In writing this book, the authors have emphasised current perspectives on the neurobiology of mental disorders, not attempting to provide an exhaus...

This book discusses in detail the different hypothesis and experimental evidence regarding the neurobiological mechanisms involved in neurodegenera...

Calcium signalling is an astonishing example how a simple caption can trigger and regulate an enormous variety of cellular and physiological respon...

The first version of Neuropolitics was written between 1973-1976 when Dr Leary was in prison. Indeed, several chapters were composed during solitar...

In this book, the authors present current neuropsychology research. Topics discussed in this compilation include cognitive interventions in amnesti...

Having appeared in the 1930s in Montreal, standardised neuropsychological evaluation has become an essential tool in the clinical diagnosis and eva...

All living system self-regulates, or, within any living system, there needs to be communication between parts of that system. This can include a un...

In this book the authors present current developments in the study of cognitive systems research. Topics discussed in this compilation include the ...

Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ...

New Developments In Learning Research

In this book, the authors discuss new research on personality disorders including grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and the nature of Narcissisti...

Psychological testing has grown exponentially as technological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated it's growt...

Researchers have questioned the dilemma of looking the family as a casual social group or as an organization that works and can be measured with th...

Social identity theory proposes that much of our identity, attitudes, beliefs, and even our behaviors are grounded in groups that we affiliate with...

Motivation is a reason or set or reasons for engaging in a particular behaviour, especially human behaviour as studied in psychology and neuropsych...

The human brain deals, at every instant, with a huge amount of visual stimuli. Besides that, the problem of treating all this information becomes e...

Developmental psychobiology is an interdisciplinary field, encompassing developmental psychology, biological psychology, neuroscience and many othe...

Recent years have witnessed an increasing awareness of the importance and relevance of creativity in social and psychological life. This has led to...

This book investigates the phenomena of school bullying and harassment. The research presented focuses on the question that among upper, primary sc...

Psychological testing has grown exponentially as technological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated its growth...

"Collective behavior" can be defined as human individuals acting together in groups; these groups can be as small as three people, or as large as m...

Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ...

This book provides leading research from around the globe on the topic of personality disorders which is formally referred to as a character disord...

Postpartum depression affects 10-15% of women any time from a month to a year after childbirth. Women with postpartum depression may feel restless,...

The contemporary concept of social perception is considered to be an umbrella term that includes various other traditional and related phenomena su...

Fear is a normal human emotional reaction - it is a built-in survival mechanism with which we are all equipped. Fear is a reaction to danger that i...

The new spiritual consciousness is an existing phenomenon, and it is present in people's lives. Three dimensions of the new spiritual consciousness...

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) consists of a series of disorders varying from primary snoring to OSAHS. Untreated SDB affects cognition, behavior...

Non-verbal communication between healthcare providers and recipients are mutually constructed, culturally intricate, contextually dependent, and so...

People who succeed do so not only because they are determined but because they know when to take action! In this updated, revised, and rewritten 2n...

Since the turn of the century the phenomenon of learning has received increasingly more attention. Within the theoretical field, a variety of theor...

This book is intended to provide a bridge between behavioural genetics, psychiatric genetics, developmental psychopathology and developmental psych...

This book explains how change encompasses many different phenomena, occurs in a variety of ways, and can have widely divergent causes and driving f...

What does the place of information within the cosmos have to do with the life of any one person or with the nature of right and wrong? It changes e...

The University of Otago has always taken pride in its status as New Zealand’s first university. Starting a university in 1869 was a bold move: othe...

Microcredit banking is the brainchild of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus Professor of Economics at Chittagong University, Bangla...

Microcredit banking is the brainchild of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus Professor of Economics at Chittagong University, Bangla...

What happens when the place you've loved working at for twenty years asks for a divorce and breaks your heart?"Tapping into her journalistic rigour...

Foreign language anxiety is widely used to describe the feeling of tension and apprehension, which is specifically associated with second language ...

To date, little has been published about the place of spirituality in working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Overcoming Conflicting L...

Although panic disorder may mimic medical conditions, patients with medical conditions that seem to pose a real life threat may be diagnosed when p...

Panic disorder is characterised by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, h...

The 11th International Congress for Analytical Psychology was held in Paris from 28 August to 2 September 1989. It is no surprise that the theme of...