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    Why We Crave Adventure, Chocolate, Pheromones, and Music

    An immensely fascinating look at the origins and evolutionary purpose of human pleasureFrom our enjoyment of music to our cravings for chocolate, from our love for children and family to our attraction to things of beauty, this book embarks on an intriguing and accessible exploration of the purpose of pleasure in our lives and in human history. How did pleasure evolve and why? How does it develop ... Leer más

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    Does drinking really kill brain cells? Does listening to Mozart make your baby smarter? For all the mileage we've gotten from our own brains, most of us have essentially no idea how they work. We're easily susceptible to myths (like the "fact" that we use only 10% of our brains) and misconceptions (like the ones perpetrated by most Hollywood movies), probably because we've never known where to ... Leer más

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  • A User's Guide to the Brain

    Perception, Attention, and the Four Theatres of the Brain

    John Ratey, bestselling author and clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, lucidly explains the human brain’s workings, and paves the way for a better understanding of how the brain affects who we are. Ratey provides insight into the basic structure and chemistry of the brain, and demonstrates how its systems shape our perceptions, emotions, and behavior. By giving us a greater ... Leer más

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  • Affective Neuroscience

    The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions

    de Jaak Panksepp ...
    Series series Series in Affective Science
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  • Human

    The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique

    "[A] shimmering new book . . . This is the place to look to learn about our best scientific understanding of what it means to be human." —Steven Pinker, New York Times bestselling author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works"A cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara (and one of the inventors of the field), takes us on a lively tour through the latest ... Leer más

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  • The Accidental Mind

    How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God

    Linden sets the record straight about the construction of the human brain; rather than the “beautifully-engineered optimized device, the absolute pinnacle of design” portrayed in many dumbed-down text books, pop-science tomes, and education televisions programs, Linden’s organ is a complicated assembly of cobbled-together functionality that created the mind as a by-product of ad-hoc solutions to ... Leer más

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  • 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know

    Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
    Master the ideas central to understanding the human brain.In a series of 50 accessible essays, Mo Costandi introduces and explains all we know about the brain and how it works, outlining both long-standing theories and cutting-edge ideas.From the function of neurons and synaptic transmission, to the nervous system and personality, 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete ... Leer más

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  • Your Brain: A User's Guide

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  • The Birth of the Mind

    How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought

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    In The Birth of the Mind , award-winning cognitive scientist Gary Marcus irrevocably alters the nature vs. nurture debate by linking the findings of the Human Genome project to the development of the brain. Startling findings have recently revealed that the genome is much smaller than we once thought, containing no more than 30,000-40,000 genes. Since this discovery, scientists have struggled to ... Leer más

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  • The Everything Psychology Book

    Explore the human psyche and understand why we do the things we do

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  • Think Tank

    Forty Neuroscientists Explore the Biological Roots of Human Experience

    Essays that explore quirky, counterintuitive aspects of brain function and "make us realize that what goes on in our minds is nothing short of magical" (Scientific American).Neuroscientist David J. Linden approached leading brain researchers and asked each the same question: "What idea about brain function would you most like to explain to the world?" Their responses make up this one-of-a-kind ... Leer más

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