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"An internationally respected neurologist offers a revolutionary look at the brains of adolescents, providing surprising insights--including why smart kids often do stupid things--and practical advice for adults and teens.In this groundbreaking, accessible book, Dr. Frances E. Jensen, a mother, teacher, researcher, and internationally known expert in neurology, introduces us to the mystery and magic of the teen brain. One of the first books to focus...
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
©1979
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English
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Frank Sulloway demonstrates that Freud always remained, despite his denials, a biologist of the mind; and, indeed, that his most creative inspirations derived significantly from biology. Sulloway analyzes the political aspects of the complex myth of Freud as psychoanalytic hero as it served to consolidate the analytic movement. This is a revolutionary reassessment of Freud and psychoanalysis.
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English
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A sweeping new theory about depression argues that effective treatments have been limited by a misperception that the disorder occurs because of psychological or chemical defects, posing the theory that depression is actually caused by severe, evolutionary-based expressions of natural emotions that can be better addressed through alternate treatments.
"Why are we losing the fight against depression? In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Jonathan...
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Bantam Books
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English
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Charts the development of the human brain from conception through the first five years, looking at the way a child's brain is assembled and the implications of this sequence for each emerging mental skill, including sensation, emotion, language, movement, memory, and intelligence.
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Scribner
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©1997
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English
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In The Trouble with Testosterone, Robert M. Sapolsky draws from his career as a behavioral biologist to interpret the peculiar drives and intrinsic needs of that most exotic species - Homo sapiens. With candor, humor, and lush observations, these essays marry cutting-edge science with a rich and compassionate humanity. Sapolsky's book ranges broadly over the web of life, studying its details and plotting its themes. "Curious George's Pharmacy" examines...
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Vital and health statistics. Series 11 Data from the National Health Survey volume no. 142
DHEW publication volume no. (HRA) 75-1624
DHEW publication volume no. (HRA) 77-1624
DHEW publication volume no. (HRA) 75-1624
DHEW publication volume no. (HRA) 77-1624
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English
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"The chapter lineup in this edition of The Mind's Machine encompasses several major themes. In the opening chapters, we trace the origins of behavioral neuroscience and introduce you to the structure of the brain, both as seen by the naked eye and as revealed through the microscope. We discuss how the cells of the brain use electrical signals to process information, and how they transmit that information to other cells within larger circuits. Along...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Brilliant Harvard psychiatrist Jordan Smoller reveals the hidden side of our everyday behaviors and addresses one of society's most enduring questions: What do we mean by "normal?" And what does this tell us about "abnormal?""--
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Routledge
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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With this new resource, students and professionals can gain fast access to some 4,000 short, comprehensible definitions - in non-specialist language - of terms drawn from a variety of non-psychological sources, with coverage of key areas in clinical medicine, psychiatry, and neuroscience as well as specialist areas of psychology such as ethology, learning theory, and psychophysics. The entries define the physical properties and the behavioral significance...
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SAGE/Learning Matters
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2014.
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English
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This accessible introductory text addresses the core knowledge domain of biological psychology, with focused coverage of the central concepts, research and debates in this key area. Biological Psychology outlines the importance and purpose of the biological approach and contextualises it with other perspectives in psychology, emphasizing the interaction between biology and the environment. Learning features including case studies, review questions...
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
©1977
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English
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Human values are innate, a product of man's evolution and genetics. This is the unorthodox thesis of this major work, which for the first time places the study of values on a firm scientific foundation. Drawing on biological findings which indicate that the fundamental behavioral motivations of each species are inherited, the author looks at the human brain as a biological decision system in which innate values in the form of human motivations serve...