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Why do some people persist relentlessly toward distant goals while others collapse into avoidance, distraction, or paralysis despite wanting the same outcomes? Conatus examines ambition not as a moral trait or personality characteristic, but as the expression of ancient biological systems governing reinforcement, prediction, motivation, and behavioral selection. Drawing from neuroscience, behavioral psychology, evolutionary theory, and cognitive science, the book traces how the brain learns, prioritizes action, encodes habits, discounts future rewards, and converts intention into behavior.

William Shakespeare has undergone psychological analyses ever since Freud diagnosed Hamlet with an Oedipus complex. But now, two psychologists propose to turn the tables by telling how Shakespeare himself understood human behavior and the innermost workings of the human mind. Psychology...

In Buddhism, the self is not a thing, but a process—impermanent, dependent, and ultimately empty. Our Fictional Minds explores this central truth in modern language, tracing how identity forms through habit, memory, and mental fabrication. Drawing from Buddhist teachings alongside neuroscience...

Ao combinar pesquisas científicas inovadoras a poderosos insights, Olhe de novo revela um artifício surpreendente para tornar a vida melhor: a “desabituação”. Seja no trabalho, na vida íntima ou nas redes sociais, a chave para voltar a ver, sentir e perceber as coisas “como se fosse a primeira vez” é a mudança capaz de fazer o mundo “voltar a brilhar”.

From Andrew Huberman, host of the world’s leading health podcast Huberman Lab, comes an essential guide to improving brain function, optimizing your physical health and performance, enhancing mood and energy, rewiring your nervous system, and more. The power of your physiology can be harnessed...

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...

A fascinating exploration of the science and psychology behind fear, madness, and the haunting stories that linger in our minds Scientists throughout centuries have mined the depths of humanity looking for—and finding—answers to life’s most mysterious questions, but perhaps the most...

What if the patterns you’ve been living aren’t fate, but habits you never realized you could change? Julie Renae Smith takes you beneath the surface of everyday life — past soggy towels of shame, sideways decisions, and the high dives of courage —to discover what happens when you finally see the whole elephant instead of just the piece you’ve been handed. With humor, honesty, and science-backed insight, Julie offers stories of identity, loss, leaping, floating, and finding your lane again.

Recovery after traumatic brain injury does not end when the visible crisis has passed. For many survivors and families, the hardest changes are often the least visible: fatigue, sensory overload, emotional shifts, difficulty sustaining attention, and the strain of rebuilding ordinary routines. These changes can be confusing, especially when the injured person appears to be improving from the outside. Recalibrating After Brain Injury is a practical and compassionate guide for families navigating the longer process of recovery after TBI.

Известная на весь мир нейробиолог Венди Сузуки проснулась как-то утром и поняла, что по большому счету она — неудачница. Имея огромные заслуги в научной сфере, в личной жизни она не добилась ничего! Мужа нет, детей нет, друзей нет, да и физическая форма оставляет желать лучшего. Опираясь на свои глубокие познания о мозге, Венди разработала авторскую методику физических упражнений, которая способна не только изменить вас внешне, но и поменять ваш образ мыслей и всю вашу жизнь.

Мозг знает о нас всё и управляет нами. А еще он очень чутко реагирует на музыку — так, что ищет мелодии и ритмы даже в повседневном шуме. Многие из нас считают, что мелодия и гармония — лучшие лекарства от хандры, а прослушивание классических музыкальных произведений может сделать нас умнее и излечить серьезные недуги.

14,9% мужчин и 22% женщин в ближайший год столкнутся с каким-либо расстройством психики. По статистике ВОЗ, из ста человек семеро болеют депрессией, трое — биполярным расстройством, один — социопат и один имеет большие шансы стать шизофреником. Любой, абсолютно любой человек в друг может заболеть серьезным или не очень психическим расстройством. Звучит как катастрофа? Вовсе нет, если обладать хотя бы базовыми знаниями об устройстве психики и современных методах лечения. Как понять, что с тобой происходит, и объяснить это родным?

THE JAPANESE SELF-HELP BESTSELLER Learn how to stop overthinking, reduce anxiety, and take back control of your mind with this empowering, science-backed guide – from an acclaimed neurosurgeon. Seeing that person's face makes me feel anxious. I wake up at night and replay the unpleasant...

El cerebro es un órgano fascinante, capaz de hazañas increíbles y de un sinfín de tareas complejas, pero no está diseñado para la felicidad. A la evolución le importa bien poco que seamos dichosos, siempre y cuando consiga mantenernos vivos. Por fortuna para nosotros, una de las...

Neste audiolivro, o neurologista Dale E. Bredesen apresenta uma abordagem inovadora para prevenir doenças neurodegenerativas e promover a saúde do cérebro. Recorrendo à ciência de ponta e a estudos clínicos em que conseguiu reverter o declínio cognitivo de pacientes com Alzheimer e demência, sobretudo nos estágios iniciais, o Dr. Bredesen propõe uma série de cuidados e mudanças de estilo de vida que visam não apenas tratar os sintomas dessas doenças, mas impedir que surjam.

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...

How do you escape ‘business as usual’ thinking and regularly and reliably create breakthrough ideas? Millions are spent every year in the quest to generate breakthrough ideas to drive growth. Yet fewer than 25% of people believe they’re doing a good job of harnessing creativity to get to big ideas. The Breakthrough Brain helps you harness human creativity with the digestible, inspiring and immensely practical Neuroscience of Creativity framework.

Vous avez l'impression que vos progrès en matière d'entraînement stagnent ? Vous êtes à la recherche de nouvelles stimulations qui profiteront à la fois à votre corps et à votre esprit ? Vous souhaitez reprendre votre sport après une blessure ou vous commencez tout juste à chercher l'activité qui vous convient le mieux et vous voulez vous construire une routine optimale ? Que vous soyez sportif professionnel ou amateur, l'entraînement neuro-athlétique s'adresse à tous et est capable d'aider immensément les progrès de chacun.

You know you're meant for more, yet you've found yourself living a life that no longer feels like yours. From the outside, everything looks fine; the career, the relationship, the routine, but inside, you feel disconnected and unsure how you became a supporting character in your own story. In this deeply honest and empowering book, Kara Vaval, Esq., widely recognized as The Laptop Lifestyle Lawyer®, offers you a liberating perspective: nothing you've lived through was wasted and in fact, it was all happening for you.

Trauma is not simply something that happened to you. It is something your nervous system learned to predict. In Adaptive Architecture, neuropsychotherapist and trauma specialist CR Reid presents a powerful framework for understanding PTSD, complex trauma, attachment wounds, chronic stress, and survival patterns through the lens of the nervous system as an adaptive prediction engine.