Brain Science

They might not have had social media a hundred years ago, but this smackdown by Bernard Shaw on this poor guy is awesome. Also, this is a great way to actually learn what democratic socialism is instead of just throwing it around as a bogeyman buzzword.

In this sci-fi comedy, Bonnie Neman is training to be a tour guide at Exponential Innovations, a scientific community run amuck with its own hubris. Javier Costello is a genetic engineer tasked with designing a shrink ray. Together, in a place where even the employees are part of a grander experiment, they'll achieve something impossible.

The experts have their theories on aging and why we have those moments where we can't remember why we walked into a room. I formed my own theory based on the experiences in my life. I think I know why it is I have no idea what I had planned for dinner, and the only clue is a specific ingredient. I have decided there is too much clutter floating around, and my brain needs a good spring cleaning. Listen to my essay, and let me know if you think I'm right.

This audiobook is about my ever expanding, developing, and changing views on what I believe to be consciousness and its construct, reality. Now more than ever, I believe people need to define who they are and why they are here in this reality. The notion of a soul, or an eternal life, or what comes next are questions on everyone's mind. This is an ever-present friend or foe as we see fit. I believe consciousness and brain are the keys to this mystery, as well as to our universe.

A follow-up to the highly praised A Month of Bedtime Stories, this collection contains a further seven tales in the series. Each story takes about 10 minutes and places your child at the center of each adventure with heavy doses of wacky humor which can be enjoyed by parent and child alike.

The nature of consciousness and the relationship between the mind and brain have become the most hotly debated topics in philosophy. This book explains and argues for a new approach called enactivism. Enactivism maintains that consciousness and all subjective thoughts and feelings arise from an organism's attempts to use its environment in the service of purposeful action. The authors admit that their perspective presents many problems: How does one distinguish real action from reaction? Is it scientifically acceptable to say that the whole organism can use its parts, instead of being a mere summation of their separate mechanical reactions? What about the danger that this analysis will imply that physical systems fail to be "causally closed"?

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself... I'm Brian Brain. Welcome to volume two of my Great British Quiz! As with all Brian's quizzes, The Great British Quiz contains his Unique Formula: The questions always come in pairs: one for the Budding Brains (youngsters) and one for the Boffs (adults). It's this stroke of genius that allows the whole family to join in the fun! How well do you know the British Isles?

Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the biggest and largely untapped sources of competitive advantage for modern businesses. Recent advances in neuroscience provide the key to unlocking it. Leading applied neuroscientists and international corporate coaches Kate Lanz and Paul Brown tell you why and how to access all the brains in your business.

Those words spoken by Hud Haller are the first line of chapter one. Minutes later, a two-helicopter collision plummets him and everyone aboard to their deaths. Now there is only one member of Electra Kittner’s “Keepers Group” still alive: Su-Lin Song Chou, who is ninety-plus and in failing health. She hasn’t a clue what to do to keep the memory or hope alive for Electra. But one entity does: Indira, the Singularity Electra created.

Justin Yerbury made a promise to his mother while she was dying of motor neurone disease (MND) that he would do everything he could to find a cure. MND had already taken several members of Justin's family, and he learned that they carried a rare genetic form of the disease that gave them a fifty-fifty chance of inheritance. Desperate to help his loved ones, Justin went to university to study science, eventually becoming a professor of molecular biology at the University of Wollongong and one of the world's leading experts on MND.

This bathroom book isn’t a novelty—it’s a mind-satisfying listen to keep you entertained in the loo. The insane-but-true stories within aren’t for the faint of heart, but they’ll sure make going number two a lot more satisfying! Whether you’re a pop-culture enthusiast, a science lover, a history buff, or are curious about a ton of other subjects, this book is perfect to fill those empty moments. Learn something new, impress your friends, and gain knowledge while on the john.

Bastian is not your regular run-off the mill doctor. He is smart as a whip, deeply intuitive, and equipped with an incisive mind that questions the different mental ailments that assail humans. His patients are as diverse as he is, ranging from a loving school teacher, to a whizz kid, to even a divorcee. One common thread that binds them is their addiction to different substances and their futile search for liberation. Together, doctor and patients work to find a definite solution to their problems of addiction. Simply put, this is the subject of this book.

Introducing The Memory Improvement Guidebook with five memory-improving techniques by Emerson Hooper. Whether you are a college student and want to learn how to memorize anything or you have trouble remembering names, dates, or your PIN number, this memory-improving audiobook is here to help you understand the ins and outs of improving your memory.

Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure. This entertaining journey includes bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bedmates, and hilarious food cravings. Alt walked more than five million steps in tribute to his brother, who has cerebral palsy and lives in a home called Sunshine. This trail adventure has inspired an annual event that has raised more than $200,000 for Sunshine. It includes hiking tips for the whole family.

Imagine what it would be like to one day wake up and find that you were suddenly completely blind. This is what happened to Vanessa Potter. Her condition is unique. It has no name. Over the course of the next six months, Vanessa slowly recovered her vision. This mesmerising account tells the story of Patient H69 in her own words, based on these detailed diaries she kept during her time of blindness and through the scientific research that was to follow.

Speaking from an unknown place and to an unknown interlocutor, Andrew is thinking, Andrew is talking, Andrew is telling the story of his life, his loves, and the tragedies that have led him to this place and point in time. And as he confesses, peeling back the layers of his strange story, we are led to question what we know about truth and memory, brain and mind, personality and fate, about one another and ourselves. Written with psychological depth and great lyrical precision, this suspenseful and groundbreaking novel delivers a voice for our times - funny, probing, skeptical, mischievous, profound.

Chapter one in book one of the groundbreaking Lightning Brain action-adventure series that extrapolates the latest science, political intrigue, and contemporary lifestyles while tracing the twists and turns in the life of Electra “Kit” Kittner. She grows up in a frightened, intolerant America threatened by “Techno-Plague” and Middle East terrorism. The action builds relentlessly, from lighter childhood adventures to darker realities caused by America’s threats that are exacerbated by a harsh government that would treat her badly if it were to discover what she is.

James Cantrel wants to be braver in his new high school. He wants to pursue a new crush, stand up to new bullies, and create a comic book with his new best friend, Matt. An odd accident derails it all. Aliens in his dreams seem all too real. When he wakes, he finds he's been out, stealing supplies to build an invention he only recognizes from his latest, trance-induced drawings.

When it came to hunting vampires, I was second to none. Vampires are intelligent. It also means they have predictable patterns. Figure out their habits and I could take care of most vamps and be back in time for breakfast. They’re also image-conscious. But zombies are unpredictable. They run on pure instinct. They couldn’t care less about public relations. Since I’m an elemental, they can’t smell me. It gives me an advantage that human hunters don’t have. But will it be enough? If I can’t stop them, it will mean the end of humanity, the end of the world as we know it.