IN WASHINGTON, DC · 2011-08-05 · THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN-UP BRAIN The Surprising Talents of...
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BARBARA STRAUCH
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE GROWN-UP BRAINThe Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged MindA Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer examines how our brains improve in mid-dle age. “The latest findings neurological, biochemical, and psychological, with an illuminating dose of anecdote thrown in.” —The New Scientist.
DAVID J. LINDEN
THE COMPASS OF PLEASUREHow Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So GoodA leading brain scientist’s look at the neurobiology of pleasure—and how plea-sures can become addictions.
STEVEN JOHNSON
WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROMThe Natural History of Innovation“Steven Johnson is the Darwin of tech-nology. Through fascinating observations and insights, he enlightens us about the origin of ideas.”—Walter Isaacson.
Available October 2011
STEVEN JOHNSON, editor
THE INNOVATOR’S COOKBOOKEssentials for Inventing What Is Next
Available October 2011
CATHY N. DAVIDSON
NOW YOU SEE ITHow the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn“Starts where Malcolm Gladwell leaves off, showing how digital information will change our brains.”—Daniel Levitin, au-thor of This Is Your Brain on Music.
HEATHER SELLERS
YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE ANYONE I KNOWA True Story of Family, Face Blindness, and Forgiveness“Poignant...though prosopagnosia is the narrative vehicle, the memoir is really about the legacy of mental illness.”—Boston Globe.
Available October 2011
MARK BAUERLEIN, editor
THE DIGITAL DIVIDEArguments For and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social NetworkingIntroduction by the EditorExplores the perils and promises of the revolution in social media, collecting works by today’s best thinkers and cul-tural commentators—including Steven Johnson, Nicholas Carr, and Todd Gitlin.
RICHARD RESTAK, M.D. and SCOTT KIM
THE PLAYFUL BRAINA leading neuroscientist and a noted puz-zle designer team up to reveal how solv-ing puzzles improves your brain function.
JOSHUA FOER
MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEINThe Art and Science of Remembering EverythingThe author’s journey from chronically for-getful science journalist to United States Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.
JEFFREY SCHWARTZ, M.D. and REBECCA GLADDING, M.D.
YOU ARE NOT YOUR BRAIN
for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your LifeTwo neuroscience experts explain how
destructive thoughts and actions and change bad habits for good.
MOLLY CALDWELL CROSBY
ASLEEPThe Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries“Encephalitis lethargica...killed thousands, perhaps millions....Crosby has provided a brilliant and deeply moving account
pandemic struck.”—Oliver Sacks.
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