Random House New Releases - Psychology & Psychiatry

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

2010-05-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind Works
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry | $32.00 | 978-0-307-73575-1 (0-307-73575-3)

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

2010-05-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind Works
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry | $17.50 | 978-0-307-73576-8 (0-307-73576-1)

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

2010-05-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

Hardcover, 288 pages | Crown | Psychology & Psychiatry | $27.00 | 978-0-307-45965-7 (0-307-45965-9)

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

2010-05-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

eBook, 288 pages | Crown | Psychology & Psychiatry | $27.00 | 978-0-307-45967-1 (0-307-45967-5)

The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim

2010-05-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Uses of Enchantment The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Written by Bruno Bettelheim

Trade Paperback, 368 pages | Vintage | Psychology & Psychiatry - Child Psychology | $16.00 | 978-0-307-73963-6 (0-307-73963-5)

101 Theory Drive by Terry McDermott

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
Written by Terry McDermott

Hardcover, 288 pages | Pantheon | Medical - Neurology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neuroscience | $24.95 | 978-0-375-42538-7 (0-375-42538-1)

An obsessive scientist and his eclectic team of researchers race to discover one of the hidden treasures of neuroscience–the physical makeup of memory–and in the process pursue a pharmaceutical wonder drug.

It’s not fiction: Gary Lynch is the real thing, the epitome of the rebel scientist–malnourished, contentious, inspiring, explosive, remarkably ambitious, consistently brilliant. He is one of the foremost figures of contemporary neuroscience, and his decades-long quest to understand the inner workings of the brain’s memory machine has begun to pay off.

Award-winning journalist Terry McDermott spent nearly two years observing Lynch at work and now gives us a fascinating and dramatic account of daily life in his lab–the highs and lows, the drudgery and eureka moments, the agonizing failures. He provides detailed, lucid explanations of the cutting-edge science that enabled Lynch to reveal the inner workings of the molecular machine that manufactures memory. And he explains where Lynch’s sights are now set: on drugs that could fix that machine when it breaks, drugs that would enhance brain function during the memory process and that hold out the possibility of cures for a wide range of neurological conditions, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Here is an essential story of science, scientists, and scientific achievement–galvanizing in the telling and thrilling in its far-reaching implications.

101 Theory Drive by Terry McDermott

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
Written by Terry McDermott

eBook, 272 pages | Pantheon | Medical - Neurology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neuroscience | $24.95 | 978-0-307-37904-7 (0-307-37904-3)

How God Changes Your Brain by Mark Robert Waldman

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

How God Changes Your Brain Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman

Trade Paperback, 368 pages | Ballantine Books | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology | $16.00 | 978-0-345-50342-8 (0-345-50342-2)

God is great–for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That’s the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe.

Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on memory patients and meditators, their Web-based survey of people’s religious and spiritual experiences, and their analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, therapist Mark Robert Waldman, and their research team have concluded that active and positive spiritual belief changes the human brain for the better. What’s more, actual faith isn’t always necessary: atheists who meditate on positive imagery can obtain similar neurological benefits. Written in an accessible style–with illustrations highlighting how spiritual experiences affect the mind–How God Changes Your Brain offers the following breakthrough discoveries:

• Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress and anxiety, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process.
• Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety, depression, and stress and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love.
• Fundamentalism, in and of itself, is benign and can be personally beneficial, but the anger and prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain.
• Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain–altering your values and the way you perceive reality.

How God Changes Your Brain is both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health and to avoid mental decline. Newberg and Waldman explain the eight best ways to “exercise” your brain and guide readers through specific routines derived from a wide variety of Eastern and Western spiritual practices that improve personal awareness and empathy. They explain why yawning heightens consciousness and relaxation, and they teach “Compassionate Communication,” a new mediation technique that builds intimacy with family and friends in less than fifteen minutes of practice.

Unique in its conclusions and innovative in its methods, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

Hardcover, 304 pages | Broadway | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology | $24.99 | 978-0-7679-2753-6 (0-7679-2753-2)

From the author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller The Female Brain, here is the eagerly awaited follow-up book that demystifies the puzzling male brain.

Dr. Louann Brizendine, the founder of the first clinic in the country to study gender differences in brain, behavior, and hormones, turns her attention to the male brain, showing how, through every phase of life, the "male reality" is fundamentally different from the female one. Exploring the latest breakthroughs in male psychology and neurology with her trademark accessibility and candor, she reveals that the male brain:

     *is a lean, mean, problem-solving machine. Faced with a personal problem, a man will use his analytical brain structures, not his emotional ones, to find a solution.

     *thrives under competition, instinctively plays rough and is obsessed with rank and hierarchy.

     *has an area for sexual pursuit that is 2.5 times larger than the female brain, consuming him with sexual fantasies about female body parts.

     *experiences such a massive increase in testosterone at puberty that he perceive others' faces to be more aggressive.

The Male Brain finally overturns the stereotypes. Impeccably researched and at the cutting edge of scientific knowledge, this is a book that every man, and especially every woman bedeviled by a man, will need to own.

Praise for The Female Brain:
"Louann Brizendine has done a great favor for every man who wants to understand the puzzling women in his life. A breezy and enlightening guide to women and a must-read for men."
—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

eBook, 304 pages | Broadway | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology | $24.99 | 978-0-307-58939-2 (0-307-58939-0)

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology | $35.00 | 978-0-7393-8401-5 (0-7393-8401-5)

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

2010-03-23T00:30:00-05:00

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology | $17.50 | 978-0-7393-8402-2 (0-7393-8402-3)

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

eBook, 288 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Psychology & Psychiatry - Cognitive Psychology | $26.95 | 978-0-385-53265-5 (0-385-53265-2)

With irresistibly persuasive vigor, David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic “giftedness,” and presents dazzling new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual.

