検索キーワード： 神経科学・神経心理学

Racking your brain? Drawing a blank? Maybe it’s not such a bad thing… Until recently, it was largely believed that forgetting served no purpose. Besides causing slight frustration, the odd slip of the mind was thought of as an inevitable but harmless defect in the brain’s functionality...

If your mind feels wrapped in cotton wool and your day runs on borrowed energy, this audiobook is your reset button. No gimmicks. No jitters. Just proven, caffeine-free strategies to restore clear thinking, steady focus, and real stamina.

There is a particular kind of fear that arrives when the brain is involved. People can face heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease, and even cancer with a grim determination, but when the doctor begins to speak about the brain, something changes in the room. The atmosphere tightens. The future feels less predictable. The questions become more personal, more intimate, and often more frightening, because the brain is not only an organ that keeps us alive. It is the place where our sense of self seems to live.

Stop the Spiral of Overstimulation. Master Your Focus with a Surgeon’s Precision. Do you feel like your brain has 50 tabs open, and they’re all playing music at once? For the high-achieving adult with ADHD, the problem isn't a lack of talent—it’s a biological "bottleneck" in task initiation. You know what you need to do, but the bridge between knowing and doing is broken. When your brain is constantly overstimulated, typical productivity "hacks" only lead to one thing: Burnout.

Why do some people manipulate, exploit, and harm with chilling consistency—while others, even when raised in the same environment, do not? Cruelty by Nature dismantles the comforting myths that abuse is merely the product of trauma, bad parenting, or social wounds. Instead, it draws from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical psychology to reveal a sharper truth: personality pathology is rooted in stable biological systems that bias individuals toward exploitation.

Man nutzt es jeden Tag, jede Sekunde, und doch wissen die wenigsten, wie das Gehirn wirklich funktioniert. Dr. Jens Foell, renommierter Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftskommunikator, entführt in die faszinierende Welt der Neuropsychologie und liefert praktische Ratschläge für den Alltag. Er erklärt, warum das Gehirn einen manchmal anlügt, beschreibt seine erstaunliche Plastizität (also die Fähigkeit, sich grundlegend zu verändern und zu heilen) und geht den Mechanismen nach, die Hoffnungslosigkeit auslösen. Dr.

Heute gehen wir selbstverständlich davon aus, dass seelische Prozesse mit der Funktion des Gehirns zusammenhängen. Jedoch entzieht sich die Komplexität des Dargestellten oft unserem Verständnishorizont. Nichtmediziner_innen fehlen die notwendigen Grundinformationen, um die Befunde und ihre Bedeutung auch für die Behandlung seelischer Krankheiten zu verstehen. Diese sind allerdings für alle helfenden Berufe wichtig, um z. B. die Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten eines Menschen einzuschätzen.

NOW A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Compelling….Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he presents us are worth the trip” —The New York Times Book Review The New York Times best-selling author of PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE and HYPERSPACE tackles the most...

Little gems exploring the human mind and its querkiness!

How can we best help our kids to succeed without over-pathologizing common childhood behavior? How do we make sure that we don't mistake pressure to achieve with pressure to diagnose our kids? Clinical neuropsychologist and mom Dr. Katie Davis tackles these timely and urgent questions with...

The director of the Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego, reveals her original research behind the science of imagination as the key to human flourishing and progress, showing you how to harness it to transform your life. What if the most overlooked key to...

This 4-in-1 bundle is your complete companion for navigating adult ADHD with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Inside, you will discover how to understand your unique neurodivergent brain, strengthen your executive functioning skills, create peace and order in your home, thrive at work, and build healthier and more fulfilling relationships.

Brought to you by Penguin. Seeing that person's face makes me feel awful. Before I fall asleep, I replay the unpleasant conversations I had with them. Every time someone mentions their name, I immediately want to change the subject. This is the kind of person who takes up space in your head 24/7...

Every day, millions of people feel hijacked by their own minds — overwhelmed by anger, anxiety, or reactivity they can’t explain. Taming the Limbic Beast bridges the gap between ancient Stoic philosophy and modern neuroscience, showing you how to reclaim control of your nervous system, master your emotions, and live with calm, grounded strength.

Have you ever been absolutely certain you “knew it all along”? Or found yourself buying something you didn’t really need just because it was on sale? Maybe you’ve noticed how quickly people rally around their group’s opinion, or how often first impressions stick no matter what happens later. These aren’t random quirks of personality—they’re examples of cognitive bias at work.

After a multiyear study of recent advances in neuroscience and genetics, William J. Walsh, PhD, has resolved many of the core unknowns about bipolar disorder that have puzzled researchers for more than a century. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Walsh presents a bold new theory of bipolar disorder—offering clarity on a condition that has eluded definitive understanding for decades. Affecting more than seventy million people worldwide, bipolar disorder remains a leading cause of suicide, unemployment, and lost human potential.

How can we remember certain events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday and then forget we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well at some times but not at others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated by psychological techniques, or even...

When Maxwell Mason’s stepfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the experience reshaped his understanding of memory, aging, and how much control we truly have over our cognitive health. Watching a loved one struggle with confusion and memory loss raised urgent questions: What can we do to protect our minds? How early should we begin? And is it possible to strengthen our memory before decline sets in? Memory Fortified explores these questions with clarity, compassion, and practical insight.

Written and read by Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and author of the bestselling book Permission to Feel, comes an essential guide for regulating how we respond to our emotions in order to transform our lives. Success in virtually every aspect of...

As with any adventure, when exploring the inner worlds, it helps to have skills, tools, and a map. This book is that map. Imaginative speculation allows you to be released from your pre-existing categories, assumptions, rules. To not only think outside the box, but toss the box away completely.