Neuroscience & Neuropsychology

Why is addiction “perfectly logical” to an addict? The answer is found in a single chemical in your brain: dopamine. Dopamine ensured the survival of early man. Thousands of years later, it is the source of our most basic behaviors and cultural ideas - and progress itself....

A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish....

People who experience unwanted, intrusive, or frightening thoughts often suffer shamefully and struggle silently for fear of what the thoughts might mean about them. In this powerful book, two anxiety disorder experts offer powerful and proven-effective CBT skills....

This is the book that will forever change the way we understand and treat mental health. If you or someone you love is affected by mental illness, it might change your life....

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology....

Trauma and Recovery is revered as the seminal text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Harvard psychiatrist Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context....

Your best intentions are not enough. Learn how to scientifically engineer a disciplined existence, become relentless, and never give up. Whatever you want in your life, self-discipline is the missing piece. Goals will remain dreams if you make the mistake of relying on motivation and your best drawn plans....

This book offers therapists an integrated approach to adding a polyvagal foundation to their work with clients. With clear explanations of the organizing principles of Polyvagal theory, this complex theory is translated into clinician and client-friendly language....

One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out - in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships - is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them....

The Inner Work will take you on a hero’s journey through the uncharted depths of your subconscious mind to understand your shadows and unlock the greatness of your full potential....

Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you down into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and apathy....

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a craniosacral therapist and Rolfer, Stanley Rosenberg explores the crucial role that the vagus nerve plays in determining our psychological and emotional states and explains that a myriad of common psychological and physical symptoms....

An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet - these situations aren't life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. One approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting: polyvagal theory....

Join Dr. Paul Conti for a journey toward understanding, active treatment, and societal prevention of trauma....

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry....

Sex, shopping, eating, social media, drugs and gambling are just some of the things that can trigger a release of dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain that is involved in the brain's reward system.

Cowritten by a patient who experienced transformative relief from trauma through EMDR therapy, and a world-renowned psychologist who explains exactly how and why EMDR works, Every Memory Deserves Respect provides clear information while offering inspiration and hope....

The Brain Fog Fix is a three-week program designed to help you naturally restore three of your brain's most crucial chemicals: serotonin, dopamine, and cortisol....

Investigating how your senses work, how you move, and how you think and feel, Neuroscience for Dummies, 2nd Edition is your straightforward guide to the most complicated structure known in the universe: the brain....

A Therapist's Guide to EMDR reviews the theoretical basis for EMDR and presents new information on the neurobiology of trauma. It provides a detailed explanation of the procedural steps along with helpful suggestions and modifications....

A practical, integrated approach for therapists working with people (both adults and children) who have been impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties....

When high speed Internet became widely available a few years ago, growing numbers of people began to worry that their porn use was running out of control....

Two New York Times best-selling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain....

Dr. Turknett, a neurologist, self-taught multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of Brainjo and the Brainjo Method of instruction, distills the principles of learning to play music down into a set of universal "laws" that can be applied to any instrument.

This program is read by the author How to Be Yourself is the best audiobook you'll ever listen to about how to conquer social anxiety. “...a groundbreaking road map to finally being your true, authentic self.” —Susan Cain, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Quiet Up to 40%...

It’s hard to have ADHD in a world not built for our brains. It can leave us feeling discouraged, like we’re always getting in our own way. Like we can never quite have the life we want. But the reality is that we can influence how our brains work, and we have unique strengths. We just need the right tools. In 30 Days to Thrive with ADHD, Dr. K brings us those tools. As a Harvard-trained psychiatrist who also spent time training to be a monk, he draws on both modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to help you understand and harness your ADHD brain.

Larry S. Sherman, a neuroscientist and lifelong musician, and Dennis Plies, a professional musician and teacher, collaborate to show how our brains and music work in harmony. They consider music in all the ways we encounter it—teaching, learning, practicing, listening, composing, improvising, and performing—in terms of neuroscience as well as music pedagogy, showing how the brain functions and even changes in the process. Every Brain Needs Music draws on leading behavioral, cellular, and molecular neuroscience research as well as surveys of more than a hundred musical people.

