature, award-winning journalist and neuroscientist Clayton Page Aldern shows that the warming climate is not just affecting our planet - it is affecting our brains and bodies too. Drawing on six years of ground-breaking research, Aldern documents a burgeoning public health crisis that has gone largely unreported. Eco-anxiety, he shows us, is just the tip of the iceberg. The rapidly changing environment is directly intervening in our brain health, behaviour, decision-making and cognition in real time, affecting everything from spikes in aggravated assault to lower levels of productivity and concentration, to the global dementia epidemic. Travelling the world to meet the scientists and doctors unravelling the tangled connections between us and our environment, and reporting the stories of those who are already feeling these shifts most keenly, Aldern shows how a weary world is wearing on us. Written in urgent and deeply moving prose, The Weight of Nature is a revelation, bringing to light the myriad ways the changing environment is changing our very humanity from the inside out.

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Book SynopsisRaising a child with ADHD can be challenging, but with the right knowledge and tools, parents and professionals can use this tried and tested six-step programme to better understand their ADHD child and help them thrive in any environment.This simple, flexible six-step programme is full of tried-and-tested ideas for parents and professionals supporting families of young children with ADHD. The programme includes games that will help improve the child''s attention, exercises to develop waiting skills and tips for supporting the child in successful self-organization. This newly updated second edition incorporates the latest research on ADHD, including insights into hyperfocus and strategies for aiding emotional regulation and also provides proven techniques for behaviour management. In addition to this, the programme now delves deeper into the role of sleep, diet, mindfulness, and social stories in supporting children with ADHD.Based on research and extensive clinical

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Book SynopsisNeurologist Oliver Sacks investigates the complex relationship between the brain and the mind and, almost impossibly, manages to make his subject matter not only accessible to the general reader, but utterly absorbing. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals suffering from perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. Their struggles are recounted with sympathy and respect. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility to assist 'the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject'.A work of profound humanity.Trade ReviewPopulated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction . . . Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be. * Sunday Times *This book is for everybody who has felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any moment, one might lose it. * The Times *Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness * Guardian *Insightful, compassionate, moving . . . the lucidity and power of a gifted writer * New York Times Book Review *

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Book SynopsisSensory overload can leave us feeling empty, or even thirsting for ever more stimulation. Here is a more balanced, health giving way of experiencing and understanding the human senses. The author starts by appreciating the rich tapestry of not just five, but twelve senses. These are the senses of touch, life, self-movement, balance, smell, taste, vision, temperature, hearing, language, the conceptual and the ego senses.

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Book SynopsisCelebrating Fifty Years of Picador BooksIf a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it. In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities, and yet are gifted with unusually acute artistic or mathematical talents. If sometimes beyond our surface comprehension, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human. A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.Trade ReviewA gripping journey into the recesses of the human mind * Daily Mail *Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness * Guardian *Populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction . . . Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be * Sunday Times *Dr. Sacks's most absorbing book . . . His tales are so compelling [because] many of them serve as eerie metaphors not only for the condition of modern medicine but of modern man * New York Magazine *This book is for everybody who has felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any moment, one might lose it * The Times *A decidedly original approach . . . In addition to possessing the technical skills of a twentieth-century doctor, [Sacks] sees the human condition like a philosopher-poet. The resultant mixture is insightful, compassionate and moving . . . he recounts these histories with the lucidity and power of a gifted short-story writer . . . a masterpiece of clinical writing * New York Times *

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Book SynopsisHeal Your Nervous System is a 5-Step plan for building a thriving nervous system by leading influencer Dr. Linnea Passaler, creator of @HealYour Nervous System. Trade Review“Heal Your Nervous System is a thoughtful exploration of nervous system dysregulation and its profound impact on health. Dr. Linnea Passaler offers a comprehensive approach, rooted in scientific research. This is a must-read for those seeking a deeper understanding of mind-body medicine.” * Dr. Amy Shah, author of I’m So Effing Hungry *“This well-researched guide explores the critical link between mental and physical health. The 5-stage roadmap, based on cutting-edge neurobiology and sensitivity research, is highly relevant for medical professionals seeking a holistic understanding of mind-body health, and for patients seeking relief from chronic conditions.” * Sara Gottfried MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure *“Heal Your Nervous System is a sensitive and sensible owner’s manual for your body and brain. Dr. Passaler helps you to better understand and manage your style of dealing with stress in a way that combines both acceptance of who you are and wisdom in getting to where you want to go.” * David Spiegel, M.D., Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University *"Dr. Linnea's book is going to tackle one of the very core issues within our modern society that stops us from living a fulfilling life. Her book provides the perfect amount of science to help the reader understand their physiology, whilst also being an enjoyable read. The tools she provides are undoubtedly going to help a lot of people. Everyone needs to know about nervous system regulation and Dr. Linnea has done a fantastic job at laying it down for the world." * Nicole Vignola, neuroscientist and author of Rewire *"Assured, bursting with well-researched and effective insights, accessibly written, Heal Your Nervous System is a resource for anyone seeking to learn effective and easy-to-adapt tools towards finding calm, clarity, purpose, connection and, most of all, mind-body integration! I can personally attest that Dr. Linnea is a passionate, masterful ‘cognoscenti’ of the well-regulated nervous system. Whether you’re looking to adapt a less stressful response to life’s demands, uncover a core purpose or forge more soothing connections with loved ones this book will help you embark on a transformative journey. The Chapters on Connection and Expansion were my particular favorites!" * Josh Korda, Buddhist Pastor, author of Unsubscribe *Table of ContentsA Field Guide to Nervous System Regulation: How This Book Can Help You 6 Chapter 1 The Missing Piece of Your Healing Journey: A Dysregulated Nervous System Chapter 2 Transitioning from Quick Fix to Long-Term Solution: The 4 Pillars of Nervous System Health Chapter 3 The Sensitive Nervous System: Its Role in Your Path to Healing Chapter 4 The Tipping Point: How Stress and Fear Lead to a Dysregulated Nervous System Chapter 5 The 5-Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation Chapter 6 A Structure to Support Your Nervous System Chapter 7 Stage 1: Awareness—Recognizing Your Nervous System Patterns Chapter 8 Stage 2: Regulation—Building Agency through Embodied Safety Chapter 9 Stage 3: Restoration—Rebuilding Nervous System Flexibility Chapter 10 Stage 4: Connection—Repairing Bonds and Cultivating Kinship Chapter 11 Stage 5: Expansion—Growing Your Capacity Chapter 12 Connecting the Dots: The Ongoing Practice of Building a Coherent Life Narrative Chapter 13 Flourishing Like the Fern: Adapting Amid Challenges and Inspiring Others Epilogue About the Author Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisAre some criminals born, not made? What causes violence and how can we treat it? An Anatomy of Violence introduces readers to new ways of looking at these age-old questions. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Adrian Raine explains what it reveals about the brains of murderers, psychopaths and serial killers. Anti-social behaviour is complex, he argues, and based on the interaction between genetics and the biological and social environment in which a person is raised. But the latest statistical evidence between certain types of biological and early behavioural warning signs is also very strong. These are among the thorny issues we can no longer ignore and this book is an important milestone in our growing understanding of criminal behaviour.Trade ReviewFascinating ... Has profound implications ... It is remarkable that most of the work Raine outlines remains largely unknown to the wider public ... It is high time this defect was remedied -- David Rose * Mail on Sunday *This remarkable book offers startling evidence of the links between our biology and criminality ... powerful and well-written ... I commend his intelllectual courage -- Jenni Russell * Sunday Times *Raine's book is a masterpiece. He has the research at his fingertips - not surprising, since he carried out much of it - and makes a compelling case that society needs to grapple with the biological underpinnings of violent crime -- Bob Holmes * New Scientist *Adrian Raine has devoted his career to uncovering the causes of human violence ... This important book is a most valuable contribution -- Daniel Dennett * Prospect *

