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  • Emil du Bois-Reymond

    Neuroscience, Self, and Society in Nineteenth-Century Germany

    by Gabriel Finkelstein ...
    Series series Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
    A biography of an important but largely forgotten nineteenth-century scientist whose work helped lay the foundation of modern neuroscience.Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818–1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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  • Against Empathy

    The Case for Rational Compassion

    by Paul Bloom ...
    “Like a tough-to-crack case against an idea that most of us have long known is key to repairing the world… will legitimately change how you think about the world and your own sense of morality.” —New York MagazineNew York Post Best Book of the YearWe often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Finding God in the Waves

    How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science

    by Mike McHargue ...
    A story about having faith, losing it, and finding it again through science—revealing how the latest in neuroscience, physics, and biology help us understand God, faith, and ourselves.Mike McHargue, host of The Liturgists and Ask Science Mike podcasts, understands the pain of unraveling belief. In Finding God in the Waves, Mike tells the story of how his Evangelical faith dissolved into atheism as ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Hacking of the American Mind

    The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains

    by Robert H. Lustig ...
    **"Explores how industry has manipulated our most deep-seated survival instincts."—David Perlmutter, MD, Author, #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain and Brain MakerThe New York Times–bestselling author of Fat Chance reveals the corporate scheme to sell pleasure, driving the international epidemic of addiction, depression, and chronic disease.**While researching the toxic and addictive ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • Making Space

    How the Brain Knows Where Things Are

    by Jennifer M. Groh ...
    Knowing where things are seems effortless. Yet our brains devote tremendous computational power to figuring out the simplest details about spatial relationships. Going to the grocery store or finding our cell phone requires sleuthing and coordination across different sensory and motor domains. Making Space traces this mental detective work to explain how the brain creates our sense of location. ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Form Within

    My Point of View

    by Karl H Pribram ...
    THE FORM WITHIN is the fascinating story of two hundred years of pioneering brain research, told from the unique perspective of the only brain scientist who has been, and still remains, an active participant in that story throughout the past seventy years: Karl H. Pribram.In THE FORM WITHIN, Dr. Pribram takes us on a compelling journey from the dawn of our collective recorded perceptions” in cave ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Eye Tracking

    A comprehensive guide to methods and measures

    by Kenneth Holmqvist, Richard Andersson, Richard Dewhurst, Halszka Jarodzka, Joost van de Weijer, Marcus Nyström ...
    We make 3-5 eye movements per second, and these movements are crucial in helping us deal with the vast amounts of information we encounter in our everyday lives. In recent years, thanks to the development of eye tracking technology, there has been a growing interest in monitoring and measuring these movements, with a view to understanding how we attend to and process the visual information we ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Clinical Neuroembryology

    Development and Developmental Disorders of the Human Central Nervous System

    by Hans J. ten Donkelaar, Martin Lammens, Akira Hori ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the human central nervous system (CNS) in the context of its many developmental disorders due to genetic, environmental, and hypoxic/ischemic causes. The introductory chapters give an overview of the development of the human brain and the spinal cord, the mechanisms of development as obtained in experimental studies of various ... Read more

    $307.99 CAD

  • Placebo and Pain

    From Bench to Bedside

    Edited by Luana Colloca, Magne Arve Flaten, Karin Meissner ...
    The placebo effect continues to fascinate scientists, scholars, and clinicians, resulting in an impressive amount of research, mainly in the field of pain. While recent experimental and clinical studies have unraveled salient aspects of the neurobiological substrates and clinical relevance of pain and placebo analgesia, an authoritative source remained lacking until now. By presenting and ... Read more

    $88.79 CAD

  • Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychotherapy

    Network Principles for a Unified Theory

    by Warren Tryon ...
    Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychotherapy provides a bionetwork theory unifying empirical evidence in cognitive neuroscience and psychopathology to explain how emotion, learning, and reinforcement affect personality and its extremes. The book uses the theory to explain research results in both disciplines and to predict future findings, as well as to suggest what the theory and evidence say about ... Read more

    $88.79 CAD

  • Biology of the Lobster

    Homarus Americanus

    Edited by Jan Robert Factor ...
    The widely distributed American Lobster, Homarus americanus, which inhabits coastal waters from Canada to the Carolinas, is an important keystone species. A valuable source of income, its abundance or rarity often reflects the health of ecosystems occupied by these crustaceans. This comprehensive reference brings together all that is known of these fascinating animals. It will appeal to biologists ... Read more

    $415.19 CAD

  • Vestibulo-Oculomotor Research in Space

    by Andrew H. Clarke ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This monograph describes the findings of spaceflight research related to spatial orientation, sensorimotor coordination and mental function. Exposed to the microgravity conditions of spaceflight, the human experiences a variety of physiological and psychological problems, which are presented here. Recent findings of sensory motor research in space are depicted and their benefits for life on earth ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD