Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Books

This volume contains the proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 9), held in Ulm, Germany, on September 23-26, 1997. ECEM 9 con­ tinued a series of conferences initiated by Rudolf Groner of Bern,...

What Is Infant and Early Childhood Neuropsychology? The Concept of `Risk' in Infant and Early Childhood Neuropsychology. Development of the Central Nervous System. Disorders in Brain Development. Further Assessment Considerations. Directions. Index.

Principles and Practice of Clinimetrics in Epilepsy; A.R. Feinstein. Statistical Aspects of the Measurement of Clinical Care in Epilepsy; A.L. Johnson. Seizure Frequency as Treatment Effect Parameter; M.W. Lammers, H. Meinardi. Seizure Severity as ...

This book developed out of the editors' longstanding interest in the retraining of traumatically brain-damaged adults and the management of their behavior by family members. A search for relevant experimental evidence to...

How could something as seemingly transcendental as the human mind have arisen from far simpler material beginnings? This book provides a comprehensive overview of evolution from pre-life and early life forms through increasing complexity to advanced...

"The Lopsided Ape" takes readers on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the specialization of the two halves of the brain in human evolution, offering a provocative new theory on how the left hemisphere of the brain controls language.

"Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Book That Every Parent and Teacher Should Have" delves into the intricate world of autism, offering a compassionate exploration of its various facets. From unraveling the neurological intricacies to navigating...

Want to be fearless, fabulous, and ooze confidence for the rest of your life?  Then this is the ultimate guide you need. I know, I know… you've heard it all and seen it all. All this talk of 'ultimate guides' and 'ultimate...

This book provides useful insights into sharpening the merit of children with an altogether different perspective. This book is an ideal and effective tool for parents and their children in recognising and overcoming their problems, worries and tensions...

Hinduu janmaanas kee aavashyakata tatha unakee ruci koo dhyaan meen rakhatee huee is pustak ka prakaashan kiya gaya hai. Pustak meen hinduu dhrmgranthoon kee aadhaar par aavashyakataanusaar praamaanik jaanakaaree dee gaee hai. Vrat, parv eevan...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Psychology - Biological Psychology, grade: 1,0, University of Groningen (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences), language: English, abstract: Abstract We investigated the role of background music in...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 1993 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Biologische Psychologie, Note: 1, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Brillenversuche haben eine lange Tradition und demzufolge gibt es eine Fülle von...

Achieve Your True Potential for Excellence!Are your talents locked up inside? Do you feel stifled? Do you wish you could do better at the tasks you care about the most?Neuro-Linguistic Programming will help you develop and improve your performance, no...

Close your eyes and picture a sunrise.For the majority of people, the ability to visualize images – such as a sunrise – seems straightforward, and can be accomplished ‘on demand’. But, for potentially some 2% of the population,...

This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation. The paintings and stories of survivors combine with...

Live your life the way you want to. Manage stress better. Be more resilient and enjoy meaningful relationships and better health. We all want that. Such life leads to better choices, better jobs, loving romantic partners, more rewarding...

In a world where the line between reality and illusion blurs, where secrets are uncovered and mysteries unraveled, I learned that the greatest magic of all lies within us. In the enigmatic world of mentalism, where thoughts are read and destinies...

Co-dependency¿of which enabling is a major element¿can and does exist in families where there is no chemical dependency. Angelyn Miller¿s own experience is a dramatic example: neither she nor her husband drank, yet her family was floundering in that same...

Pain is the most frustrating condition a physiotherapist encounters. This is the first yearbook of the Physiotherapy Pain Association for Chartered Physiotherapists. It considers two challenging aspects of pain in physiotherapy practice and provides...

This fourth volume contains further ground-breaking and highly relevant work. Taking on the placebo and nocebo phenomenon, pain management and muscles and pain the volume yet again promotes the forward thinking and cutting edge work of the Physiotherapy...

Volumes of the Topical Issues in Pain series are now a common sight in Physiotherapy departments and practices throughout the UK. More and more students are using them to learn clinical skills and as key references for study and research. The accolades...

Back Cover Stress can stem from childhood memories and adult fears. Writing can be very therapeutic when used as a catalyst to release fear or anger. Learning that anger can lead to self destruction, the author allowed her anger to flow from pen to...