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Book SynopsisNow in a new edition, a comprehensive manual with clear, step-by-step instructions and practical examples for using written exposure therapy in clinical practice with trauma survivors with PTSD.

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Book SynopsisThe new, third, edition of this indispensable guide for speech pathology and therapy students is completely updated, applying the results of the most recent research into speech disorders. Phonetics for Speech Pathology introduces normative aspects of phonetics and describes how these may go wrong in atypical speech, and the consequences when they do. The book deals with the three main areas of phonetics: articulatory, acoustic, and auditory, this last being often neglected in phonetics textbooks. The chapters are copiously illustrated, with most diagrams and figures newly drawn for this edition. Correct use of phonetic symbolizations and the importance of adequate transcription in the clinic are stressed, as is the use of instrumental analyses to augment impressionistic descriptions of speech. A range of modern instrumental techniques in speech analysis is covered, as are developments in hearing research including auditory processing disorder. The book concludes with an introduction to current models of speech production and perception.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1 Articulatory Phonetics Chapter 1 The Vocal Organs Chapter 2 Initiation Chapter 3 Phonation Chapter 4 Manner of Articulation Chapter 5 Place of Articulation Chapter 6 Orality and Nasality Chapter 7 Plosives Chapter 8 Vowels Chapter 9 Primary, secondary, and double articulations Chapter 10 Phonetic Transcription Chapter 11 Parametric Phonetics Chapter 12 Suprasegmentals: Length, stress and pitch Chapter 13 Suprasegmentals: Voice Quality Chapter 14 Speech Imaging Part 2 Acoustic Phonetics Chapter 15 Frequency and Pitch Chapter 16 Intensity and Loudness Chapter 17 Resonance Chapter 18 Recording Speech Chapter 19 Acoustic Analysis: Spectrography Chapter 20 Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels Chapter 21 Acoustic Characteristics of Sonorants Chapter 22 Acoustic Characteristics of Obstruents Chapter 23 Acoustic Characteristics of Suprasegmentals: Stress Chapter 24 Acoustic Characteristics of Suprasegmentals: Pitch Chapter 25 Acoustic Characteristics of Suprasegmentals: Connected speech Chapter 26 Acoustic Characteristics of Suprasegmentals: Voice Quality Chapter 27 Acoustic Characteristics of Child Speech Disorders Chapter 28 Acoustic Characteristics of Acquired Speech Disorders Part 3 Auditory Phonetics Chapter 29 Hearing: The Ear Chapter 30 Hearing: Perception Chapter 31 Hearing: Comprehension Chapter 32 Perceptual Units of Speech Chapter 33 Hearing Impairment Chapter 34 Phonetics of Hearing Impaired Speech Chapter 35 Audiological Measurement Chapter 36 Auditory Processing Disorder Chapter 37 Feedback in Speech Chapter 38 Psychoacoustic Experiments Chapter 39 Delayed Auditory Feedback Chapter 40 Dichotic Listening Chapter 41 Time-Variated Speech Chapter 42 Models of Speech Production and Perception Appendices: Phonetic Symbols and Notes on Transcription Appendix I The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Appendix II The Extensions to the IPA for Disordered Speech (extIPA) Appendix III VoQS symbols for Voice Quality

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Book SynopsisThis is an academic textbook on clinical practice & professional issues in speech-language pathology--

