Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Beyond the Zonules of Zinn
- David Bainbridge
- In his latest book, Bainbridge combines an otherworldly journey through the central nervous system with an accessible and entertaining account of how the brain's anatomy has often misled anatomists about its function. Bainbridge uses the structure of the brain to set his book apart from the many volumes that focus on brain function.
- Hardcover 2008
- Body and Brain
- Dale Purves
- Hardcover 1988 / Paperback 1990
- Brain Arousal and Information Theory
- Donald Pfaff
- In Brain Arousal and Information Theory, Donald Pfaff presents a daring perspective on the long-standing puzzle of what arousal is. Pfaff argues that, beneath our mental functions and emotional dispositions, a primitive neuronal system governs arousal. Employing the simple but powerful framework of information theory, Pfaff revolutionizes our understanding of arousal systems in the brain.
- Hardcover 2005
- Making Babies
- David Bainbridge
- Making Babies sets the latest findings in pregnancy biology in a challenging evolutionary, historical, and sociological context, proving that when it comes to drama, pregnancy has it all: sibling rivalry, a battle of the sexes, and a crisis of gender identity. Entertaining and informative, Making Babies shows how the study of human pregnancy can help us understand our genesis as individuals and our evolution as a species, and provide insight into who we are and why we behave as we do.
- Hardcover 2001 / Paperback 2003
- Men
- Richard G. Bribiescas
- Men presents a new approach to understanding the human male by drawing upon life history and evolutionary theory.
- Hardcover 2006 / Paperback 2008
- The Sensory Hand
- Vernon B. Mountcastle
- Vernon Mountcastle has devoted his career to studying the neurophysiology of sensation in the hand. In The Sensory Hand he provides an astonishingly comprehensive account of the neural underpinnings of the rich and complex tactile experiences evoked by stimulation of the hand. His new book thus becomes a sequel to his earlier volume, Perceptual Neuroscience, in which he offered a detailed analysis of the role of the distributed systems of the neocortex in perception generally.
- Hardcover 2005