The best books about the brain start with the basics, including the key parts, functions, and processes of the brain. These foundations lay the groundwork for further understanding the mind.

This March, the SciFri Book Club will read Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss.Out in paperback this February, The Grieving Brain ...

From books about the beauty and intricacies of the brain, to ones that explore the neuroscience of autism and individuality, these are great to read and gift.

The habenula is our brain’s protector, designed to shut down our motivation in response to perceived failure, frustration, or a sense of powerlessness.

Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to ...

The Ten Best Science Books of 2024. ... Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist and musician whose 2006 book This Is Your Brain on Music spent more than a year on the New York Times best-seller list, ...

SHOSHANNAH BUXBAUM: Dr. Nord, welcome to Science Friday. CAMILLA NORD: I’m so excited to be on Science Friday. SHOSHANNAH BUXBAUM: OK. So I want to start out with the title of your book, The Balanced ...

The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. By Larry Swanson, Eric Newman, Alfonso Araque and Janet Dubinsky. Abrams Books; 208 pages; $50 and £35 ...

We sat next to a large glass cabinet containing the historical artifacts and curiosities of brain science: a wooden box bristling with electrodes and wires used for inducing electrical currents ...

The book, Broadleaf says, shows how a “centering pause,” or spending a few minutes meditating, praying, or doing other contemplative practices, can positively rewire brain circuitry. Return to ...

The previous three books trace the history of brain science. This pair of award-winning books by Peter Godfrey-Smith—a philosophy professor at the University of Sydney, ...