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Book SynopsisMost people do not “grow out” of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). For many, their ADHD traits have led to difficulties in school, relationships, and work. But for our hunter-gatherer ancestors these characteristics were necessary for survival. Hunters must be easily distractible, constantly scanning their environment, and unafraid of taking risks. When humanity experienced the agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago, a vastly different type of personality—the methodical “Farmer”—became dominant. Most of our modern world is tailored to this Farmer personality, from 9-to-5 jobs to the structure of public schools, leaving ADHD Hunters feeling like unsuccessful outcasts. However, the Hunter skill set offers many opportunities for success in today’s Farmer society—if you learn how to embrace your ADHD traits instead of fighting against them.In this step-by-step guide, Thom Hartmann explains the positive side of Hunter behavior. Drawing on solid scientific and psychological principles, he provides easy-to-follow organizational strategies, tips to maintain focus and create a distraction-free workspace, and tools to set goals, build a business plan, and discover the right business project to keep you motivated. Hartmann also includes tips on navigating family relationships and parenting—for most Hunter parents are also raising Hunter children.Trade Review“Thom Hartmann’s Adult ADHD is a classic. This book is inspiring, validating, and an extremely practical guide for the entrepreneur with a ‘hunter’s’ mind. Adult ADHD continues to make an important and unique contribution to the field and to adults with ADHD who long to lead a meaningful and satisfying life.” * Sari Solden, MS, LMFT, author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and Journeys Through ADDultho *“Thom Hartmann is one of the most prolific cultural-creatives of our time. In this book he discloses the inner secret of how he uses his own self-diagnosis of Adult ADD, to ‘make the lemonade’ from what otherwise might be considered a disorder. Likewise, he shows how many of the movers and shakers of our world have succeeded the same way he has--by recognizing how their unique ‘hunter’ talents readily lead both to creative opportunities and financial success.” * Stephen Larsen, Ph.D., author of Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind and The Neurofeedback Solution *“As an empathetic native guide, Hartmann inspires hunters to revel in their evolutionary legacy. He provides empowering strategies for transforming ADHD challenges into tools for prospering in the farmer’s domain. The motivating success stories reveal a multitude of paths to self-acceptance and celebrate the triumph of neurodiversity over conformity.” * Ellen Littman, Ph.D., coauthor of Understanding Girls with ADHD *“My therapy clients often compare ADHD to a radio that is on scan--they jump from station to station and get a lot of static. This book is like landing on The Thom Hartmann Program on your radio--a rare voice of calm, clarity, and compassion that reminds us our so-called deficits can often reveal our greatest strengths.” * Rabbi Hillel Zeitlin, LCSW-C, director of the Maryland Institute for Ericksonian Hypnosis & Psychoth *Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Popkin, Ph.D. An Entrepreneur’s Note to the Reader by Wilson Harrell Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION How This Book Will Help You TERRITORY ONE What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Why Is It Important? 1 Nature of ADHD 2 Understanding Why ADHD People Are Hunters 3 The Challenges of an ADHD Business Hunter 4 ADHD Medications and Therapies TERRITORY TWO How to Succeed with ADHD in the Workplace 5 Hunters within Someone Else’s Company 6 Succeeding with ADHD in the Workplace TERRITORY THREE ADHD and Entrepreneurship: Building Your Own Business 7 The Hunter as Entrepreneur 8 Choosing to Start a Business: Your Best Hunt 9 Picking Out the Prey: What’s Your Best Business Goal? TERRITORY FOUR Hunting for Success: Building a Life With, Through, and in Spite of Your ADHD 10 Preparing for the Hunt: Ways to Push through ADHD 11 Tracking the Prey: Heading for Success 12 Enjoying the Fruits of the Hunt Bibliography Recommended Reading Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisReveals how meditation can be used for emotional growth, releasing trauma, and accessing inner wisdom Drawing on her 25 years of research into brain development as well as decades of meditation practice, psychotherapist Marianne Bentzen shows how neuroaffective meditation--the holistic integration of meditation, neuroscience, and psychology--can be used for personal growth and conscious maturation. She also explores how the practice can help address embedded traumas and allow access to the best perspectives of growing older while keeping the best psychological attitudes of being young--a hallmark of wisdom. She explains that there is a sequence to emotional maturation, just as there is for the development of cognitive or athletic skills, and details the central developmental processes of childhood and adolescence and the adult stages of psychological development. She then explores the biopsychological effects of meditation on the human brain, including how it affects us at the autonomic, limbic, and prefrontal levels. The author shares 16 guided meditations for neuroaffective brain development (along with links to online recordings), each designed to gently interact with the deep, unconscious layers of the brain and help you reconnect to yourself, your relationships, and the world around. Each meditation explores a different theme, from breathing in “being in your body” to feeling love, compassion, and gratitude in “the songs of the heart” to balancing positive and negative experiences in “mandala.” The author also shares a 5-part meditation centered on breathing exercises designed to balance your energy. Presenting an authentic, stepwise approach to spiritual growth, emotional maturation, and brain development, this guide explains the science behind neuroaffective meditation and offers detailed practices for a truly personal and ever-evolving experience of inner wisdom and growth.Trade Review“This truly remarkable book outlines a systematic journey of embodiment that enables the reader to bridge a pragmatic scientific perspective with a deeper respect for the richness of bodily feelings and their role in expanding and optimizing the human experience.” * Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Indiana Uni *“Marianne Bentzen has been a pioneer in the field of somatics, child development, and neurobiology for many decades. This guide is a thoughtful and inspiring synthesis of her professional work as a psychotherapist as well as her life-long personal devotion to meditation and spiritual practice. Included is a cogent overview of her brilliant neuroaffective model to add theoretical substance to the practices. All will benefit from the depth and breadth of the meditations. Designed to expand our capacity for presence in the body, to deepen our connection to self and others, to inspire, to challenge deep-seated patterns, and, ultimately, to heal trauma. This guide will stimulate you intellectually, evoke a kaleidoscope of emotions, and drop you gently into the marvels of your inner world.” * Ariel Giarretto, MS, LMFT, somatic therapist and faculty at the Somatic Experiencing Training Instit *“This book is a gift for anyone who is ready to discover the value of meditation for internal healing. The consequences of mental injuries cannot be meditated away. They are deeply anchored in the brain and the whole body in the form of splits and blockages. But the broken connections between thinking, feeling, and acting, between body and spirit, between heart and mind can be found again, relinked, and integrated. In this book, Marianne Bentzen not only makes the neurobiological basics of these reintegration processes understandable, she also uses examples to show how easily neuroaffective meditation can be learned and practically applied.” * Gerald Hüther, neurobiologist and author of The Compassionate Brain *“What does it take to grow up and then embark on a path toward maturity and wisdom? Marianne Bentzen’s tour de force is a lucid journey through the developmental psychology, biology, and neurology of maturation. Drawing on her immense knowledge of both science and meditation, Bentzen offers a step-bystep approach to becoming a full human being. Beautifully written, with compassion and the awareness of our shared humanity, this book is a must-read (and a must-practice) for those of us who wish to cultivate body, mind, and spirit.” * Halko Weiss, Ph.D., coauthor of Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy *“Neuroaffective Meditation by Marianne Bentzen makes a contribution to several fields--developmental psychology, psychotherapy, and meditation, to name some--while also being a very user-friendly and entertaining read. In her own unique style, Bentzen lets complex ideas become powerful images that create a real ‘Aha!’ experience over and over again as we become able to connect to what is behind the words. Her clarity of thinking together with her great compassion for people shine through and make this an important book that truly models what it talks about.” * Kathrin A. Stauffer Ph.D., body psychotherapist and author of Emotional Neglect and the Adult in The *“Marianne Bentzen has woven a wonderful path through neuroscience, meditation, and psychotherapy that deeply explores the emotional development of our species. She has accomplished this at a time when the next phase of human evolution--spiritualization--needs shifting to warp speed. No matter where you are on your life’s journey, this book will provide great value to you on your way to a fuller and more joyful life for yourself and those around you.” * Keith Lowenstein, M.D., author of Kriya Yoga for Self-Discovery *“Marianne Bentzen has brought together a vast array of current research on neurophysiology and developmental psychology with spiritual teachings. She has woven this all together in a deeply satisfying manual for awareness training with good science behind it, along with very practical instructions for cultivating full-bodied living in our human bodies. I can think of no other book that brings all this together with such precision and poetry! I offer a deep bow of respect and a heartfelt hug of gratitude for her kindness in birthing this very wonderful book!” * Patricia Kay, M.A., homeopath and coauthor of Cell Level Meditation *“Finding stillness is much more than sitting still and, therefore, not so easy to reach as many people may think. Marianne Bentzen shows us with her newest book why.” * Urs Honauer, Ph.D., director of the Center for Inner Ecology in Zurich, Switzerland *“This book bundles knowledge with knowing, theory with stillness, body with mind. A must-have, must-do for every psychotherapist!” * Marjolijne van Buren-Molenaar, docent body-mind integrated psychotherapist *Table of ContentsForeword by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Psychotherapy, Personality Development, and Meditation PART ONE Neuroaffective Developmental Psychology Spiritual Development through the Stages of Life ONE Grow Up and Wake Up TWO Embodiment, Emotions, and Identity: Childhood Development of the Triune Brain THREE The Teenage Years and the “Rebuilding Project” of Identity FOUR Adulthood, Aging, and Perhaps Developing Wisdom PART TWO Maturation and Spirituality FIVE Wisdom Practices and Brain Regulation SIX Meditation, Prayer, and the Brain PART THREE Practices of Neuroaffective Meditation SEVEN Being in Your Body Transitioning into Meditation with Yawning, Touch, and Movement Inner Listening: Movement and Breathing EIGHT Being in the Biosphere Grounding: The Embrace of the Earth Air in You, Air around You NINE Flow and Feeling of Spirit: The Beloved Spirit in Your Sense of Aliveness Core Sense and Spirit TEN Relationships and Feelings Seven Emotions and Spirit ELEVEN Meditations on the Songs of the Heart: Love, Compassion, and Gratitude Love, Compassion, and Gratitude Gratitude for the Great Things in Life and the Small Ones TWELVE Aspects of Our Mental Space Focused Attention and the Field of Awareness THIRTEEN Mandala: Your Personal Circles of Light and Darkness Mandala: Circle of Positive and Negative Experience FOURTEEN Balancing Your Energy: Five Centerline-Energy Circulation Meditations Pineal-Hara Breathing: Connecting Clarity and Pleasure Crown-Root Breathing: Connecting Existential Wholeness and Reality Double C Breathing: Connecting Clarity, Emotions, and Expression Circulation Breathing: Balancing Your Overall Energy Essence-Heart Breathing: Inviting Spiritual Energy into Yourself and Out into the World CONCLUSION Engagement and Responsibility in a Balanced Life EPILOGUE Reflections at the End of the Journey Acknowledgments The Meditation Recordings Resources References Index

