'Neuroethics in Practice' helps to define and foster this emerging area at the intersection of neuroethics and clinical neuroscience, which includes neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry and their paediatric subspecialties, as well as neurorehabiliation, clinical neuropsychology, …
Traces the study of the brain from the ancient Egyptians, through the classical world of Hippocrates, the time of Descartes, and the era of Broca, to modern researchers such as Sperry, and examines their sources and tools.
Applying our new found knowledge from neuroscience to the discipline of law seems a natural development - the making, considering, and enforcing of law of course rests on mental processes. However, there are real issues that the legal system will face as neurobiological studies …
Being social is as fundamental to our survival as our ability to navigate the world through vision and reason. In this book, Matthew Lieberman draws on the latest research in the newly emerging field of social cognitive neuroscience to show that social interaction has moulded th…
The author brings together clinical observations, practical thought experiments, personal anecdotes, and cutting-edge neuroscience to decipher what neuroscience can tell us and where it falls woefully short. At the same time, he offers a new vision of how to think about what the…
Introduction / Nicole A. Vincent -- Criminal common law compatibilism / Stephen J. Morse -- What can neurosciences say about responsibility? : taking the distinction between theoretical and practical reason seriously / Anne Ruth Mackor -- Irrationality, mental capacities and neu…
Neuroscience: exploring the brain
by Connors, Barry W., Paradiso, Michael A., Bear, Mark F.
Neuroscience: exploring the brain
by Connors, Barry W., Paradiso, Michael A., Bear, Mark F.
"Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain surveys the organization and function of the human nervous system. We present material at the cutting edge of neuroscience in a way that is accessible to both science and nonscience students alike. The level of the material is comparable to an …
