Brain Theory

A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times) For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered...

Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.

Why do some lessons spark instant understanding while others leave learners overwhelmed and confused? Teachers explain carefully. Students read the material. Trainers deliver detailed presentations. Yet the knowledge refuses to stick. The reason is rarely intelligence or effort. The real culprit is something far less obvious: cognitive overload. The human mind is not built to absorb unlimited information at once. Working memory has strict limits. When instruction ignores those limits, learning slows, frustration rises, and even the most motivated students struggle to make sense of what they...

Shift Out of Conflict and into Connection, Safety, and Intimacy "Improve your brain, improve your relationships." That's what Stan Tatkin has learned from his leading-edge work as a researcher and couples therapist. In this complete audio learning program, he merges current insights from...

Have you ever felt a glitch in reality? A moment of déjà vu so intense it convinced you you’d lived this second before? Or a coincidence so strange it felt like a message from the universe? These moments are loose threads on the sweater of reality. This book grabs those threads and pulls. Journey through twenty of the most profound and unsettling thought experiments ever conceived. These aren't just dusty philosophical questions; they are living problems that haunt the frontiers of modern science and technology, presented here in clear, accessible language. Inside, you will confront ...

Unlock the Science of Human Growth, Learning, and Adaptation Across the Lifespan. How do genetics, environment, and culture shape who we become from our very first breath to late adulthood? Whether you are a student, educator, mental health practitioner, or curious reader, understanding human development is key to understanding human nature itself. Foundations of Developmental Psychology provides a comprehensive, engaging, and modern exploration of human growth across the entire physical, cognitive, and socioemotional spectrum. Inside This Comprehensive Guide, You Will Discover: Core ...

The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51. This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances. For more...

A breakthrough work in neuroscience—and an incisive corrective to a long history of damaging pseudoscience—that finally debunks the myth that there is a hardwired distinction between male and female brains We live in a gendered world, where we are ceaselessly bombarded by messages about...

What if the most important thing you've ever been taught about yourself is wrong? What if you are not a biological machine whose consciousness is created by your brain? What if your brain is instead an extraordinary receiver—a biological interface through which an eternal consciousness experiences physical reality? In You Are Eternal, bestselling author Stephen Hawley Martin takes readers on a fascinating journey through some of the most compelling scientific and philosophical discoveries of our time. Drawing upon modern neuroscience, quantum physics, near-death experience research, ...

What if science has it backwards? For more than a century, we’ve been told that consciousness is produced by the brain—that when the brain dies, so do we. But a growing body of evidence suggests something very different. In this book, award-winning author Stephen Hawley Martin presents a compelling case that the dominant scientific worldview may be fundamentally incomplete—and that consciousness may not arise from matter at all. A Challenge to One of Science’s Deepest Assumptions Drawing on decades of research and firsthand experience, Martin examines a series of well-documented ...

Your anxiety isn’t irrational. Your pain isn’t imaginary. Your exhaustion isn’t a personal failure. Your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do—predict the future and protect you from danger. The problem is that many of those predictions are wrong. In YOUR BRAIN IS LYING TO YOU, you’ll discover a startling scientific truth: Most of what you feel—stress, fear, pain, fatigue, even motivation—is not caused by reality itself, but by your brain’s predictions about reality. Those predictions are called beliefs, and they operate far below conscious thought, shaping your ...

In this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress, and most of all, enjoy learning. When we study, we tend to focus on the tasks we can most easily control—such as highlighting and...

YOU HAVE AN AWESOME MEMORY TO DEVELOP Do you have trouble remembering things? Have you tried using traditional memory improvement techniques, such as making pictures, pegging, and chunking, and they did not seem to improve your memory or increase your brainpower? If you have read other memory books, and they did not help you be sharp with memory, it is probable that you have a different learning style than what the books taught. The problem is not with your memory. It's just that the techniques did not cater to your personal style. Memory Brain Exercises will help you discover your personal...

Parenting isn’t easy. Showing up is. Your greatest impact begins right where you are. Now the bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline explain what this means over the course of childhood. “There is parenting magic in this book.”—Michael Thompson, Ph.D...

Still Feeling Anxious, Wired, and Exhausted? The Problem Isn’t You—It’s Your Nervous System You’ve checked every box—meditation, supplements, mindset hacks— …but the fatigue, tension, and emotional rollercoaster keep coming back. You’re not broken. Your nervous system is simply dysregulated—and it can be gently reset. ✨ Imagine this instead... You wake up rested—not bracing for the day. Your digestion flows. Your breath softens. You feel calm, present, and finally at home in your body. Welcome to Vagus Nerve Made Easy: A gentle, science-backed guide offers a simple yet...

Whenever a person engages with music―when a piano student practices a scale, a jazz saxophonist riffs on a melody, a teenager sobs to a sad song, or a wedding guest gets down on the dance floor—countless neurons are firing. Playing an instrument requires all of the resources of the nervous...

How do our brains give rise to our conscious minds? How do our minds learn and consciously experience miraculous creations of our civilizations, such as visual art, music, and the languages whose meanings enable us to think and communicate about our experiences in the world?

Your brain is remarkable. It is also biased, distractible, and occasionally convinced that a shower argument counts as a victory. In Our Tuned-Up Monkey Brain: An Extraordinary Animal Brain and the Larger Question of Who We Are, philosopher Gharios El Chemor explores the human mind through the lenses of evolution, psychology, neuroscience, consciousness, and everyday life. Why do we trust our memories when they keep changing? Why can a vivid story feel more convincing than reliable evidence? How do emotion, identity, social pressure, and the body shape our judgments? And what does brain ...

A Mystical Approach to Healing TraumaTo heal trauma, we have to start with its origin: disconnection from spiritual experience. This is the breakthrough premise of Transforming Trauma, Caroline Myss and James Finley's first audio-learning course on how combining contemplative and clinical...

The future of longevity medicine is female. Women live longer than men, yet spend more years in poor health because medicine has long ignored the hormonal realities of women’s bodies—from postpartum to perimenopause, menopause, and beyond. New York Times bestselling author Sara Szal, MD...