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Book SynopsisNeuroscientist and psychologist Michael Graziano puts forward a ground-breaking new theory of the origin of consciousness.Trade Review"Graziano’s attention schema theory marks a milestone by offering a plausible, mechanistic answer to the hard problem [of consciousness]." -- Aaron Schurger - Science"Rethinking Consciousness is a very accessible work of science popularisation. There’s limited jargon and Graziano guides the reader with numerous pop culture references and helpful analogies." -- Prospect

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Book SynopsisThis book updates clinical guidance and theory for Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), an approach that gives patients corrective emotional and relational experiences which mobilize changes in the brain. Table of Contents Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction: AEDP After Twenty YearsDiana FoshaPart I. Healing From the Get-go Chapter 1. How AEDP Works Chapter 2. The First Session in AEDP: Harnessing Transformance and Co-creating a Secure AttachmentPart II. Context and Scaffolding Chapter 3. Historical Context: AEDP's Place in the World of Psychotherapy Chapter 4. What Just Happened? And What is Happening Now? The Art and Science of Moment-to-Moment Tracking in AEDP Chapter 5. A Shift in Focus: Making Use of Therapist Experience in AEDP Chapter 6. Using AEDP's Representational Schemas to Scaffold the Therapist's Attunement and EngagementPart III. How to Work with Core Affective Experience: Attachment, Emotion, Self Chapter 7. Neuroplasticity in Action: Rewiring Internal Working Models of Attachment Chapter 8. Portrayals in AEDP: Processing Core Affective Experience and Bringing it to Completion Chapter 9. Agency, Will, and Desire as Core Affective Experience: Undoing Disempowerment to Foster the Emergence of the Agentic SelfPart IV. How to Work with Maladaptive Affective Experience and Complex Trauma Chapter 10. Fierce Love: Championing the Core Self to Transform Trauma and Pathogenic States Chapter 11. Finding Healing in the Broken Places: Intra-Relational AEDP Work With Traumatic Aloneness Chapter 12. Relational Prisms: Navigating Experiential Attachment Work with Dissociation and Multiplicity in AEDPPart V. Integration, Flourishing, Core State, and the Core Self Chapter 13. What Went Right? What Happens in the Brain During AEDP's Metatherapeutic Processing Chapter 14. "We are organized to be better than fine": Building the Transformational Theory of AEDP 2.0 Chapter 15. Future Directions for AEDP Appendix. The Phenomenology of the Four-State Transformational Process in AEDP Index About the Editor

