Titoli in Neuroscienza e neuropsicologia

If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you. Thoughts can seem like messages - are they trying to tell you something? But the truth is that they are just thoughts, and don’t necessarily mean anything. Sane and good people have them. If you are someone who is plagued by thoughts you don’t want - thoughts that scare you, or thoughts you can’t tell anyone about - this book may change your life.

The inspiration for the PBS series Mysterious of Mental Illness, Shrinks brilliantly tells the groundbreaking story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a...

La neurociencia vive hoy inmersa en una revolución con fuertes implicaciones clínicas, sociales y personales. El redescubrimiento de la influencia de los órganos del cuerpo sobre el cerebro nos traslada a una visión integral de la percepción. En este libro, la autora nos acompaña en un viaje a través del cuerpo para descubrir su impacto sobre las neuronas.

Descubre cómo funciona tu cerebro y aprende técnicas sencillas que te darán el poder para influir sobre tu mente y tus capacidades. EL CEREBRO SE ENTRENA: ¡DESARROLLA EL TUYO AL MÁXIMO! Desde respirar —pasando por comer o dormir— hasta la capacidad para razonar, para enamorarnos o para...

Fabrizio Benedetti, professore di Neurofisiologia all'Università di Torino, nel suo lavoro di medico e ricercatore esplora la mente e i ricordi delle persone. Un lavoro che per certi versi richiama quello di un detective: partendo dai dati a disposizione, infatti, si trova spesso a indagare in maniera empirica, per tentativi, la mente umana e i suoi inganni, i depistaggi, le false memorie. Questo audiolibro raccoglie quattro casi clinici che, per la loro natura, sembrano veri e propri gialli.

For millennia, philosophers and scientists have been trying to unlock the secrets of the mind with only limited success—until now. Today, with modern technologies including the best in neuroscience, medical imaging, and recent advances in artificial intelligence, we are making more progress than ever before. In Introduction to Cognitive Science, Professor Thad A. Polk takes you on a fascinating tour of the latest discoveries in the relatively new field of cognitive science. In 24 exciting lectures, Professor Polk shares dozens of the most challenging questions in cognitive science today.

In this thought-provoking recording, internationally recognized Jungian teacher and theorist James Hillman, PhD, author of The Soul’s Code and Re-Visioning Psychology, proposes the 21st century’s “new urbanism”, one that integrates city and nature into a harmonious whole.

From a Founder of Interpersonal Neurobiology, Breakthrough Teachings about Human Development and Healing If you think your mind and your brain are one and the same, think again. According to interpersonal neurobiology pioneer Daniel J. Siegel, the mind actually emerges out of the interaction...

Tras el éxito de Y el cerebro creó al hombre, Destino incorpora dos clásicos de Antonio Damasio. El error de Descartes lo supo ver, hace ya varios siglos, Spinoza. El filósofo holandés, al que Damasio califica de «protobiólogo», teorizó ya en el siglo XVII sobre la conexión entre...

We like to think we make decisions based on good reasoning–and that our doctors, judges, politicians, economic forecasters and employers do too. In this groundbreaking book, three world-leading behavioural scientists come together to assess the last great fault in our collective decision-making: noise. We all make bad judgements more than we think. Noise shows us what we can do to make better ones.

Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively? Why don’t they quit out of self-concern? Why does the rat in the experiment, alone in a cage, press the lever again and again for cocaine—to the point of death? In this pathbreaking book, Hanna Pickard proposes a new paradigm for understanding the puzzle of addiction.

Awe-inspiring and accessible, this exclusive audio documentary by bestselling author Annaka Harris explores the unknown corners of consciousness and the cosmos. 'Follow along as Annaka Harris interviews (and graciously challenges) the world’s leading scientists on the nature of...

We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Drawing on decades of research, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer outlines a revolutionary new understanding that for the first time unites our existing knowledge about mental illness within a single framework: mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain. Brain Energy will transform the field of mental health, and the lives of countless people around the world.

Considerado uno de los grandes escritores clínicos del siglo, Oliver Sacks nos presenta en su último libro siete casos neurológicos que constituyen una profunda reflexión sobre la esencia de la identidad y los mecanismos del conocimiento. Un pintor que tras un accidente de coche deja de ver el color; un cirujano cuyos continuos tics y compulsiones sólo remiten cuando opera o pilota su aeroplano; un hombre que tras toda una vida de ceguera recupera la vista sólo para darse cuenta de que no sabe ver.

Un entrenamiento cerebral para enfrentarte a tus miedos y fortalecer conexiones emocionales. Un enfoque práctico que te cambiará la vida. Ana Ibáñez, autora del exitoso libro Sorprende a tu mente, regresa a las librerías dando un paso más en la educación de pautas neuronales que...

Questo libro ti mostrerà semplici ed efficaci strategie per il successo provenienti dall'ambito della psicologia e della comunicazione, con le quali sarai in grado di controllare il tuo subconscio e le persone intorno a te, per poter raggiungere tutti i tuoi obiettivi il prima possibile! Imparerai anche esclusive ed efficaci tecniche di manipolazione di esperti del settore, con le quali sarai in grado di dirigere ogni discussione nella direzione desiderata ed influenzare il comportamento degli altri a tuo vantaggio.

The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own near-death experience—for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven. Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly...

This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality. 

“Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important...

This is the story of how your life shapes your brain and how your brain shapes your life. Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are 'you'? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human?