In diesem Buch untersuchen Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob und Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen Körper und Geist und wie sie die Persönlichkeit beeinflussen. Dieses Werk ist ein Meilenstein in der Geschichte der Psychologie und...

Ce livre est une exploration en profondeur de la façon dont les mouvements du corps affectent notre cognition, notre perception et notre comportement. Robert Sessions Woodworth utilise une approche psychologique pour analyser les différentes formes de...

Une exploration fascinante des sensations de plaisir et de leur rôle dans la vie humaine, par un médecin et neurologue italien pionnier de l'étude scientifique de la psychologie et des émotions.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

On Certain Electrical Processes in the Human Body and Their Relation to Emotional Reactions, Issues 11-18 is a groundbreaking study of the connection between electricity and emotions. Alexander Forbes and Frederic Lyman Wells provide a nuanced and...

Published in 1905, this book features the groundbreaking research of psychologist John Edward Wallace Wallin on optical illusions and perspective. This work is a fascinating exploration of the human mind and the mysteries of perception and is a must-read...

Dans ce livre, Gall ventile ses théories sur la localisation de différentes fonctions du cerveau et sur les conséquences culturelles et sociales de ces connexions. Il s'agit d'un travail important sur la physiologie du cerveau qui a influencé les...

A groundbreaking study of the intersections between medicine and psychology, exploring the ways in which mental and physical health are intertwined. The book surveys the history of mental illness and its treatment, as well as the latest advances in...

"The Sphinx and the Rainbow" explores how the front brain may interact with the right and left brain in forecasting the future, how all the parts of the brain function creatively as a unit, how the new psychophysics may provide explanations for ancient...

Overthinking is a crisis of the modern age; it affects one in four people and is rising. If you're an overthinker, you'll know exactly how overwhelming it is-the constant negative chatter in your head, replaying scenarios repeatedly, dwelling on the...

Book covers a broader range of topics than other books in this area. Notably, extensive coverage of the neurobiology of anger in context of psychology and sociology is unique.Book provides broad, integrative coverage while avoiding unnecessary...

In August of 1991, a second Dartmouth International Workshop on the corpus callosum was convened to share and discuss the progress that had been made over the decade that had passed following the first workshop. A nucleus of...

Within the last decade there has been a tremendous explosion in the clinical, theoretical, and empirical literature related to the study of dissociation. Not since the work done at the tum of the century by Pierre Janet, Morton...

Practicing neuropsychologists and students in clinical neuropsychology must increas­ ingly cross disciplinary boundaries to understand and appreciate the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and neuropharmacological bases of...

The nosological roots of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be traced back to th~American Psychiatric Association's DSM-I entry of gross stress reaction, as published in 1952. Yet the origins of the current enthusi­ asm...

This volume is based on the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Slow Potential Changes in the Human Brain that was held at II Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy over the period 13-16th May, 1990. The Workshop Director was...

This volume is the third in a series on depressive illness. The first volume, entitled Phenomenology of Depressive Illness, is devoted to a de­ scription of depressive illness from a variety of perspectives that include those...

Designed to advance understanding of the unique needs of high-functioning individuals with autism, this volume details the latest diagnostic and treatment approaches and analyzes the current conceptions of the neurological...

Based on a large variety of experiments on both humans and animals, this volume presents novel conceptualizations of the organizing consequences of hormones throughout the lifespans of mammals.

This was an exciting project to work on, and I attempted to obtain a broad sampling of current research on the neuropsychology of epilepsy. Because the emphasis of the book takes a neuropsychological perspective on epilepsy,...

It is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword for so excellent a book, so timely and so much needed by the field. Not only is it most unusual these days to have a single­ authored volume on so broad a topic, but Dr. La...

The growth of clinical neuropsychology has been unprecedented. This growth has been oriented more toward the provision of than toward the foundation for services. Thus, while a greater number of psychologists are performing a...

Over the past two decades researchers and clinicians in the neurosciences have witnessed a literal information explosion in the area of brain imaging and neuropsychological functioning. Until recently we could not view the...

This book is one additional indication that a new field of study is emerging within the social sciences, if it has not emerged already. Here is a sampling of the fruit of a field whose roots can be traced to the earliest...

I would like first to thank Charles Woody and his organizing committee for arranging the symposium on the "Cellular Mechanisms of Conditioning and Behavioral Plasticity," which was also a satellite meeting of the International...