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Maintain Your Brain
Dr Michael J Valenzuela

$27.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

Within twenty years, dementia is set to overtake heart disease as the number one cause of death in Australia. Recent studies show that almost half our adult population already have a family member or friend with the illn... Buy or find out more 


The Exceptional Brain And How It Changed The World
Robert Kaplan

$32.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin

From da Vinci to van Gogh, Hitler to Howard Hughes, this is a fascinating investigation into how brain diseases and conditions like epilepsy, syphilis, schizophrenia and tumours have made their sufferers both famous and ... Buy or find out more 



Brain Bugs: How The Brains Flaws Shape Our Lives
Dean Buonomano

$32.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton

A lively, surprising tour of our mental glitches and how they arise.

With its trillions of connections, the human brain is more beautiful and complex than anything we could ever build, but it's far from perfect. Our memo... Buy or find out more 


Brain Rules: 12 Principles For Surviving And Thriving At Work Home And School
John Medina

$24.95 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications

A New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller.

Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like that ... Buy or find out more 



The Neurotourist: Postcards From The Edge Of Brain Science
Lone Frank

$19.95 – Paperback book / Oneworld Pubn

Acclaimed journalist and intrepid brain "explorer" Lone Frank embarks on an incredible adventure to the frontiers of neuroscience to reveal how today's top scientists are reinventing human nature, morality, happiness, he... Buy or find out more 


Brain Rules For Baby: How To Raise A Smart And Happy Child From Zero To Five
John Medina

$32.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications

A groundbreaking new book from the author the New York Times bestselling author of Brain Rules

What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a child’s brain? What’s the b... Buy or find out more 



Reading In The Brain: The Science And Evolution Of A Human Invention
Stanislas Dehaene

$21.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

A renowned cognitive neuroscientist's fascinating and highly informative account of how the brain acquires reading.

How can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe of sounds and meanings? In this rivet... Buy or find out more 


The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories Of Personal Triumph From The Frontiers Of Brain Science (Revised Edition)
Norman Doidge

$29.95 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications

A New York Times bestseller; an Amazon US top ten science book of 2008 and one of Amazon Canada's top books of 2008; one of the Globe and Mail's (Canada) top books of 2008; and one of Slate top books of 2008

'This book i... Buy or find out more 



Reading In The Brain
Stanislas Dehaene

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Viking

A renowned cognitive neuroscientist's fascinating and highly informative account of how the brain acquires reading

How can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe of sounds and meanings? In this riveti... Buy or find out more 


Memory: An Anthology
Harriet Harvey Wood

$34.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

This intriguing anthology introduces us to arguments and experiences, evocative moments and hard scientific debate on the subject on memory, the thread that holds our lives and our history together. With an introduction ... Buy or find out more 



Proust And The Squid: The Story And Science Of The Reading Brain
Maryanne Wolf

$23.95 – Paperback book / Icon Books

How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind. We were never born to read, says Maryanne Wolf. No specific genes ever dictated readings development. Human beings invented ... Buy or find out more 


Big Brain: Origins and Future of Human Intelligence
Gary Lynch

$29.95 – Paperback book / Palgrave

In this groundbreaking look at the evolution of our brains, eminent neuroscientists Gary Lynch and Richard Granger uncover the mysteries of the outsize intelligence of our ancestors, who had bigger brains than humans liv... Buy or find out more 



The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind
Jonah Lehrer

$34.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing

Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we 'blink' and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the ... Buy or find out more 


The Private Life Of The Brain
Susan Greenfield

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

What is happening in the brain when we drink too much alcohol, get high on Ecstasy or experience road rage?

Emotion, says internationally acclaimed neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, is the building block of consciousness.... Buy or find out more 



On Deep History And The Brain
Daniel Lord Smail

$29.95 – Paperback book / Univ California Pr

Until the 1860s, the question of where history began was a comfortable certainty: with the story of the Garden of Eden, and the creation of man. The revolution that Darwin’s theories brought about ushered in a new era, i... Buy or find out more 


Mindsight: Change Your Brain And Your Life
Daniel J Siegel

$24.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications

'In his new, graceful, wise, creative, utterly approachable book, Mindsight, Dr. Daniel J. Siegel integrates two of the most important discoveries of our time: the cutting-edge research into the brain functions relevant ... Buy or find out more 



The Master And His Emissary: The Divided Brain And The Making Of The Western World
Iain McGilchrist

$59.95 – Hardcover book / Yale Univ Pr

Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. In a book of unprecedented scope, Iain McGilchrist draws on a vast body of recent brain research, illustrat... Buy or find out more 


 

The Mind Of The Market: Compassionate Apes Competitive Humans And Other Tales From Evolutionary Economics
Michael Shermer

$49.95$16.95 – Hardcover book / Henry Holt & Company

How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so emotional and irrational about bottom-line financial and business decisions? Is the capitalist marketplace a so... Buy or find out more 



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