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Book SynopsisA riveting and meticulous account of why and how female serial killers commit murder. Drawing on original scientific research and various psychological perspectives, Dr. Marissa A. Harrison illustrates how female serial killers differ from their male counterparts and why society is so fascinated by their grisly crimes.Trade Review'Dr Harrison has clearly demonstrated her expertise on female serial killers. Her seminal work will stand the test of time, scrutiny, and reliability. Her scholarship, insightful analysis, and penchant for detail make this book the best on the market. Excellent reading for those interested in why and how women become serial killers.' Eric W. Hickey, author of Serial Murderers and their Victims, 7th Edition'Dr Harrison's masterfully crafted book is a comprehensive, engaging, and thought-provoking insight into female serial homicide. Through the interesting case studies provided, the reader gets an in-depth understanding of the factors that can contribute to serial homicide in females.' Clare S. Allely, author of The Psychology of Extreme Violence'Fascinating, ground-breaking, and long overdue. Harrison fills the inexcusable gap in the serial murder literature with her own original research on female killers, in what is sure to become a seminal work in criminology. A must-read.' Patricia Pearson, author of When She Was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder and Wish You Were Here: A Murdered Girl, a Brother's Grief and the Hunt for a Serial Killer'There are countless books on male serial killers but very little on female serial killers. Using a range of perspectives, Dr Harrison's book corrects this deficiency and documents the similarities and differences between male and female killers. Highly accessible, extensively researched, and valuable to professional and lay reader alike.' Frederick Toates, authors of Understanding Sexual Serial Killing'Just as Deadly: The Psychology of Female Serial Killers firmly establishes Dr Marissa Harrison as the preeminent authority on the female serial killer. As an evolutionary psychologist, Dr Harrison brings a much-needed perspective to understanding the inner workings of a subset of serial murderer who have been underacknowledged for centuries. To gain such insight, Dr Harrison compiled decades' worth of data and discerned the who, what, when, where, why, and how related to female serial murderers by giving attention not only to their lives and crimes but also to the often misunderstood psychosocial and behavioral drives behind their motivation. Dr Harrison's research proves how ill-equipped typologies are to classify female serial murderers, given that those systems were designed by men who were interested only in the mindset of the male serial sexual killer. Among other important findings, Dr Harrison draws an interesting distinction between the victim acquisition tactics of both genders: female serial murderers maintain a 'gatherer' style, while their male counterparts adhere to their 'hunter' nature. Just as Deadly is a welcome and necessary addition to the small but growing body of literature that scrutinizes age-old preconceptions about serial murder.' Enzo Yaksic, author of Killer Data: Modern Perspectives on Serial MurderTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction: what is a serial killer?; 2. Why are we interested in serial killers?; 3. The lives in female serial killers (FSKs); 4. Mental health and substance use among FSKs; 5. FSK crimes and outcomes; 6. FSK motives and profile; 7. Comparing FSKs and MSKs: backgrounds and mental illness; 8. Comparing FSKs and MSKs: crimes and victims; 9. The behavioral neuroscience of serial murder; 10. Pyschosocial factors that make a serial murderer; 11. Evolutionary and converging perspectives of serial murder; 12. Our understanding of serial killers evolves.

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Book SynopsisThe brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes the kTrade Review"Rose and Abi-Rached make a convincing argument for a more positive engagement between the social and brain sciences in their discussion of the effects of neuroscience on public understanding of the self."--Wayne Hall, Lancet "As the title implies, this book offers interesting thoughts and findings for any scholar with a connection to neuroscience."--Choice "[I]t is essential reading. If you want to understand neuroscience--rather than just facts about neuroscience--Neuro is probably one of the most important books you could read. And the same goes if you are a neuroscientist or just interested in how we, as a society, are integrating the study of the brain into how we live."--Vaughan Bell, Mind Hacks "Neuro is, in fact, a timely manifesto that urges the social sciences and the life sciences to ditch the mutual suspicion and start working together in a spirit of critical friendship. It is all the more powerful given Rose's intimacy with the life sciences."--Anjana Ahuja, RSA Journal "Neuro convincingly shows, in a thoughtful, encompassing yet meticulous manner, how the neurosciences achieved their exceptional status as the Big Science of today, and what the fundamental difficulties of research in this area are. It is clear that we have every reason to constructively engage with the developments in the neurosciences and that focusing exclusively on critiques of reductionism just would not do the trick."--Ties van de Werff, New Genetics and Society "What strikes one when reading Neuro is how well the authors know what they are writing about. Their strategy is one of informed, balanced assessment, carefully weighing promises against perils, methodological conundrums against technical breakthroughs, genuine in sights against promissory overclaim--all against a well-researched background of historical developments, institutional and personal entanglements, discursive surrounds, and political and institutional pressures."--Jan Slaby, RezensionenTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1* Beyond Cartesianism? 3 * Governing through the Brain 6 * Our Argument 9 * Human Science? 23 One The Neuromolecular Brain 25* How Should One Do the History of the Neurosciences? 28 * Infrastructure 38 * A Neuromolecular Style of Thought 41 * Enter Plasticity 47 * A Neuromolecular and Plastic Brain 51 Two The Visible Invisible 53* The Clinical Gaze 55 * Inscribed on the Body Itself 56 * Open Up a Few Brains 61 * Seeing the Living Brain 65 * The Epidemiology of Visualization 74 * The New Engines of Brain Visualization 80 Three What's Wrong with Their Mice? 82* Artificiality? 85 * Models1, Models2, Models3, Models4 (and Possibly Models5) 92 * The Specificity of the Human 102 * Translation 104 * Life as Creation 108 Four All in the Brain? 110* To Define True Madness 113 * The Burden of Mental Disorder 125 * All in the Brain? 130 * Neuropsychiatry and the Dilemmas of Diagnosis 137 Five The Social Brain 141* The "Social Brain Hypothesis" 143 * Pathologies of the Social Brain 148 * Social Neuroscience 151 * Social Neuroscience beyond Neuroscience 156 * Governing Social Brains 160 Six The Antisocial Brain 164* Embodied Criminals 167 * Inside the Living Brain 173 * Neurolaw? 177 * The Genetics of Control 180 * Nipping Budding Psychopaths in the Bud 190 * Sculpting the Brain in Those Incredible Years 192 * Governing Antisocial Brains 196 Seven Personhood in a Neurobiological Age 199* The Challenged Self 202 * From the Pathological to the Normal 204 * The Self: From Soul to Brain 213 * A Mutation in Ethics and Self-Technologies? 219 * Caring for the Neurobiological Self 223 Conclusion Managing Brains, Minds, and Selves 225* A Neurobiological Complex 225 * Brains In Situ? 227 * Coda: The Human Sciences in a Neurobiological Age 232 Appendix How We Wrote This Book 235 Notes 237 References 277 Index 325