Written by two experts in autism assessment, this is a pathway for you to explore the likelihood of meeting the diagnostic threshold for autism, while offering advice on possible next steps. Filling the gap between self-identification and formal diagnosis, this rigorous, accessible guide to diagnosis will give you confidence in taking the next steps on your autism journey.

Erfolgsautor und Dopamin-Experte Michael E. Long erklärt, warum das sogenannte Glückshormon uns in den entscheidenden Bereichen unseres Lebens auf fatale Weise in Richtung Unzufriedenheit und Sucht steuert. Zugleich liefert er wirkungsvolle Strategien, um dauerhaft aus diesen Mustern auszubrechen. Lernen Sie, wie Sie den Belohnungseffekt von Dopamin zum Erreichen Ihrer Ziele einsetzen können, statt sich von ihm fehlleiten zu lassen. Dieser Ratgeber bietet kleine, anwendbare Schritte, die zusammen eine Revolution ergeben – hin zu einem produktiveren und erfüllteren Leben.

5-Uhr-Club, Intervall-Fasten, HIT-Training, Eisbaden, Online-Dating, Meditation, Repeat? Scheiß auf Selbstoptimierung, gib mir Neurowissenschaften! Heute gilt es offenbar, sich jede wache Sekunde selbst zu optimieren und das Maximum aus Körper und Geist herauszuholen. Doch wer kann schon mit diesen unrealistischen Ansprüchen mithalten? Für die meisten Menschen hält ein solches Leben vor allem eines bereit: Erschöpfung. Die Neurowissenschaftlerin Rachel Barr stellt den Status quo infrage.

Ob wir nachts träumen, morgens Sport treiben, uns bei der Arbeit konzentrieren wollen oder spätabends das berühmte »Bier zu viel« trinken – unser Gehirn ist rund um die Uhr im Einsatz. Es sorgt wesentlich für unser Wohlbefinden – wenn nichts schiefläuft. Bent Freiwald schildert, was es alles leistet, und liefert überraschende Erkenntnisse, die uns helfen, unseren Alltag besser zu meistern. Anhand eines völlig normalen Tages erklärt der Gehirnexperte und Wissenschaftsjournalist Bent Freiwald, was das menschliche Gehirn jeden Tag Erstaunliches vollbringt.

Unser Gehirn nimmt mit in den Schlaf, womit wir es tagsüber füttern. Aber wie sorgen wir dafür, dass aus den ganzen Informationen keine Sorgen und Ängste werden, sondern Kraft, Lust und neuer Lebensschwung entsteht? Inspiriert von seinem Erfolgspodcast "Gehirn gehört" präsentiert Bestsellerautor Prof. Dr. Volker Busch in seinem neuen Hörbuch gute Gedanken vor dem Einschlafen und liefert praktische Anleitungen, wie wir unser Gehirn am Abend pflegen können – basierend auf den neuesten Erkenntnissen aus Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft.

Perhaps you struggle to tell the difference between left and right, east and west, or north and south. You probably make light of it, maybe laugh it off, and even put yourself down in the process. But you are not alone. There are many others just like you—most of whom hide their difficulties and scold themselves for being “stupid,” when in fact there’s a very good reason for these challenges. And it has nothing to do with intelligence.

This book introduces the Anthropic-Independent Reality Index, a conceptual framework designed to assess the degree to which ideas are shaped — or distorted — by evolved cognitive structures. Drawing on insights from evolutionary epistemology, cognitive neuroscience, and the philosophy of science, the index offers a non-utilitarian scale for measuring the ontological independence of a concept from the adaptive biases of the human mind.

Die Zukunft gehört denen, die besser denken. Was macht uns erfolgreich? Unser Denken! Kein anderes Lebewesen kann so gezielt planen, lernen, kooperieren und Probleme lösen wie wir. Doch in einer Welt, die von Informationsflut, komplexen Herausforderungen und künstlicher Intelligenz geprägt ist, wird das Denken selbst zu einer immer größeren Aufgabe. Dieses Buch ist ein Crashkurs für die Denkfähigkeiten des 21. Jahrhunderts.