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• Author(s): Sally Satel • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceThis provocative account of our obsession with neuroscience brilliantly illuminates what contemporary neuroscience and brain i...

• Author(s): Gregory Berns • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive NeuropsychologyA New York Times-bestselling author reveals how the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, ar...

• Author(s): Shimon Edelman • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: NeuropsychologyWhen fishing for happiness, catch and release. Remember these seven words -- they are the keys to being happy. So says Shimon Edelman, a...

• Author(s): Gregory Berns • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - Neuroscience"Dog lovers and neuroscientists should both read this important book." -- Dr. Temple Grandin What is it like to be a dog? ...

• Author(s): Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - Developmental BiologyA renowned biologist's cutting-edge and unconventional examination of human reproduction and embryo rese...

• Author(s): David Linden • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyInspired by the abundance of unique personalities available on dating websites, a renowned neuroscientist examines the science of ...

• Author(s): Howard Gardner • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: NeuropsychologyThe first full-scale history of cognitive science, this work addresses a central issue: What is the nature of knowledge?

• Author(s): Roy J. Mathew • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: GeneralIn The True Path, Duke psychiatrist Roy J. Mathew draws on his own extensive knowledge of neuroscience as he looks at the centuries-old Indian id...

• Author(s): Stephen M. Fleming • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive NeuropsychologyUnlock the secrets to understanding yourself and others with the surprising science of the hu...

• Author(s): Jerome Kagan • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Developmental - ChildAs infants we are rife with potential. For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of developmental paths. Soon,...

• Author(s): Thomas Suddendorf • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - EvolutionThere exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilization...

• Author(s): Benjamin K. Bergen • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsWhether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool f...

• Author(s): Daniel Bor • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceConsciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh's starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven's Fi...

• Author(s): Henry Nicholls • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceA narcoleptic's tireless journey through the neuroscience of disordered sleep Whether it's a bout of bad jet lag or a stre...

• Author(s): Kelly Lambert • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Psychopathology - DepressionToday's young adults are up to ten times more likely to experience depression than their grandparents were. Could it be that...

• Author(s): Suzanne Corkin • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Medical (Incl. Patients)In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental "psychosurgical" procedure -- a targeted lobotomy -- in a...