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Chris Chambers’s portrait should sit high on the wall of heroes in the movement to reform science.”—Barbara A. Spellman, Nature “Psychology: it’s not dead yet. But Chris Chambers makes a stark case for its having engaged in sins that call its validity into question.”—Luna C. M. Centifanti, Times Higher Education“Passionate, provocative, and persuasive, Chambers’ book is filled with information and insights about current practices in psychology—and offers recommendations to enhance transparency and reproducibility.”—Glenn C. Altschuler, Psychology Today“An excellent warts-and-all summary of the state of play in modern psychology.”—Dean Burnett, The Guardian“Superb and exceedingly timely. . . . An impressive achievement.”—Scott O. Lilienfeld and Thomas H. Costello, PsycCRITIQUES“I applaud Chambers for advocating reform of our science and this book for encouraging me to rethink our discipline. This book should be required reading for all graduate students and, of course, their mentors.”—Dom Massaro, American Journal of Psychology

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Book SynopsisSaid even more plainly, it shows us how to revitalize our bodies, boost our creativity, rekindle our relationships, and answer once and for all the questions of why we are here and what do we do now? In a world that needs the best of us from the rest of us, this is a book that shows us how to get it done.Trade Review“This is a book on the biggest sort of thinking -- from personal to societal -- written by an author with an eye for what matters, an ear for story and a mind for the sublime." — David Eagleman, Neuroscientist at Stanford, New York Times bestselling author of Livewired and Incognito, and host of PBS The Brain “The death of belief has led to a collapse of meaning, and many of us are looking to neuroscience and psychology for inspiration and understanding. Wheal knows that peak states bring about deep healing, and he is here to deliver. This enrapturing book not only details various drivers of our cultural evolution, it becomes one itself.” — Julie Holland, MD, Author of Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection From Soul to Psychedelics and Weekends at Bellevue "A highly personal, richly informed and culturally wide-ranging mediation on the loss of meaning in our times and on pathways to rediscovering it, from breath through psychedelics--a search fueled by Jamie Wheal’s boundless curiosity and commitment to transformation." — Gabor Maté M.D., Author: In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction “Can humanity survive today’s exponential world change? Doomsayers say NO--we’re flying blind in the spiraling collapse of civilization. But Wheal offers us a savvy, intriguing and novel roadmap to self-renewal. And it’s packed with literary, cultural, historical and biological references as well. You won’t forget this gem--it’s a fascinating read.” — Dr. Helen Fisher, Senior Research Fellow, The Kinsey Institute, Chief Scientist, Match.com, author Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love "Recapture the Rapture offers an invaluable roadmap for transformational consciousness and culture, filled with practical tools to harness our healing, reclaim our inspiration and connect to each other for the road ahead." — Rick Doblin, Founder and Executive Director, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) "This apocalypse is far more complicated than end-times usually are, but Jamie navigates the complexities with rigor and merciless wit. He’s one of those writers who frustrates my desire to make disparaging generalisations about non-Indigenous thought!" — Tyson Yunkaporta Author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Apalech Clan "Recapture the Rapture is both a hymnal and an operations manual for the party at the end of the world-as-we-know-it. The cure for spiritual bypassing and conspirituality is not more mindfulness, it seems, but a redemptive and mutant religiosity that dives into the deep end of our contemporary catastrophe." — Erik Davis, author, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the 70s "I have a feeling that like most readers, I'm closer to those who have lost the rapture than those who live in it. Luckily for us, Jamie Wheal has laid out a fun and accessible path to reclaiming the ecstasy that makes life not merely worth living, but possible in the first place and sustainable in the long run." — Douglas Rushkoff, Author of Team Human, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus "In his rhythmic prose, Wheal crafts A mystical balm. A fool-proof formula for transcendence. And the kind of sacraments here, at the end of history, that could spawn the much-needed recognition of our shared humanity.." — Brian Muraresku, Author NYT Bestseller The Immortality Key "The way forward, argues Wheal...is to rediscover and reinvent our humanity in radical ways that places community, respect for ourselves, the planet and the human species at the center of our strategy for survival; and it’s a strategy that can work for everyone." — Dennis McKenna PhD Ethnopharmacology, Author Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss and The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching

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Trade Review"...an extremely well-written and thought-provoking book that explains more complex issues in sports performance, rehabilitation, injury prevention, and neurocognition in a very readable format...While the book is geared toward individuals in an academic setting, it can be useful for individuals in a variety of fields such as kinesiology, physical therapy, rehabilitation, neuropsychology, and sports performance." --PsycCRITIQUESTable of Contents1. Laterality in Sports: More Than Two Sides of the Same Coin Section A. Laterality – An Important and Often Disregarded Topic 2. Origins, Development, and Persistence of Laterality in Humans 3. In Fencing, Are Left-Handers Trouble for Right-Handers? What Fencing Masters Said in the Past and What Scientists Say Today 4. Measurement of Laterality and Its Relevance for Sports 5. Laterality and Its Role in Talent Identification and Athlete Development 6. Perspectives From Sports Medicine Section B. Motor Control and Learning 7. What Can We Learn About Cognition From Studying Handedness? Insights From Cognitive Neuroscience 8. Laterality of Basic Motor Control Mechanisms: Different Roles of the Right and Left Brain Hemispheres 9. Effector Transfer 10. Near Misses and the Effect of Attentional Asymmetries on Sporting Performance Section C. Performance in Sports 11. Laterality in Individualized Sports 12. Performance Differences Between Left- and Right-Sided Athletes in One-on-One Interactive Sports 13. Biomechanical Considerations of Laterality in Sport 14. Laterality Effects on Performance in Team Sports: Insights From Soccer and Basketball 15. Skill Acquisition in Left- and Right-Dominant Athletes: Insights From Elite Coaching

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Book SynopsisSusan Greenfield is a leading neuroscientist based at the Laboratory of Pharmacology, Oxford. In 1994 she was the first woman to give the annual Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. She is the presenter for BBC2's Brain Story.

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Book SynopsisNeurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is a form of music therapy developed for people suffering from cognitive, sensory, or motor dysfunctions - arising from neurological diseases of the nervous system. People who can benefit from this therapy include sufferers from: stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson''s and Huntington''s disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer''s disease, autism, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, and communication (e.g., MS, Muscular Dystrophy, etc).The Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy is a comprehensive landmark text presenting a new and revolutionary model of music in rehabilitation, therapy and medicine that is scientifically validated and clinically tested. It presents a field that is practiced by over 4000 NMT certified clinicians in over 70 countries.In this second edition, the book is fully updated and revised with new research updates in the field and extends the original clinical chapter content.

