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Despite a century of impressive advances in neuroscience, few true breakthroughs in mental health treatment have emerged. At a time of escalating mental health challenges across the globe, what have we missed by focusing on rats and mice in brain research and neglecting other species with...

A masterful synthesis of neuroscience, philosophy and evolutionary biology, this book transforms how we understand what it means to be conscious, alive and human. The age-old mystery of consciousness - our capacity to experience our own existence and have a sense of ourselves - remains unsolved...

The quest to understand how memory works and how it fails remains a cornerstone of both psychology and neuroscience; however, defining memory is not easy. At a higher level, memory is sometimes seen as a psychological function for the preservation of information, while other definitions focus on...

From one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists and acclaimed author of Descartes’ Error comes a bold new theory of the origins—and consequences—of human consciousness “Damasio is the closest thing we have in the post-truth era to a great public intellectual.”—Mark Solms, Journal...

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...

From one of the world’s leading concussion researchers, a revolutionary evidence-based guide to healing from a traumatic brain injury Concussions are one of the most debilitating medical episodes a person can have, and one of the most mysterious. More than 40 million Americans will suffer one...

Our lives are shaped by questions: they are how we connect, persuade and flourish. But we live in a world that wants answers. Questions are engines of learning, catalysts for connection, and drivers of change. They direct our attention and make us feel closer to loved ones and strangers alike...

All About Adolescence provides a comprehensive and current introduction to all key aspects of adolescent development. Building on the success of The Nature of Adolescence, this book addresses the unprecedented changes affecting young people's lives, including the social media explosion...

An empowering, neuroscience-backed look into what we get wrong about human intelligence and how to liberate the genius within Extraordinary minds are built from ordinary brains. Every feat of human brilliance, every breakthrough, every celebrated work of genius was produced by the same basic...

Our ability to think abstractly is humanity’s superpower. It gave us language, art, science, and civilization. Before a wheel was built, it was imagined. Before a law was written, it was conceived. Abstraction lets us plan, create, and transcend our immediate circumstances. But this gift has a shadow. The same mind that builds bridges also builds prisons—of worry, comparison, and endless mental chatter. We fret over insults that never came, chase status that can’t satisfy, and wage wars over lines on a map. The abstract world, once a tool, has become our cage.

From a world-renowned neuroscientist comes a revelatory exploration of the neural processes in our brains that shape our day-to-day existence: how they work, what happens when they falter and how we can maintain them throughout our lives. 'Owen is not just one of our top scientists, but a great...

In a world where AI is taking over our imagination, this is the book that will teach us how to make the most of our very human imaginative advantage. What if the most overlooked key to mental health, innovation, and human connection wasn't a pill, a device, or a productivity hack . . . but your...

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...

Born Early, Wired Deep explores the emotional, physical, and spiritual nuances of adults who entered the world ahead of schedule. Through candid reflections and heartfelt insight, this audiobook invites parents, partners, teachers, and loved ones to better understand adult preemies—and encourages preemies themselves to embrace their unique wiring.

A pioneering researcher unveils the neuroscience of executive function: how it works and what we can (and can’t) do to improve it. From the ever-rising rate of ADHD diagnoses to the life-changing challenges of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to the everyday brain fog many of us muddle through...

A neuroscience-informed guide to understanding your autistic brain, body, and mind. "A must-read for anyone seeking a deeper, kinder understanding of neurodiversity―from the inside out." ―Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love Autism is not simply a difference in thinking―it is an...

¿Estás agotado de mantenerlo todo en pie… solo para sentir que por dentro te estás desmoronando? Si estás viviendo una sobrecarga constante como adulto autista, cumpliendo con las exigencias del día a día mientras por dentro te quedas sin energía, este libro es para ti. La presión constante de enmascarar, rendir y estar a la altura puede hacerte cuestionar tu energía, tu identidad y tu futuro.

Trauma does not stop processing when you fall asleep. The brain continues working through threat, memory, emotion, and survival long after the conscious mind shuts down.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Millions of adults are living with attention problems they cannot explain. They lose things, forget conversations, struggle to start tasks, and cannot focus on anything that does not provide immediate stimulation. Many have been told this is ADHD. Some...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This book explains why the ADHD brain hits a wall every afternoon — and why that wall arrives at almost exactly the same time every day. It covers three mechanisms that collide around three o'clock: the drop that follows as stimulant medication wears...