The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

$24.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body. 'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of the West's most urgent public health issues . . . Packed with science and human stories.' New Scientist' Breathtaking in its scope and breadth, a seminal work by one of the preeminent pioneers in trauma research and treatment.' Peter A. Levine, author of In An Unspoken Voice' Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller.' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery ...Show more

The NeuroGeneration by Tan Le

$32.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

Synesthesia. the Fascinating World of Blended Senses. Synesthesia and Types of Synesthesia Explained. Tests, Symptoms, Causes and Treatment Options Al by Lyndsay Leatherdale

$19.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

What is a Synesthesia? What is a synesthete? Is it simply someone who sees blue when he/she hears the number 3? Unfortunately it is not that simple, as you will understand after reading this book. The fascinating world of blended senses is explained in this book. What are the symptoms, causes, and treat ment options? All covered in this book. Including tests for synesthesia. The author, Lindsay Leatherdale, a 20 year old neuroscience and psychology under-graduate, with a special interest in synesthesia, has a friend whose dad is a synesthete. She wanted to help her friend and her dad by giving them some books to read. To her disappointment there was a lack of informative books available on synesthesia. She decided to investigate the subject thoroughly and write a book about it to be able to help her friend and lots of other people. This book is a must have for anybody who is confronted with Synesthesia. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straightforward, no nonsense fashion, Lindsay covers all aspects of synesthesia. ...Show more

Your Subconscious Brain Can Change Your Life - Overcome Obstacles, Heal Your Body and Reach Any Goal with a Revolutionary Technique by Mike Dow

$24.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

Have you ever been surprised by the power of your subconscious brain? Perhaps it took control of the wheel as your conscious mind was busy tackling a problem during a 30-minute drive home. You barely remember making your way from the office, but then your car ended up safely in your driveway. Perhaps a name escaped you at some point during your day. Despite trying your hardest to remember it, the conscious parts of your brain couldn?t retrieve what you were seeking. Then, your subconscious worked its magic and presented you with the answer hours later. It had been hard at work for you this whole time, and you didn?t even realize it!In this book, Dr. Mike Dow shares cutting-edge tools to help you learn how to speak directly to your subconscious brain and tap into your greatest strengths, gifts, and resources. His program starts with cognitive therapy, then incorporates various types of subconscious tools- mindfulness, relaxation training, hypnosis, meditation, cognitive rehearsal, and guided imagery. ...Show more

The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw

$24.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. "Truly fascinating." (Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2). Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you've met dozens of times? - Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else's? - Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only to discover later that you couldn't possibly have been? We rely on our memories every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is, they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. In The Memory Illusion, forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw draws on the latest research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us - and how, if we understand their fallibility, we can actually improve their accuracy. The result is an exploration of our minds that both fascinating and unnerving, and that will make you question how much you can ever truly know about yourself. Think you have a good memory? Think again. "A spryly paced, fun, sometimes frightening exploration of how we remember - and why everyone remembers things that never truly happened." (Pacific Standard). ...Show more

Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris

$42.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness. Where does it reside, and what gives rise to it? Could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? As we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it. Conscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness--allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we can. ...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!

Before You Know It - The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do by John Bargh

$22.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

'John Bargh's Before You Know It moves our understanding of the mysteries of human behaviour one giant step forward. A brilliant and convincing book.' - Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and David and Goliath How much of what we say, feel and do is under our conscious control? How much is not? And most crucial of all: if we understood how our unconscious worked - if we knew why we do what we do - could we finally, fundamentally, know ourselves? From checking a dating app to holding a cup of coffee or choosing who to vote for, our unconscious secretly governs everything we feel, think and do. In Before You Know It, Dr John Bargh - the world's leading expert on the unconscious mind - reveals the psychological forces that are at work behind the scenes as we go about our daily lives, and offers simple steps to improve your sleep, boost your memory and live better. ...Show more

Wayfinding by Michael Bond

$32.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

The physical world is infinitely complex, yet most of us are able to find our way around it. We can walk through unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction, take shortcuts along paths we have never used and remember for many years places we have visited only once. These are remarkable ach ievements. In Wayfinding, Michael Bond explores how we do it: how our brains make the 'cognitive maps' that keep us orientated, even in places that we don't know. He considers how we relate to places, and asks how our understanding of the world around us affects our psychology and behaviour. The way we think about physical space has been crucial to our evolution: the ability to navigate over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo sapiens an advantage over the rest of the human family. Children are instinctive explorers, developing a spatial understanding as they roam. And yet today few of us make use of the wayfaring skills that we inherited from our peripatetic ancestors. Most of us have little idea what we may be losing. Bond seeks an answer to the question of why some of us are so much better at finding our way than others. He also tackles the controversial subject of sex differences in navigation, and finally tries to understand why being lost can be such a devastating psychological experience. For readers of writers as different as Robert Macfarlane and Oliver Sacks, Wayfinding is a book that can change our sense of ourselves. ...Show more

The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge

$29.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles

An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around t he United States to meet the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity, and the people whose lives they've transformed -- people whose mental limitations or brain damage were previously seen as unalterable, and whose conditions had long been dismissed as hopeless. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole; a woman labelled retarded who cured her deficits with brain exercises and now cures those of others; blind people who learn to see; learning disorders cured; IQs raised; ageing brains rejuvenated; stroke patients recovering their faculties; children with cerebral palsy learning to move more gracefully; entrenched depression and anxiety disappearing; and lifelong character traits changed. Doidge takes us onto terrain that might seem fantastic. We learn that our thoughts can switch our genes on and off, altering our brain anatomy. We learn how people of average intelligence can, with brain exercises, improve their cognition and perception, develop muscle strength, or learn to play a musical instrument -- simply by imagining doing so. Using personal stories from the heart of this neuroplasticity revolution, Dr Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential. ...Show more

The Woman Who Changed Her Brain (New Edition) by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

$24.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

The Genius Within - Smart Pills, Brain Hacks and Adventures in Intelligence by David Adam

$19.99 AUD

Category: Brain & Neuroscience

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop'Witty, sharp and enlightening . . . This book will make you smarter' Adam RutherfordWhat if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to be released? And what if the route to bette r brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill?In The Genius Within, bestselling author David Adam explores the ground-breaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works - to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent. Sharing his own experiments with revolutionary smart drugs and electrical brain stimulation, he delves into the sinister history of intelligence tests, meets savants and brain hackers and reveals how he boosted his own IQ to cheat his way into Mensa.Going to the heart of how we consider, measure and judge mental ability, The Genius Within asks difficult questions about the science that could rank and define us, and inevitably shape our future. ...Show more