neuroscience and neurobiology books

	Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience)
	By: Charles A. Nelson, Monica Luciana ISBN: 026214073X Publisher: The MIT Press Release Date: 02 April, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 881158	I have long been awaiting a comprehensive text on developmental cognitive neuroscience. This book contains 41 superb articles, convering a variety of areas from neurobiology to language and cognition. It is a very good book for those wanting a quick introduction to this field. A very enjoyable book to read!
	Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and the Mind-Brain Relationship: A New Perspective, Volume 76 (International Review of Neurobiology)
	By: Shirley Ferguson ISBN: 0123736676 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 15 November, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1353121
	Consciousness Reconnected: Missing Links Between Self, Neuroscience, Psychology and the Arts
	By: Derek Steinberg, Peter Tyrer ISBN: 1857757785 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Release Date: November, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1336964
	Christianity and the Brain: Volume I: Faith and Medicine in Neuroscience Care
	By: Ramsis Ghaly ISBN: 0595424937 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Release Date: 04 March, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1299929
	The Neuronal Environment: Brain Homeostasis in Health and Disease (Contemporary Neuroscience) (Contemporary Neuroscience)
	By: Wolfgang Walz ISBN: 0896038823 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 15 December, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1405065
	Challenges in patient and family care following an unsuccessful suicide attempt.: An article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
	By: Susan B. Fowler, Janet B. Sweeney ISBN: Publisher: American Association of Neuroscience Nurses Release Date: 28 July, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1445645
	Neurobiology of Human Values (Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences)
	By: J.-P. Changeux, A.R. Damasio, W. Singer, Y. Christen ISBN: 3540262539 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 14 November, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1278558
	Startle Modification: Implications for Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Clinical Science
	By: Michael E. Dawson, Anne M. Schell, Andreas H. Bohmelt ISBN: 0521580463 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 15 March, 1999 Bioscience book rank: 1336418
	Study Guide to Neuropsychiatry: A Companion to the American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Neuropsychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences
	By: James A., M.D. Bourgeois, Narriman C. Shahrokh, Robert E. Hales, Stuart C. Yudofsky ISBN: 1585622591 Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing Release Date: 11 April, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1122786
	Hemispheric Asymmetry: What's Right and What's Left (Perspectives in Cognitive Neuroscience)
	By: Joseph B. Hellige ISBN: 0674005597 Publisher: Harvard University Press Release Date: 16 March, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1071502	This book originally apeared in the prespectives in cognitive neuroscience series in 1993, and is the best introduction and review into the subject of hemispheric asymmetry. My earlier concerns were that it was a bit dated, but it is a cornerstone in the field nevertheless.<br>Hellige points out that every model of hemispheric asymmetry will have to deal with five main points: The cognitive differences between individuals, general computation diferences between hemispheres, the view of the brain as an integrated unit, the development and evolution of hemispheric asymmetry and the fact that there is asymmetry in other species as well.<br>The book presents extensive data and studies that illuminate aspects of all of these points, and much more. Speculation is reserved for evolutionary discussions, but the author makes sure to present only hard evidence, and to warn the reader when there is controversy. It is not very technical, and for that it is a better exposition of such a complex subject.<br> Now the best parts of the book are when the author sets out to undermine (still current) popular beliefs about hemispheric asymmetry. There is no simple way to say that there are right or left brained people. This is a gross simplifiation of the facts. For example, Hellige notes that since every task uses multicomponent processing and modules, and since it regullarily activate distribuited locations of both hemisphers, there is no clear division within tasks of hemisphers (perhaps with the exeption of language). Sure, there is metacontrol, but that is another interesting subject. There is also no single dichtonomy between modes of processing of diferent hemisphers. Sayng that left is analytic and linguistic and right visuospatial is another gross simplification. Computation styles vary between tasks themselves. Finally, it is also not the case that there only exists hemispheric asymmetry in humans because of language and tool use. There is evidence for it in rats, birds, old world monkeys, among other species.<br> This is a great book from a great series, very informative, direct, uncontroversial, as well as a good read. Anyone interested in neurosciences at all should enjoy it. IT is also conforting to see hard science taking the spotlight and not cheap self help psychology. Maybe it is my left brain speaking. Hellige does a superb job of reviewing the field of hemispheric asymmetry. This book is well written and has much to offer to the serious researcher or just the laymen interested in the brain. <p>I am looking forward to a new edition, that will include the more recent research on the topic.