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.