Sex, Lies and Brain Scans
This book is a popular overview of recent fMRI research and its implications in terms of prejudice, lying, free will and morality, neuro-marketing and self-control.…… Read More »
Category: Neuroscience
30-SECOND BRAIN
Neuroscience is a new and very exciting area of research that looks at the brain and its central role, particularly for human beings who rely…… Read More »
THE BRAIN: THE STORY OF YOU
Dr Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. His research interests…… Read More »
The Altruistic Brain
The title of this ground-breaking book begs the question that brains, rather than persons, can be altruistic - is this just a category error? What…… Read More »
The Brain Supremacy
The title of this book refers to the promise of neuroscience with its capacity to shape us and our self-understanding; this also offers some human…… Read More »
A BRIEF TOUR OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Ramachandran's short lively 5 chapter book barely comprises 100 pages of text (with almost as many devoted to notes and glossary). Clearly an enthusiast for…… Read More »
The Synaptic Self
This book comes from an impeccable source. Joseph LeDoux is the Director of the National Institute of Health in Washington USA and thus a powerful…… Read More »
Brain, Vision, Memory
Charlie Gross is distinguished for his discovery of face-selective neurons in the temporal cortex of primates, which he wittily describes in the final chapter of…… Read More »