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Book SynopsisThe MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality test in the U.S. and around the world. It is employed in mental health settings, medical centers, and correctional programs, and is frequently admitted as evidence in legal proceedings. In addition, the MMPI-2 is widely used in screening applicants for jobs that involve public trust and safety. The fifth edition of MMPI-2: Assessing Personality and Psychopathology describes effective uses of all aspects of the MMPI-2 and explains how to accurately interpret test results. Current and comprehensive, it presents detailed instructions for administering and scoring the MMPI-2 and discusses using the MMPI-2 with such diverse population groups as older adults, ethnic minorities, medical patients, and prisoners. It provides guidelines for interpreting the test''s Validity, Clinical Content, and Supplementary scales, illustrating points with case studies and examples. The book also covers the Restructured Clinical (RC) scales, which help focus the Trade ReviewThe author has produced a very thorough yet readable, accessible book with helpful additions in this latest edition. This book is an uncritical guide both for clinicians and researchers working within the personality assessment domain, and for graduates wishing to learn more about this widely used test. * Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy *Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Development of the MMPI and MMPI-2 ; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI ; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-2 ; Chapter 2 - Administration and Scoring ; QUALIFICATIONS OF TEST USERS ; WHO CAN TAKE THE MMPI-2? ; ADMINISTERING THE MMPI-2 ; TESTING MATERIALS ; SCORING THE MMPI-2 ; CONSTRUCTING THE PROFILE ; CODING THE PROFILE ; Chapter 3 - The Validity Scales ; SCALES ASSESSING CONTENT-NONRESPONSIVENESS (CNR) ; SCALES ASSESSING CONTENT-RESPONSIVE INVALIDITY (CRI) ; OTHER VALIDITY INDICATORS ; PROFILE INVALIDITY ; Chapter 4 - The Clinical Scales ; RELIABILITY OF CLINICAL SCALES ; VALIDITY OF CLINICAL SCALES ; DEFINING HIGH AND LOW SCORES ON CLINICAL SCALES ; INTERPRETATION OF SCORES ON CLINICAL SCALES ; SCALE 1 (HYPOCHONDRIASIS) ; SCALE 2 (DEPRESSION) ; SCALE 3 (HYSTERIA) ; SCALE 4 (PSYCHOPATHIC DEVIATE) ; SCALE 5 (MASCULINITY-FEMININITY) ; SCALE 6 (PARANOIA) ; SCALE 7 (PSYCHASTHENIA) ; SCALE 8 (SCHIZOPHRENIA) ; SCALE 9 (HYPOMANIA) ; SCALE 0 (SOCIAL INTROVERSION) ; Chapter 5 - Code Types ; DETERMINING CODE TYPES ; RELIABILLITY OF CODE TYPES ; VALIDITY OF CODE TYPES ; INTERPRETIVE GUIDELINES FORTWO-POINT CODE TYPES ; INTERPRETIVE GUIDELINES FOR THREE-POINT CODE TYPES ; OTHER CONFIGURAL ASPECTS ; Chapter 6 - Content Interpretation ; THE HARRIS-LINGOES SUBSCALES ; SUBSCALES FOR SCALES 5 AND 0 ; THE MMPI-2 CONTENT SCALES ; CRITICAL ITEMS ; Chapter 7 - Restructured Clinical (RC) and Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Scales ; RESTRUCTURED CLINICAL (RC) SCALES ; PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE (PSY-5) SCALES ; Chapter 8 - Supplementary Scales ; ANXIETEY (A) AND REPRESSION (R) SCALES ; EGO STRENGTH (Es) SCALE ; DOMINANCE (Do) SCALE ; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Re) SCALE ; COLLEGE MALADJUSTMENT (Mt) SCALE ; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PK) SCALE ; MARITAL DISTRESS SCALE (MDS) ; HOSTILITY (Ho) SCALE ; OVERCONTROLLED-HOSTILITY (0-H) SCALE ; MacANDREW ALCOHOLISM SCALE-REVISED (MAC-R) ; ADDICTION ACKNOWLEDGMENT SCALE (AAS) ; ADDICTION POTENTIAL SCALE (APS) ; MASCULINE GENDER ROLE (GM) AND FEMININE GENDER ROLE ; (GF) SCALES ; SUBTLE-OBVIOUS SUBSCALES ; Chapter 9 - Psychometric Considerations ; STANDARDIZATION ; SCALE CONSTRUCTION ; NORMS ; T-SCORE TRANSFORMATIONS ; COMPARABILITY OF THE MMPI AND THE MMPI-2 ; RELIABILITY ; FACTOR STRUCTURE ; RESPONSE SETS AND STYLES ; VALIDITY ; Chapter 10 - Use with Special Groups ; ADOLESCENTS ; OLDER ADULTS ; ETHNIC MINORITIES ; MEDICAL PATIENTS ; PERSONNEL SCREENING ; CORRECTIONAL SETTTINGS ; Chapter 11 - An Interpretive Strategy ; A GENERAL STRATEGY ; AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE ; ADDITIONAL PRACTICE CASES ; GIVING FEEDBACK TO CLIENTS ; CHAPTER APPENDIX ; Chapter 12 - Computerized Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation ; COMPUTERIZED ADMINISTRATION ; COMPUTER ADAPTIVE ADMINISTRATION ; COMPUTERIZED SCORING ; COMPUTERIZED INTERPRETATION ; ISSUES CONCERNING THE USE OF COMPUTERIZED ; INTERPRETATIONS ; PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES FOR COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT ; SAMPLE OF COMPUTERIZED INTEPRETIVE REPORT ; COMPARISON OF COMPUTERIZED AND CLINICIAN-GENERATED ; INTEPRETATIONS ; CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ; CHAPTER APPENDIX ; Chapter 13 - Forensic Applications of the MMI-2 ; ADMISSIBILITY OF MMPI-2 EVIDENCE ; SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES IN USING MMPI-2 IN FORENSIC ; SETTINGS ; SOME FORENISC USES OF THE MMPI-2 ; PRESENTING EXPERT OPINIONS BASED ON THE MMPI-2 ; CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS ; Chapter 14 - MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) ; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-2-RF SCALES ; ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING ; PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS ; MMPI-2 VERSUS MMPI-2-RF ; INTERPRETATION ; CLOSING COMMENTS ; CHAPTER APPENDIX ; Chapter 15 - Assessing Adolescents: The MMPI-A ; DEVELOPMENT OF THE MMPI-A ; ADMINISTRATION AND SCORING ; VALIDITY SCALES ; CLINICAL SCALES ; HARRIS-LINGOES SUBSCALES ; SCALE 0 SUBSCALES ; SUPPLEMENARY SCALES ; CONTENT SCALES ; PERSONALITY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FIVE (PSY-5) SCALES ; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY ; INTERPRETING THE MMPI-A SCALES ; INTERPRETING CRITICAL ITEMS ; MMPI-A INTERPRETIVE STRATEGY ; ILLUSTRATIVE CASE ; CHAPTER APPENDIX ; References ; Appendixes ; APPENDIX A KOSS-BUTCHER CRITICAL ITEM NUMBERS ; APPENDIX B INTERCORRELATIONS OF MMPI-2 SCALES FOR NORMATIVE SAMPLE ; APPENDIX C PERCENTILE EQUIVALENTS FOR UNIFORM TSCORES ; APPENDIX D FOUR PRACTICE CASES: BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND EXTENDED SCORE REPORTS ; Author Index ; Subject Index

