Dangerous Minds: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Quest to Understand Violence by Taj Nathan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
What drives someone to commit murder? What makes some people lash out on those that they love? Can we predict whether a child will grow into a violent adult, and what can we do to prevent it?These are just some of the questions that forensic psychiatrist Dr Taj Nathan interrogates every day in his work ...Show more
The Empathy Instinct : How to Create a More Civil Society by Peter Bazalgette
$22.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
'If we hope to meet the moral test of our times, then I think we're going to have to talk more about the "empathy deficit". The ability to put ourselves in somebody else's shoes, to see the world through somebody else's eyes . . .' Barack Obama Empathy is the power of understanding others, imaginativel ...Show more
Traumata by Meera Atkinson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
In this extraordinary book, Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history. Using memoir as a touchstone, Atkinson contemplates the causes of trauma and the scars it leaves on modern society. She v ...Show more
Pavlov's Dog and 49 Other Experiments that Revolutionised Psychology by Adam Hart-Davies
$24.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience | Series: Great Experiments Ser.
Experimental psychology burst onto the intellectual scene in the middle part of the nineteenth century, radically transforming the way we understand human thought and behavior.Featuring clear explanations and first-rate scholarship, Pavlov's Dog introduces the reader to iconic experiments, including Pav ...Show more
The Incredible Teenage Brain: Everything You Need to Know to Unlock a Teen's Potentional by Bettina Hohnen; Jane Gilmour; Tara Murphy
$38.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
This book is a must read for anyone parenting, teaching or supporting teens, who wants to empower them to reach their potential. Written by a team of clinical psychologists, it leads you through tried and tested strategies to build strong relationships and improve communication with young people as they ...Show more
The Brain: Everything You Need to Know by New Scientist
$34.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of useful design features, but also many bugs and weaknesses. Problem is you don't get an owner's manual. You have to just plug and play. As a r ...Show more
How You Feel - The Secret Workings of the Sensing Body by James Tresilian
$32.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Close your eyes and ask yourself, 'what do I feel?' You might feel thirsty or tired. You might feel healthy and well or perhaps a little under the weather. Maybe you can feel that you are standing or that you are leaning over. You may also feel the world around you - the shape and texture of an apple i ...Show more
On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done by David Badre
$29.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions--and how this shapes our everyday lives Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at a tax form feel mentally exhausting? Why can your child expertly fix th ...Show more
Hidden Spring by Mark Solms
$32.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
A revolutionary new explanation for sentience from the neuroscientist who discovered how the brain dreams.
You Can Fix Your Brain - Optimize Your Brain Health and Improve Your Memory Through Only One Hour a Week by Tom O'Bryan; Mark Hyman (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
For anyone worried about any type of brain ailment, ranging from the chronic conditions to simple brain fog and fatigue, this essential guide covers the full spectrum of prevention to treatment. We've all experienced brain fog--misplaced keys, forgotten facts, a general feeling that you're just feel ...Show more
Drunk Tank Pink - The Subconscious Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave by Adam Alter
$19.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Australian author, TEDX Sydney speaker and Malcolm Gladwell's favourite science book of 2013!
Woman Who Changed Her Brain by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
$29.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn - or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. She could make no sense ...Show more