Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Books

In all industrialised countries, closed head injuries are responsible for vast numbers of hospital admissions and days of work lost. For instance, about 120,000 patients are admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom each year with a diagnosis that...

Discover Everything You Need to Know About Unlocking the Secrets to Human Psychology and Protect Yourself Against Covert Manipulation!Have you ever been accused of being unable to "read the room"? Are you oblivious to even the most obvious of body...

I wrote My Big Fat Head when I decided to accept the fact that I was a food addict... ...well, maybe not total acceptance, but an acknowledgement. Let’s call it a nod. I knew there was no question I was a sugar addict, and I knew that if the sugar didn’t...

In the recent literature, the most influential case study books in neuropsychology are in the adult realm. Pediatric neuropsychology is a rapidly developing field with increasingly greater influence in the assessment, diagnosis, early identification, and...

This valuable compendium advances the understanding of mental health case law, making it highly accessible to practicing forensic professionals. Divided into two parts, the first section focuses on explaining important topics related to forensic...

The Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology focuses the awareness of neuropsychologists on the critical areas of forensic practice that should be considered during each phase of a scientific neuropsychological...

I n the wake of an earlier book (Solomon, 1993), this new work, Coping with War-Induced Stress: The Gulf War and the Israeli Response, promises to make Zahava Solomon a modern maven with respect to the psychologi­ cal effects...

This volume represents a comprehensive overview of theneuropsychology of emotion and the neural mechanismsunderlying emotional processing. It draws on recent studiesutilizing behavioral paradigms with normal subjects, thebrain lesion approach, clinical...

Ever feel stuck in a rut, wishing you could learn faster, adapt to change better, or overcome past limitations? "The Adaptable Mind" reveals the revolutionary science of neuroplasticity, the brain's remarkable ability to continuously change and grow...

Pharmacological and transgenic methods were used to investigate the roles of mast cells in the initial response of the innate immune system to pathogens, or acute phase response (APR). In rats, peripheral and central cromolyn sodium, an inhibitor of mast...

Embark on a captivating journey into a not-so-distant future where the world teeters on the edge of transformation. Meet Hope Valencia, one of the world's most accomplished PT-SOF agents for the League of Consciousness, as she embarks on a mission that...

Feeling lost about how to effectively treat disturbing intrusive thoughts? Tired of missing out on the present because of your anxiety levels and uncertainties or dubious thoughts? Or you simply need an accessible way of attaining happiness through...

Research on applied memory is one of the most active, interesting and vibrant areas in experimental psychology today. This book provides descriptions of cutting-edge research and applies them to three key areas of contemporary investigation: education,...

Love, famously, is a many-splendoured thing, but the variety of anger we can feel rarely receives such thorough attention. In her fascinating work, Carol Bulkeley corrects this common human oversight by drawing on both her personal experience and that of...

Bridging the first forays into human psychology with our modern perception of the discipline, Alexander Bain's writings are profoundly importantly texts in appreciating how we've come to understand the vast complexity of the human mind. First published...

This is the second volume in the series stimulated by/deriving from the work and study days of the Physiotherapy Pain Association. This volume is about some fundamental changes in practice which aim to prevent chronic incapacity from musculoskeletal pain...

A Mind of My Own is a dramatic true story of one woman''s recovery from traumatic brain damage following a motorcycle accident in Greece. Facing far more than broken bones and physical impairments, this classical antiquity professor had lost what was...

This fascinating volume contains a comprehensive treatise on human emotion, with chapters on love, submission, dominance, consciousness, and more. Written in simple, accessible language and full of interesting explorations of theorems and original...

Errrorless learning is one of the most studied principles in neurorehabilitation. This is the first volume to capture all the key elements in the field in one invaluable resource, providing an up-to-date and broad analysis of the use of errorless...