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Book SynopsisHow do brains make minds? Paul Thagard presents a unified, brain-based theory of cognition and emotion with applications to the most complex kinds of thinking, right up to consciousness and creativity. Neural mechanisms are used to explain mental operations for analogy, action, intention, language, and the self.Brain-Mind develops a brilliant account of mental operations using promising new ideas from theoretical neuroscience. Single neurons cannot do much by themselves, but groups of neurons work together to accomplish powerful kinds of mental representation, including concepts, images, and rules. Minds enable people to perceive, imagine, solve problems, understand, learn, speak, reason, create, and be emotional and conscious. Competing explanations of how the mind works have identified it as soul, computer, brain, dynamical system, or social construction. This book explains minds in terms of interacting mechanisms operating at multiple levels, including the social, mental, neural, and molecular. Unification comes from systematic application of Chris Eliasmith''s powerful Semantic Pointer Architecture, a highly original synthesis of neural network and symbolic ideas about how the mind works. This book belongs to a trio that includes Mind-Society: From Brains to Social Sciences and Professions and Natural Philosophy: From Social Brains to Knowledge, Reality, Morality, and Beauty. They can be read independently, but together they make up a Treatise on Mind and Society that provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the cognitive sciences, social sciences, professions, and humanities.Trade ReviewWith his deep background in cognitive science and philosophy of mind, Thagard is able to sketch a bird's eye view of the mind-encompassing cognition, emotion, and consciousness-while staying grounded in a computational theory of neural organization." * Keith J. Holyoak, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles *Paul Thagard's Brain-Mind is an extremely ambitious attempt (largely successful, I believe), to provide a unified, neurally-based, account of how the Brain creates the Mind. Using Chris Eliasmith's Semantic Pointer Architecture and related ideas, Thagard shows how all the various aspects of the mind from lower level phenomena, such as Perception, to the highest levels of cognition, such as Language and the Self, can be realized in terms of a set of unifying principles based on the Semantic Pointer Architecture and its grounding in neural mechanisms. It provides a strong intellectual foundation for the even more ambitious other volumes (Mind-Society and Natural Philosophy) of his three-volume Treatise on Mind and Society. Thagard takes us on a mind-expanding journey." * Stephen Read, Mendel B. Silberberg Professor of Social Psychology, University of Southern California *A readable overview of the philosophy of cognitive science and its goal of establishing mechanistic or computational models of cognition and emotion." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. What are Minds? Why Minds Matter What are Minds? Cognitive Science Representations and Processes Mechanisms Looking Ahead Summary Notes to Chapter 1: Minds 2. How Brains Make Minds Why Brains Matter to Mind and Society Thinking with Cells Neurons Neural Groups Combining Neural Representations Semantic Pointers The Semantic Pointer Architecture Innateness versus Learning Summary and Discussion Appendix: Details and Comparisons Notes to Chapter 2: Brains 3. Perception and Imagery Why Perception and Imagery Matter to Mind and Society From Sensation to Perception to Imagery External Senses Internal Senses Imagery Mental Mechanisms for Imagery Neural Mechanisms for Imagery Uses of Imagery Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 3: Perception 4. Concepts Why Concepts Matter to Mind and Society Theories of Concepts Neural Mechanisms for Concepts Uses of Concepts Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 4: Concepts 5. Rules Why Rules Matter to Mind and Society Mental Mechanisms for Rules Neural Mechanisms for Rules Uses of Rules Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 5: Rules 6. Analogies Why Analogies Matter to Mind and Society Mental Mechanisms for Analogy Neural Mechanisms for Analogy Uses of Analogies Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 6: Analogies 7. Emotions Why Emotions Matter to Mind and Society Psychological Theories of Emotion Neural Mechanisms for Emotions Uses of Emotions How Emotions Change Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 7: Emotions 8. Consciousness Why Consciousness Matters to Mind and Society Psychological Theories of Consciousness Neural Mechanisms for Consciousness Uses of Consciousness Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 8: Consciousness 9. Action and Intention Why Actions Matter to Mind and Society Psychological Theories of Action, Intention, and Will Neural Mechanisms for Action and Intention Uses of Action and Intention The Will Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 9: Action 10. Language Why Language Matters to Mind and Society Syntax First: Chomsky Integrating Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology Meaning Conceptual Blending Metaphor Innateness and Language Learning Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 10: Language 11. Creativity Why Creativity Matters to Mind and Society What is Creativity? Images Concepts Rules Procedural Creativity Analogies and Metaphors Emotions Case Study: CRISPR/Cas9 Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 11: Creativity 12. The Self Why the Self Matters to Mind and Society What is the Self? Semantic Pointers for Self-Representation Semantic Pointer Mechanisms for Self-Effecting and Self-Changing Multilevel Systems Molecular Mechanisms Social Mechanisms Summary and Discussion Notes to Chapter 12: Self References Index

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