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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “vera nenadovic”
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  • Being and becoming

    A guide to act in the theatre of existence

    by Jose Luis Perez Velazquez, Vera Nenadovic ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Many people spend considerable time seeking a sense of purpose in life and, concomitant with that, a sense of personal identity. This book demystifies this search, revealing why this search is a fallacy. The purpose is to inform readers about results in neuroscience and biophysics that may guide us to some liberation needed in the current age of great complexity in life with a diverse burden of ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

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  • The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

    by V. S. Ramachandran ...
    "A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." —Oliver SacksIn this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases—from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller’s eye for compelling case studies and a researcher’s flair for new approaches to age-old questions, Ramachandran tackles ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Mind & The Brain

    Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

    by Sharon Begley, Jeffrey M. Schwartz ...
    A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. The Mind & The Brain argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. Dr. Schwartz, ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World

    by Iain McGilchrist ...
    Is the world essentially inert and mechanical - nothing but a collection of things for us to use? Are we ourselves nothing but the playthings of chance, embroiled in a war of all against all? Why, indeed, are we engaged in destroying everything that is valuable to us?In his international bestseller, The Master and his Emissary, McGilchrist demonstrated that each brain hemisphere provides us with a ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Your Brain Is a Time Machine

    The Neuroscience and Physics of Time

    by Dean Buonomano ...
    "Beautifully written, eloquently reasoned…Mr. Buonomano takes us off and running on an edifying scientific journey." —Carol Tavris, Wall Street JournalIn Your Brain Is a Time Machine, leading neuroscientist Dean Buonomano embarks on an "immensely engaging" exploration of how time works inside the brain (Barbara Kiser, Nature). The human brain, he argues, is a complex system that not only tells ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Consciousness

    Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist

    by Christof Koch ...
    Embark on a wild ride through the neuroscience of consciousness in this compelling study that “[sheds] light on how scientists really think”—hailed as “science writing at its best” (Times Higher Education).A scientist searches for an empirical explanation for consciousness, spurred by his instinctual belief that life is meaningful . . .What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • The Consciousness Instinct

    Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind

    by Michael S. Gazzaniga ...
    " The Consciousness Instinct could be the clearest and most compelling attempt to demystify the mind yet written." —Julian Baggini, The Wall Street JournalHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"—atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells—create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Secret Life of the Mind

    How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides

    by Mariano Sigman ...
    From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind.Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answers to these and many ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Feeling & Knowing

    Making Minds Conscious

    by Antonio Damasio ...
    **From one of the world’s leading neuroscientists: a succinct, illuminating, wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness“One thrilling insight after another ... Damasio has succeeded brilliantly in narrowing the gap between body and mind.” —The New York Times Book Review* ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Custom-Made Brain

    Cerebral Plasticity, Regeneration, and Enhancement

    by Jean-Didier Vincent, Pierre-Marie Lledo ...
    Two leading neuroscientists examine how the brain is in flux and how this applies to addressing neurological, cognitive, and emotional health.Beginning with a survey of the fundamental scientific developments that led to our current understanding of the regenerative mind, the authors elucidate the breakthrough neurobiological studies that paved the way for our present understanding of the brain's ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden Spring

    A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

    by Mark Solms ...
    A revelatory new theory of consciousness that returns emotions to the center of mental life.For Mark Solms, one of the boldest thinkers in contemporary neuroscience, discovering how consciousness comes about has been a lifetime’s quest. Scientists consider it the "hard problem" because it seems an impossible task to understand why we feel a subjective sense of self and how it arises in the brain ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • 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