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Intriguing Thoughts from Great Minds in Brain Science

Cerebrum 2009: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science contains an array of articles collected from Cerebrum, one of the leading e-magazines for distilling promising developments in brain research into concise, intelligent prose.

In Cerebrum 2009, David Spiegel explains how split personality or dissociative identity disorder arises from trauma, and Jamie Talan explores how deep brain stimulation can lead to a lasting reduction in depressive symptoms. Richard J. Bonnie, Donna T. Chen, and Charles P. O’Brien describe the ethical dilemmas presented by an effective new treatment for heroin addiction; Guy McKhann and Brenda Patoine discuss the common problem of cognitive dysfunction following cardiac surgery; and Sebastian Seung introduces the emerging discipline of “connectomics,” which may someday reveal a comprehensive wiring diagram of our brains just as the human genome project has provided a map of our genes.

Engaging and readable, Cerebrum 2009 provides an up-to-date snapshot of the challenges of brain research and what it holds for our future.

Click here to learn more about Cerebrum 2009 (Foreword by Thomas R. Insel, M.D., table of contents, and excerpts, and ordering information).

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Cerebrum 2009: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

Published Apr 01, 2009

"Cerebrum 2009 is an exciting, cutting-edge overview of brain science. Written by top scientists, it provides insight into a wide-ranging variety of topics, from the effects of heart surgery on the brain to neuroimaging studies of political thought. It is a fascinating and important book." —Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Deep Brain Stimulation

Published Mar 02, 2009

by Jamie Talan

Award-winning journalist, Jamie Talan provides the first investigation of this cutting-edge new treatment, and delivers compelling profiles of patients, and an introduction to doctors and scientists who are pioneering the research. Talan reveals the ways in which deep brain stimulation has produced promising results in the treatment of numerous diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease—-as well as the ethical issues that have arisen.

Try to Remember

Published Nov 14, 2008

Paul R. McHugh, M.D.

One of our country’s leading authorities on psychiatry tells the unforgettable story of how lives can be destroyed by faddish misdirections of thought and therapeutic practices. His first-hand account begins in the 1990s with his battle against the theory of “repressed sexual memories” and ends with his concern that excessive diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder is today placing many patients in treatments that leave their real mental troubles untouched. A passionate advocate for the contribution of psychotherapy to healing, McHugh reaches out to patients, families, and mental health providers to explain how to work together toward effective diagnosis and treatment to win a contest for mental peace.

Cerebrum 2008: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

Published Mar 27, 2008

In this second annual anthology, top scientists and scholars interpret the latest discoveries about the human brain and confront their implications for fields from architecture to ethics, music to health care policy. Foreword by Carl Zimmer.

Your Brain on Cubs

Published Mar 14, 2008

Edited by Dan Gordon

Your Brain on Cubs takes sports fans and those intrigued with new discoveries in brain science on a fascinating exploration of the brain’s role in one of America’s favorite pastimes. In Your Brain on Cubs, neuroscientists and science writers explore how the brain relates to questions such as: What makes fans loyal? What is involved in seeing the ball, deciding ball or strike, making a decision to swing? What allows us to believe in a “curse”? What is responsible for our feelings of joy in victory and agony in defeat?

The Neuroscience of Fair Play

Published Dec 03, 2007

by Donald W. Pfaff

Donald Pfaff, Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University, gives us the first book to describe how ethics may be a hardwired function of the human brain. Writing with the popular science journalist, Luba Vikhanski, Pfaff explains how specific brain circuits cause us to consider an action toward another as if it were going to happen to us, prompting us to treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves.

Special Publications

Advances in Brain Research 2009

Interviews with Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D., Eva L. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., William A. Catterall, Ph.D., Rodolfo A. Llinas, M.D., Ph.D., Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D.

The 2009 Progress Report on Brain Research

Featuring top findings in brain research affecting areas such as disorders of development, aging, and movement, as well as mental and thought disorders.

Advances in Brain Research 2008

Interviews with Mark F. Bear, Ph.D., Xandra O. Breakefield, Ph.D., Mark R. Cookson, Ph.D., Stephen Hauser, M.D., Claudia H. Kawas, M.D., Anthony E. Lang, M.D., John H. Morrison, Ph.D, and Christopher A. Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.

The Dana Sourcebook of Brain Science

A basic introduction to brain science, its history, our current understanding of the brain, new developments, and future directions. Available online in PDF format.

The Dana Sourcebook of Immunology

This resource for secondary and post-secondary teachers and students offers an overview of the many advances researchers are making in the study of our immune system. Request a free set for the classroom or view the entire textbook and its accompanying workbook online.

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