DNA does not make us who we are. “Forget everything you think you know about genes, talent, and intelligence,” he writes. “In recent years, a mountain of scientific evidence has emerged suggesting a completely new paradigm: not talent scarcity, but latent talent abundance.”

Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines—cognitive science, genetics, biology, child development—Shenk offers a highly optimistic new view of human potential. The problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already have. IQ testing and widespread acceptance of “innate” abilities have created an unnecessarily pessimistic view of humanity—and fostered much misdirected public policy, especially in education.

The truth is much more exciting. Genes are not a “blueprint” that bless some with greatness and doom most of us to mediocrity or worse. Rather our individual destinies are a product of the complex interplay between genes and outside stimuli-a dynamic that we, as people and as parents, can influence.

This is a revolutionary and optimistic message. We are not prisoners of our DNA. We all have the potential for greatness.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Cognitive Psychology | $30.00 | 978-0-307-70444-3 (0-307-70444-0)

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Cognitive Psychology | $15.00 | 978-0-307-70445-0 (0-307-70445-9)

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

Hardcover, 320 pages | Doubleday | Psychology & Psychiatry - Cognitive Psychology | $26.95 | 978-0-385-52365-3 (0-385-52365-3)

Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

Wisdom From Philosophy to Neuroscience
Written by Stephen S. Hall

Hardcover, 352 pages | Knopf | Science - Biology; Philosophy; Psychology & Psychiatry | $26.95 | 978-0-307-26910-2 (0-307-26910-8)

A compelling investigation into one of our most coveted and cherished ideals, and the efforts of modern science to penetrate the mysterious nature of this timeless virtue.

We all recognize wisdom, but defining it is more elusive. In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Stephen S. Hall gives us a dramatic history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in four different locations (Greece, China, Israel, and India) in the fifth century B.C. to its modern manifestations in education, politics, and the workplace. We learn how wisdom became the provenance of philosophy and religion through its embodiment in individuals such as Buddha, Confucius, and Jesus; how it has consistently been a catalyst for social change; and how revelatory work in the last fifty years by psychologists, economists, and neuroscientists has begun to shed light on the biology of cognitive traits long associated with wisdom—and, in doing so, begun to suggest how we might cultivate it.

Hall explores the neural mechanisms for wise decision making; the conflict between the emotional and cognitive parts of the brain; the development of compassion, humility, and empathy; the effect of adversity and the impact of early-life stress on the development of wisdom; and how we can learn to optimize our future choices and future selves.

Hall’s bracing exploration of the science of wisdom allows us to see this ancient virtue with fresh eyes, yet also makes clear that despite modern science’s most powerful efforts, wisdom continues to elude easy understanding.

Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall

2010-03-09T00:30:00-05:00

Wisdom
Written by Stephen S. Hall

eBook, 352 pages | Knopf | Science - Biology; Philosophy; Psychology & Psychiatry | $26.95 | 978-0-307-59309-2 (0-307-59309-6)

Second Sight by Judith Orloff, M.D.

2010-03-02T00:30:00-05:00

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
Written by Judith Orloff

Trade Paperback, 400 pages | Three Rivers Press | Psychology & Psychiatry; Self Help | $15.00 | 978-0-307-58758-9 (0-307-58758-4)

Second Sight by Judith Orloff, M.D.

2010-03-02T00:30:00-05:00

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
Written by Judith Orloff

eBook, 400 pages | Three Rivers Press | Psychology & Psychiatry; Self Help | $15.00 | 978-0-307-58959-0 (0-307-58959-5)

Random House New Releases - Psychology & Psychiatry

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind WorksWritten by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind WorksWritten by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive UsWritten by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla by Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive UsWritten by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim

The Uses of Enchantment The Meaning and Importance of Fairy TalesWritten by Bruno Bettelheim

101 Theory Drive by Terry McDermott

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for MemoryWritten by Terry McDermott

101 Theory Drive by Terry McDermott

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for MemoryWritten by Terry McDermott

How God Changes Your Brain by Mark Robert Waldman

How God Changes Your Brain Breakthrough Findings from a Leading NeuroscientistWritten by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys ThinkWritten by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys ThinkWritten by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys ThinkWritten by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys ThinkWritten by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is WrongWritten by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is WrongWritten by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is WrongWritten by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is WrongWritten by David Shenk

Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall

Wisdom From Philosophy to NeuroscienceWritten by Stephen S. Hall

Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall

Wisdom Written by Stephen S. Hall

Second Sight by Judith Orloff, M.D.

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner WisdomWritten by Judith Orloff

Second Sight by Judith Orloff, M.D.

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner WisdomWritten by Judith Orloff

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind Works
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla Or Why You Have No Idea How Your Mind Works
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons

The Uses of Enchantment The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Written by Bruno Bettelheim

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
Written by Terry McDermott

101 Theory Drive A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
Written by Terry McDermott

How God Changes Your Brain Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Written by Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Male Brain A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
Written by Louann Brizendine, M.D.

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

The Genius in All of Us Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ Is Wrong
Written by David Shenk

Wisdom From Philosophy to Neuroscience
Written by Stephen S. Hall

Wisdom
Written by Stephen S. Hall

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
Written by Judith Orloff

Second Sight An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom
Written by Judith Orloff