Posts tagged with ‘Neuroscience’
May 12, 2013
FIERCE, FUNNY, LOVING memoir of father and son—both creative, adventurous, and living with Asperger’s.
Grade: B PLUS
RAISING CUBBY: A FATHER AND SON'S ADVENTURES WITH ASPERGER'S, TRAINS, TRACTORS, AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Crown
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Parenting
March 12, 2013
INSIDE THE WORLD OF hallucinations with Oliver Sacks, the Willy Wonka of the human brain. Fun, informative.
Grade: B PLUS
HALLUCINATIONS
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History of Science, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Science
December 1, 2012
BITTERSWEET, NUANCED MEMOIR of the writer’s brilliant mother and her too-early decline into dementia.
Grade: B PLUS
ALL GONE: A MEMOIR OF MY MOTHER'S DEMENTIA. WITH REFRESHMENTS
Riverhead
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Family, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction
November 29, 2012
THE SECRET WORLD of stage magic and magicians, explored with love and humor by a writer/scientist/magician.
Grade: SOLID B
FOOLING HOUDINI: MAGICIANS, MENTALISTS, MATH GEEKS AND THE HIDDEN POWERS OF THE MIND
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Mathematics, Memoirs, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Solid B Reviews, Stage Magic
November 28, 2012
A JOURNALIST DELVES INTO the complex science (and business) of sleep and makes some interesting discoveries!
Grade: SOLID B
DREAMLAND: ADVENTURES IN THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Health, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
September 23, 2012
A NEUROSCIENTIST’S FASCINATING INSIGHTS about how the brain perceives taste, smell, and flavor—a foodie must.
Grade: SOLID B
NEUROGASTRONOMY: HOW THE BRAIN CREATES FLAVOR AND WHY IT MATTERS
Columbia University Press
2012
Tags: Food Writing, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
November 22, 2011
A YOUNG WOMAN’S MEMOIR of losing her sense of smell and (spoiler!) regaining it is intriguing, well researched.
Grade: B PLUS
SEASON TO TASTE: HOW I LOST MY SENSE OF SMELL AND FOUND MY WAY
HarperCollins
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Memoirs, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Science
September 24, 2011
FASCINATING LOOK AT recent neuroscience around attention, and its synergies with technology and education.
Grade: B PLUS
NOW YOU SEE IT: HOW THE BRAIN SCIENCE OF ATTENTION WILL TRANSFORM THE WAY WE LIVE, WORK, AND LEARN
Penguin
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Education, History of Science, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Science