An Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage
 An Odd Kind of Fameý: What a wonderful book this is! Malcolm Macmillan has not only presented a scientific and academic story of this important case, but has truly delved into the microcosm of who "Phineas Gage" was as an 'ordinary man' [... more]
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
Science Made Irresistible: This is one compelling and very entertaining read, albeit not for the squeamish. While aimed at kids, adults will find it equally fascinating. It has all the elements of a wild work of fiction, yet it's an eyepoppingly true [... more]
CDN$9.95
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Mind Time: The Temporal Factor in Consciousness
Nice idea, but horrible author: The topic is a great one, and the author was a great researcher into the topic. Unfortunately, while he may be a great scientist, he's a horrible author. His idea of the book's audience is vague: he defines neurons as & [... more]
CDN$30.05
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The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us ...
Our mental ice cream cone: The greatest fear among those who reject Charles Darwin's "Dangerous Idea" is the implications the concept holds for human beings. Our brain, they often claim, demonstrates how far we are from the other animals. It [... more]
CDN$27.04
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Crying
From Amazon.com: Behind the human eye lies a complex system of dozens of secretory and excretory glands bearing such names as "crypts of Henle" and "Wolfring's glands." These glands combine to produce basal tears that flow into the [... more]
CDN$20.99
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Human Natures
From Amazon.co.uk: It's common to blame "human nature" for some of the unpleasant facts of life--road rage, say, or murder, or war. The problem with this, argues the distinguished scientist Paul Ehrlich, is that there really is no single human [... more]
CDN$21.00
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Mind Of Its Own
"How the Mind Works" - the latest version **: In "Consciousness Explained", philosopher Daniel C. Dennett proposed a Multiple Drafts Model for human consciousness. The drafts were assemblages of information derived from however the [... more]
CDN$32.50
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Mind Time: The Temporal Factor in Consciousness
Nice idea, but horrible author: The topic is a great one, and the author was a great researcher into the topic. Unfortunately, while he may be a great scientist, he's a horrible author. His idea of the book's audience is vague: he defines neurons as & [... more]
CDN$21.88
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