"Delirium is a common clinical problem in critical care patients, with up to 80% of patients experiencing at least one episode during their time on a critical care unit. It is associated with significantly adverse outcomes for patients, including death and long-term cognitive im…
This topically-organized text provides a comprehensive overview of infant development with a strong theoretical and research base. Readers gain a clear understanding of infant development and issues that will be the focus of significant advances in infancy studies in the future.…
The event-related potential (ERP) technique, in which neural responses to specific events are extracted from the EEG, provides a powerful noninvasive tool for exploring the human brain. This volume describes practical methods for ERP research along with the underlying theoretica…
Origins of the human brain
by Chavaillon, Jean, Changeux, J.-P
fromSYMPOSIA OF THE FYSSEN FOUNDAT
This book explores how one can bring about changes in the brain through meditation, both through attention-focus training and through compassion training. Recent findings in the natural sciences have confirmed that it is possible for humans to achieve these structural and functi…
'Neuroscience in Education' brings together an international group of leading psychologists, neuroscientists, educationalists and geneticists to critically review new developments, examining the science behind these practices, the validity of the theories on which they are based…