50 Psychology Classics by Tom Butler-Bowdon; Tom Butler-Bowden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
This brand new edition of the bestselling 50 Psychology Classics includes new classics like Thinking, Fast and Slow; Quiet and The Marshmallow Test. In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to ...Show more
NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and how to think smarter about people who think differently by Steve Silberman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our understanding it. Following on from his ground ...Show more
The Gendered Brain - The New Neuroscience that Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
$22.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
An agenda-setting, myth-debunking book by neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon that demolishes the idea of biology as destiny and the myth of the male or female brain. Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? Do you have a female brain or a male brain? Or is that the wrong question? We live i ...Show more
Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
$27.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR Like Primo Levi's The Periodic Table, The Noonday Demon digs deep into personal history, as Andrew Solomon narrates, brilliantly and terrifyingly, his own agonising experience of depression. Solomon also portrays the pain of others, in different cultures and societies w ...Show more
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: Revised Edition by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
$24.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
The incredible story and miraculous work of a remarkable woman. Though she began life severely learning disabled, built herself a better brain and a brain training program that has helped thousands of others do the same. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused ...Show more
The Brain: A User's Manual: A simple guide to the world's most complex machine by Marco Magrini
$22.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
"Congratulations on the purchase of this exclusive product, tailor-made just for you. It will provide you with years of continuous service."The brain is one of nature's most miraculous but misunderstood creations. In this fascinating user-friendly guide, you will discover all you need to know about what ...Show more
How the Mind Changed A Human History of Our Evolving Brain by Joseph Jebelli
$34.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.We've come a long way. The earliest human had a brain as small as a child's fist; ours are four times bigger, with spectacular abilities and potential we are only just beginning to understand.This is How the Mind Changed, a ...Show more
Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How to Master it by Walter Mischel
$35.00 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behaviour later in life? Walter Mischel's now iconic "marshmallow test," one of the most famous experiments in the history of psychology, pro ...Show more
Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
$32.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Being bored is bad, right? We'll certainly do anything to avoid it and with smartphones we need never be bored again, as we reply to our emails 24 hours a day, tweet as we watch TV, watch TV as we commute, check Facebook as we walk and Instagram while we eat. Stimulation is good. But what if it's not? W ...Show more
Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up to by Dean Burnett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
Why do you lose arguments with people who know much less than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing...but can't remember her name? And why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the foetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly fro ...Show more
Science of Meditation by Daniel Goleman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
The western world's flirtation with mind training began decades ago, but has quickened in the last few years. As mindfulness, TM, and other brands of meditation sweep through businesses, schools and clinics, The Science of Meditation brings a startling new perspective to an understanding of our relation ...Show more
Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells by Harold Mcgee
$65.00 AUD
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
The long awaited new book from Harold McGee, winner of the André Simon Food Book of the Year & the James Beard Award.What is smell? How does it work? And why is it so important?HAROLD McGEE, leading expert on the science of food and cooking, has spent a decade exploring our most overlooked sense.Nos ...Show more