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  • How Sexual Desire Works

    The Enigmatic Urge

    There are countless books on sex and an endless fascination with the subject. Varieties and vagaries of sexual desire have long been documented, but there has been little engagement with cutting-edge scientific research to uncover the biological and psychological bases of sexual desire. Here, Frederick Toates uses the insights of modern science to show how a wide range of desire-related phenomena ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Understanding Sexual Serial Killing

    Why do some people engage in serial killing for sexual pleasure? This book considers the phenomenon of sexual serial killing from the perspective of motivation theory, as advanced in psychology and neuroscience. By examining biological, psychological and social determinants, it develops a model of sexual killing that integrates widely dispersed existing literature. The first part of the book ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Burrhus F. Skinner

    The Shaping of Behaviour

    Series series Mind Shapers
    As the world faces up to the challenges of climate change and the threat to security, Skinner's contributions on these issues continue to resonate today. In this stimulating introduction for students and general readers, Toates places Skinner's ideas within the context of mainstream psychological thought, presenting a balanced synthesis of the psychologist's work and his approach. The author ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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  • The Better Brain Book

    From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain and New York Times bestseller *Brain Maker*...Loss of memory is not a natural part of aging—and this book explains why.**Celebrated neurologist David Perlmutter reveals how everyday memory-loss—misplacing car keys, forgetting a name, losing concentration in meetings—is actually a warning sign of a distressed brain. Here he and Carol ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Brain and Music

    A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brainCovers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotionIncludes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for expertsOffers the most empirical ... Read more

    $43.00 USD

  • Intelligence in the Flesh

    Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks

    by Guy Claxton ...
    If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you’d better think again—or rather not “think” at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal how our bodies—long dismissed as mere conveyances—actually constitute the core of our intelligent life. From the ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A Life Course Approach to Mental Disorders

    Series series A Life Course Approach to Adult Health
    A Life Course Approach to Mental Disorders examines the interplay of social and biological factors in the production of a wide range of mental disorders throughout life, from the peri-natal period through to old age. The aging into adulthood of numerous birth cohorts, especially over the past twenty years, has provided increasing evidence that mental disorders previously perceived to emerge in ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Computational Neuroanatomy: The Methods

    by Moo K Chung ...
    Computational neuroanatomy is an emerging field that utilizes various non-invasive brain imaging modalities, such as MRI and DTI, in quantifying the spatiotemporal dynamics of the human brain structures in both normal and clinical populations. This discipline emerged about twenty years ago and has made substantial progress in the past decade. The main goals of this book are to provide an overview ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Mechanisms of Memory

    This fully revised second edition provides the only unified synthesis of available information concerning the mechanisms of higher-order memory formation. It spans the range from learning theory, to human and animal behavioral learning models, to cellular physiology and biochemistry. It is unique in its incorporation of chapters on memory disorders, tying in these clinically important syndromes ... Read more

    $96.29 USD

  • In Search of Madness

    Schizophrenia and Neuroscience

    Over the last two decades, scientific articles on schizophrenia have doubled in number, and prophecies of breakthrough have appeared and receded. The result is a scattered and confusing mass of evidence that is difficult to evaluate. How much progress has really been made? Are the neurological causes of madness truly in sight? This book evaluates the progress of schizophrenia science by ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Brain-Computer Interfacing for Assistive Robotics

    Electroencephalograms, Recurrent Quantum Neural Networks, and User-Centric Graphical Interfaces

    Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology provides a means of communication that allows individuals with severely impaired movement to communicate with assistive devices using the electroencephalogram (EEG) or other brain signals. The practicality of a BCI has been possible due to advances in multi-disciplinary areas of research related to cognitive neuroscience, brain-imaging techniques and human ... Read more

    $89.09 USD