This hands-on volume is both manual and workbook, designed to be used alongside the Understanding Brain Injury Group. This group aims to increase the understanding and acknowledgement of acquired brain injury and find ways of coping with the consequences...

This volume features international experts from the fields of psychobiology, sleep research, and chronobiology to address and review cutting-edge scientific literature concerning recent advances in the psychobiology of sleep, sleep disorders, such as...

This book discusses phrenology and physiology. It presents the study of the relationship between the morphology of the human brain and specific human behaviors, mental capacities, and personality trends. The author investigates various tools and...

This pioneering work on the diagnosis and treatment of tics is a must-read for neurologists, psychologists, and anyone interested in the study of involuntary movements and gestures. Written by two of the foremost authorities on the subject, Les Tics et...

Ce livre est une étude approfondie du livre classique de Jean Barclay sur la physionomie. Il explique les principes de la physionomie et examine les différentes expressions du visage pour mieux comprendre le caractère et la personnalité. Le livre est...

This book is an introduction to the principles of phrenology, a pseudoscientific theory that attempted to map personality traits onto different regions of the brain. Written by Sidney Smith, a phrenologist and author, this work provides an overview of...

An essential guide to the study of the mind and its functions. Ladd provides a clear and comprehensive overview of the field, covering topics such as perception, memory, and emotion. With its focus on empirical research and scientific methodology, this...

Johann Gaspar Spurzheim presents a detailed analysis of the relationship between the physical structure of the brain and various aspects of personality and behavior. He argues that a person's character can be inferred from the shape and size of their...

Charles Féré analyse avec finesse les effets des émotions sur la santé physique et mentale, en s'appuyant sur des études cliniques approfondies et une connaissance pointue des mécanismes physiologiques.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

In this groundbreaking work, Henry Maudsley delves into the complexities of the human mind, exploring the intricacies of physiology and pathology that underpin mental processes. This seminal text represents an important contribution to the field of...

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is a book for all neuropsychologists who are called upon to assess culturally different clients--with very few exceptions today, this means every neuropsychologist. In Minneapolis as in Oslo, migrant and refugee minorities raise assessment and test...

DAVID W. ELLIS AND ANNE-LISE CHRISTENSEN 1 A BRIEF OVERVIEW In the past, most people who sustained catastrophic brain injury died. However, over the past several decades, sophisticated medical diagnostic techniques such as...

Neurocognitive and behavioural science is a unique discipline with the potential to develop new research in the fields of neuroscience and social, biological and engineering sciences. Combining the authors' own research with a comprehensive survey of the...

'These grand personages who set out to discover the great truth and never quite find it, give me a pain.They can't find it because they are always looking in the wrong place." - Galileo GalileeDrs. Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and the giants of dream...

This informative text details the many changes in everyday life as the result of injury, illness, or aging affecting the brain. Experts across brain-related fields trace mechanisms of conditions such as Parkinson's disease, TBI, and dementia as they...

One of the challenges the field of clinical neuropsychology faces is to develop an assessment process that is relevant and responsive to the needs of patients. Indeed, it has been suggested that the survival of neuropsychology...

Consultation-liaison psychiatry interfaces between psychiatry and the rest of medicine as well as psychology, social work, nursing, and other behavioral science disciplines. This is a practical, up-to-date handbook providing a...

Foreword to the English Edition, by David E. Tupper. Introduction. 1: Psychological characteristics of the communicative process. 1.1. The concept of 'communication' and its value in human life. 1.2. The informative aspect of communication. 1.3. The...

Attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, asperger's syndrome, and autism, to name but a few, may be viewed as points on a spectrum of...

Some of the best vision scientists in the world in their respective fields have contributed to chapters in this book. They have expertise in a wide variety of fields, including bioengineering, basic and clinical visual science,...

About 20% of people with epilepsy have seizures which are resistant to anticonvulsant medications. These drug-resistant seizures are called `intractable', and the patients who have them - about 1 in 500 of the general ...

In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific...