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Provides conceptual maps for students and researchers in cognitive neuroscience and psychologyconstitutes an essential reference work for elucidation of concepts in cognitive neuroscience and psychologycover slightly creased in this provocative survey, a distinguished philosopher and a leading neuroscientist outline the conceptual problems at the heart of cognitive neuroscienceoxfam bookshop preston some highlighting from previous owner, books text is clear howeveravoids the use of philosophical jargonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by a distinguished philosopher and leading neuroscientistencourages neuroscientists to pay more attention to conceptual questionssurveys the conceptual problems inherent in many neuroscientific theories
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If you want it text neuroscience exploring the brain 3rd editionin new conditionposted by aysha in books, comics & magazines, books in whitechapel
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Buddha's brain the practical neuroscience of happiness, love, and wisdom by rick hanson (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Bios instant notes in neuroscience by alan longstaff (paperback, )condition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class
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) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencequestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edthe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areaspoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologyin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfthese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextsin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experience
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Biological psychology, an introduction to behavioural, cognitive and clinical neuroscienceby breedlove, watson and rosenzweigin a great condition
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The practical neuroscience of happiness, love & wisdomif you can change your brain, you can change your lifemp3 - cd audiobook for sale £ p&p
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Binding: paperbackpublication dateauthor(s): hart, carl
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham using the approach and skills he deployed to such successful effect on the relationship between mind and body in the prize-winning 'the sickening mind', likeable british popular science author paul martin here tackles the science of that most mysterious, elusive and alluring of human activities, sleeping, and draws on both cutting-edge neuroscience and classic literature to do sowe spend one third of our lives asleep, but know hardly anything about it, and can remember so little of it as we come out of itwhy?are dreams the place we go to resolve our problems, emasculate our fears and rehearse our hopes? why are we paralysed when we dream? why did sleep evolve?and is anybody getting enough sleep? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Conversational intelligence translates the wealth of new insights coming out of neuroscience from across the globe, and brings the science down to earth so people can understand and apply it in their everyday livesoxfam bookshop raeburn place fine conditionconversational intelligence makes complex scientific material simple to understand and apply through a wealth of easy to use tools, examples, conversational rituals, and practices for all levels of an organizationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthor judith glaser presents a framework for knowing what kind of conversations trigger the lower, more primitive brain; and what activates higher-level intelligences such as trust, integrity, empathy, and good judgmentit's not about how smart you are, but how open you are to learn new and effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust, partnership, and mutual successthe key to success in life and business is to become a master at conversational intelligence
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Writing with what steven pinker has called "his trademark wit and lack of pretension," gazzaniga ranges across neuroscience, psychology and ethics to show how incorrect it is to blame our brains for our behaviouroxfam bookshop wallingford the prevailing orthodoxy in brain science is that since physical laws govern our physical brains, physical laws therefore govern our behaviour and even our conscious selvesan extraordinary book, combining a light touch with profound implications, who's in charge? is a lasting contribution from one of the leading thinkers of our timenot so, argues the renowned neuroscientist michael ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeven given the latest insights into the physical mechanisms of the mind, he explains, we are responsible agents who should be held accountable for our actions, because responsibility is found in how people interact, not in brainsfree will is meaningless, goes the mantra; we live in a "determined" worldgazzaniga as he explains how the mind, "constrains" the brain just as cars are constrained by the traffic they create
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The questions aim to enrich the main material and point the way to additional material in the literaturethe text's second section consists of four chapters on image representationthe first section consists of an introduction and three chapters that describe image encodingthe book consists of three sections and an appendixoxfam bookshop wallingford designed for students, scientists and engineers interested in learning about the core ideas of vision science, this volume brings together the broad range of data and theory accumulated in this fieldtopics such as colour appearance, cortical colour-blindness, motion flow, motion appearance, motion physiology and visual illusions are also included in this part of the book"foundations of science" is suitable for courses on vision science in psychology, neuroscience, engineering or computer science departments, and is suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate studentsthis section features two chapters that review computational and experimental studies of colour appearance, then motion and depththe text contains special study exercises at the end of most chapterssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, the book has an appendix consisting of four parts: an introduction to linear systems methods; a discussion of monitor calibration; an introduction to bayesian classifiers; and a discussion of optic flow computationthese chapters are followed by a chapter with many demonstrations concerning object perceptionthe third section reviews how to interpret images in terms of objectsthese chapters review optical image formation by the cornea and lens retinal sampling and wavelength-encoding by the photoreceptors
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Using a non-pathologizing, accelerated approach -- rooted in neuroscience -- ifs applies inner resources and self-compassion for healing emotional wounding at its coretoday, ifs, which has established a legacy of efficiency and effectiveness in treating many mental health issues, is being heralded by drbessel van der kolk as a treatment that all clinicians should knowifs views psychic multiplicity as the norm: we all have partsstep-by-step techniques annotated case examples unique meditations downloadable exercises, worksheets ifs is evidence-based thirty years ago, ifs creator richard schwartz, phd, listened to his clients describing the behaviors and fears of their most extreme partseasy to read and highly practicalin addition, every part has a good intention for the client, and every part has valuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis new manual offers straight-forward explanations and illustrates a wide variety of applicationshe found that the inner world of all his clients was characterized by parts who had a positive intent for the client but had taken on extreme roles in an effort to be safehe also discovered that these extreme parts would become less disruptive and more cooperative once their concerns were addressed and they felt saferwhen clients listen to all their parts, they can heal their wounded partsoxfam bookshop brighton internal family systems therapy (ifs) provides a revolutionary treatment plan for ptsd, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and more
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The author explores the implications for psychology, neuroscience and educationoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very good copy of this textbook examining reasons and consequences of variations in mathematical ability and performanceneat signature of previous owner inside front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The third part of the book is devoted to essays about the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields, including those of mathematics, psychology, literature and film, and neurosciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part is devoted to broad traditions and approaches to philosophical methodology (including logical empiricism, phenomenology, and ordinary language philosophy)a team of thirty-eight of the world's leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is donethe entries in the second part address topics in philosophical methodology, such as intuitions, conceptual analysis, and transcendental argumentsoxfam bookshop preston this is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodology
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Finally there are essays that explore and assess wittgensteinian ideas, in some cases as developed by hacker, in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind, or in related areas such as the philosophy of action and the philosophy of neurosciencesome deal with issues of wittgenstein scholarship and interpretation, including areas that have attracted an increasing amount of attention, such as ethics and religionthirteen leading philosophers and wittgenstein scholars offer specially written essays in honour of hackerothers deal with central topics from the history of analytic philosophyoxfam bookshop preston peter hacker is one of the most notable interpreters of wittgenstein's work, a powerful and sophisticated exponent of wittgensteinian ideas, and a distinguished historian of the analytic traditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir contributions deal with a variety of themes associated with wittgenstein
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Oxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencean outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencyoxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mind
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This parent-assisted intervention for teens is based on a comprehensive, evidence-based, 14-week program at ucla's semel institute for neuroscience and human behavior, the manualization of the popular ucla peers program, and the success of the children's friendship training (routledge, ) manual for childrenoxfam bookshop reading this book is essential reading for any clinician or researcher working with teens with autism spectrum disorderssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter reviewing techniques designed to help parents and therapists tailor the manual to the needs of the teens with whom they are working, the text moves on to the individual treatment sessions and strategies for tackling issues such as developing conversational skills, choosing friends, using humor, get-togethers, teasing, bullying, gossiping, and handling disagreementseach session chapter includes handouts, homework assignments, descriptions of what to expect (and how to handle challenges in delivering the intervention), and customized tips for both parents and therapists
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' michael finkel, author of the stranger in the woods'a unique history of a culturally and scientifically important netherworld most people barely know existsa vivid illumination of the dark and an effective evocation of its profound mystery' booklist'an unusual and intriguing travel bookunderground is both a personal exploration of hunt's obsession and a panoramic study of how we are all connected to the underground, how caves and other dark hollows have frightened and enchanted us through the agesin a narrative spanning continents and epochs, hunt follows a cast of subterraneaphiles who have dedicated themselves to investigating underground worldssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of new york city to sacred caves, catacombs, tombs, bunkers and ancient underground cities in more than twenty countries around the world'kirkus (starred review) when will hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in providence, rhode islandeach adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy - this is a graceful meditation on the allure of darkness, the power of mystery, and our eternal desire to connect with what we cannot seehe tracks the origins of life with a team of nasa microbiologists a mile beneath the black hills, camps out for three days with urban explorers in the catacombs and sewers of paris, descends with an aboriginal family into a -year-old mine in the australian outback, and glimpses a sacred sculpture moulded by paleolithic artists in the depths of a cave in the pyreneesoxfam books & music durham 'a mesmerizingly fascinating tale, one astonishing adventure after anotheri could not stop reading this beautifully written book
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He tells the eye&39;s whole story for the very first time, fusing eye and sight into a single story &45; this is popular science of the highest orderfrom looking at the work of a huge range of theorists and scientists, to myths and personal experiences, and with the help of a beguiling mix of illustrated visual conundrums and enigmas, ings triumphs with a compelling dissection of the age&45;old mysteries of the eye that&39;s both seriously interesting and interestingly funoxfam bookshop cheltenham we spend about one&45;tenth of our waking hours completely blind only one percent of what we see is in focus at any one time we exist in a world we see that&39;s always about half a second behind the real one in fact you don&39;t need eyes to see &45; blind volunteers have been taught to see through their chests wasps can&39;t see, but map their surroundings instead if we are stared at, our heartbeat rises and our galvanic skin response alters how many generations did it take for the first fish to acquire eyes? answer: why dohumans have whites to their eyes when other species don&39;t? could it be that thinking arose as an evolutionary response to seeing? without eyes, would minds exist at all?be prepared to have your eyes opened!using a spellbinding mix of scientific research, mathematics, philosophy, history, neuroscience, anecdote and language theory, in the eyesimon ings unravels brilliantly the never&45;ending puzzle of how and why we see in the way that we dosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Very good condition, minor wear around the edges, book appears to be unreadoxfam bookshop clifton william hirstein - confabulation: views from neuroscience, psychiatry, psychology and philosophy ()Â oxford university presscondition: finesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book will introduce you to ten peopleonly they're not entirelybut who or what are these types? where do they come from? how did they get into our heads? the ten types of human is a pioneering examination of human natureit is a book to inspire; to refashion our understanding of our many selves and semblances; and ultimately to find fresh ways to be freethey inform and shape the most important decisions in your lifethey are the ten types of humanwho are they? what are they for? how did they get into your head? we want to believe that there are some things we would never dobut you're almost certainly unaware of their interventionwe want to believe that there are others we always wouldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a sense, they are youmixing cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and visceral true stories, the ten types of human is at once a provocation and a roadmap of the hidden parts of usbut how can we be sure? what are our limits? do we have limits? the answer lies with the ten types of human: the people we become when we are faced with life's most difficult decisionsonly you don't - not reallyit begins in a courtroom and journeys across four continents and through the lives of some exceptional people, in search of answersin a way, you already know themoxfam bookshop woodbridge used paperback goodit explores the frontiers of the human experience, excavating the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situationsit looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks why
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