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A Day in the Life of the Brain - The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn till Dusk by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science
A Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the Year What happens in our brains when we wake up, savour a meal or a glass of wine, walk the dog, stare at a screen, daydream or sleep? World-renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield draws on her own pioneering research to illuminate the mystery of conscious ...Show more
A Day in the Life of the Brain: The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn to Dusk by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science
Each of us has a unique, subjective inner world, one that we can never share directly with anyone else. But how do our physical brains actually give rise to this rich and varied experience of consciousness? In this ground-breaking book, internationally acclaimed neuroscientist Susan Greenfield brings t ...Show more
Human Brain: A Guided Tour by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science | Series: Science Masters
Locked away remote from the rest of the body in its own custom-built casing of skull bone, with no intrinsic moving parts, the human brain remains a tantalising mystery. But now, more than ever before, we have the expertise to tackle this mystery - the last 20 years have seen astounding progress in brai ...Show more
ID - The Quest For Identity In the 21st Century by Susan Greenfield
Category: Non-Fiction
Our individuality is under attack as never before. Two huge new forces - technological advances and the rise in fundamentalism - are in their different ways combining to threaten our control of our minds and so the whole way our society functions. We have never more urgently needed to look at what we wa ...Show more
Mind Change by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science
In Mind Change, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, ...Show more
Neuroscience for Teachers - Applying Research Evidence from Brain Science by Richard Churches; Eleanor Dommett; Ian Devonshire; Susan Greenfield (Foreword by)
Category: Science
Foreword by Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE. In Neuroscience for Teachers: Applying Research Evidence from Brain Science, Richard Churches, Eleanor Dommett and Ian Devonshire expertly unpack, in an easy-to-read and instantly useable way, what every teacher needs to know about the brain and how we really l ...Show more
The Human Brain: A Guided Tour by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science | Series: Science Masters
What would you see if you removed the skull from the human brain and then slowly worked your way deeper and deeper into the brain, to the level of an individual neuron? With renowned brain researcher Susan Greenfield as your guide, here is your chance to gain a birds eye view of the human brainand to le ...Show more
The Private Life of the Brain by Susan Greenfield
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
An explanation of the various mysteries of pleasure in the workings of the mind. The book shows how different experiences give rise to similar sensations in the mind - such as sport, raves, or orgasm; explores the workings of recreational drugs; and explains the neurological character of pleasure. ...Show more
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