Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Imaging    3. Medical    4. Methodology    5. Neurological Examination    6. Neurology - General    7. Neuropsychology    8. Neuroscience    9. Physiological Psychology    10. Psychology    11. Research    12. radiography    13. Medical / Neurology    14. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

Subjects:  1. Aggressiveness    2. Anger    3. Life Sciences - Biology - General    4. Neurobiology    5. Neuropsychology    6. Neuroscience    7. Physiological Psychology    8. Physiological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Medical / Neuroscience    13. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology   

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A great look at the scientific evidence
The author does a great job of presenting the scientific evidence of today and past. I was surprised on how unbiased he was in the presentation of his research. If you want to learn more about Marijuana without having people ad there own opinions for or against it, then pick up this book and just get the facts and draw your on conclusion.

valuable
Intelligent, insightful and well-presented information. This is a great piece of work.
This book is the best research work I've ever read.If you have no opinion on marijuana at all you can still respect the work that has gone into this book.If you do have an opinion on marijuana, for or against it, this book is also for you.It states proven facts, or statements that are backed up with facts, and is completely unbiased.For, against, or no opinion on marijuana, you must read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Physiological Psychology    5. Psychopathology - Addiction    6. Public Health    7. Drug addiction & substance abuse    8. Pharmacology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Addictions    10. Psychology | Substance Abuse   

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Evolution of the Mammalian Brain ca 1990.
Sir John Eccles has written a gem.The book is mostly devoted to the evolution of the Hominid Brain and Skull.There is a good discussion and overview of CNS neurophysiology.This book is the main book to start with on the subject of Brain Evolution.The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution goes into more detail on the Primate Brain.The Encyclopedia should be used as a reference book alongside Eccles book. Eccles understanding of the nervous system was better than most other scientists at the time this book was written.Falk wrote a book worth looking at.Primate Brain Evolution is out of print, but can also complement the approaches in the other texts. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brain    2. Evolution    3. Human evolution    4. Life Sciences - Evolution    5. Physiological Psychology    6. Psychology    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Biological anthropology    9. Neurosciences    10. Philosophy / General   

Subjects:  1. Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology    2. Physiological Psychology    3. Psychology    4. Psychophysiology    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Experimental psychology    8. Physiological & neuro-psychology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology   

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Needs serious editing
This book is informative and fairly easy to read, but it's full of grammar and syntax mistakes.

Get a new editor!
Although the book does contain good information, it is presented in an extremely repetitive manner. Things are restated two or even three times over. Also, this is the most poorly edited book I have ever read. I find it rather pathetic that a college textbook should have such an abundance of spelling and grammar errors that should have been caught before putting this book into production. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Physiological Psychology    3. Psychology    4. Health psychology    5. Psychology & Psychiatry / Physiological Psychology   

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Nature is Important and Can be Measured
In the never ending arguments about nature (heridity) and nurture (surrounding) having more effect on a person the position of the bulk of social scientists is that nurture has more importance. In fact they often hold that heritability is so small that it can be ignored.
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Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Physical    2. Behavior genetics    3. Environmental psychology    4. General    5. Genetic psychology    6. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    7. Nature and nurture    8. Philosophy    9. Physiological Psychology    10. Psychology    11. Philosophy / General    12. Philosophy of science    13. The self, ego, identity, personality   

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Not just for touch therapists
This is not exactly a groundbreaking piece of work, yet it succeeds by convicting us of something that we have so taken for granted and lightly - the importance of touch for survival and well-being. The subject matter in this book is familiar to many of us, and therefore very accessible. It seems intuitive, something we have known all along, except we don't think much about.
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Subjects:  1. Developmental - Child    2. Physiological Psychology    3. Psychology    4. Psychotherapy - Counseling    5. Social Psychology    6. Child & developmental psychology    7. Physiological & neuro-psychology    8. Social & cultural anthropology   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Movements - Jungian    3. Philosophy    4. Physiological Psychology    5. Psychology    6. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction   

Subjects:  1. Behavior    2. Behavior modification    3. Classroom Management    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Physiological Psychology    7. Special Education - General    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    9. Education / Special Education / General    10. Teaching skills & techniques   

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good help from a master puzzle-solver
I have only read about the first third of this book, so this review is only temporary. But if somebody stumbles into this page, then I want you know without delay that Gary Cziko is an authentically kind and intelligent researcher into the problem of what's going on with human behavior. Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavior    2. Behavior evolution    3. Cognitive Psychology    4. Physiological Psychology    5. Psychology    6. Social Darwinism    7. Social Psychology    8. Sociobiology    9. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    10. Cognitive theory    11. Neurosciences    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. General    3. Medical    4. Motor learning    5. Psychology    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Applied Psychology   

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WAKE UP
This book should be a "must" read for all health care professionals who deal with adolescents.It should be a "must" read for all school adminitrators, teachers, and counsellors.There is a physiologic reason teenagers have trouble falling asleep at night and a physiologic reason they have trouble waking up in the morning.One only wonders how much poor performanc in school, teenage depression, and teenage accidents are due to poor societal understanding of sleep physiology in adolescents.This book addresses these issues.
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Subjects:  1. Adolescent Psychiatry    2. Developmental - Adolescent    3. Health behavior in adolescence    4. Medical    5. Neurology - Sleep Disorders    6. Physiological Psychology    7. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    8. Psychiatry - General    9. Psychology    10. Sleep    11. Sleep Disorders    12. Sleep disorders in children    13. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Very informative
Comprehensive and easy to read and full of useful information. Ample reference material and evidence to back up the findings and theories. I especiall liked the explanations of psychpathologies from evolutionary perspectives and the effects of different brain damages on personality and behavior.

Textbook, but Worth a Look
This book, for all its faults, is surprisingly informative. Yes, the authors are poor writers (poor-to-bad punctuation, spelling, and run-ons abound); there's no question that the authors did not consult a style manual before writing some tortuous sentential structures. Even some key scientist's names are misspelled. But despite these obvious flaws, the authors explain evolutionary biology quite thoroughly, even if, or rather because, it is meant as a textbook.
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Subjects:  1. Evolutionary psychology    2. Life Sciences - Evolution    3. Life Sciences - Evolution - Human    4. Movements - Humanism    5. Physiological Psychology    6. Psychology    7. Philosophy & theory of psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Strong Imagination, Madness, and Creativity.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Bring your brain
I'm a writer with manic depression who is bothered by the way mental illness is romanticized within the writing community. So many people I know believe that writers with manic depression should not take medication because it will "kill" their creativity. I find this attitude really offensive -- not just because it is false -- but also because it puts manic-depressive writers and artists in danger. I have found very fewresources that adequately address this issue, very few books that explain why allowing full blown psychosis to developed is a bad idea, not just for the health of the person in question, but for his or her creativity as well. Daniel Nettle really hit this one it on the head as far as I'm concerned.
grasping at non-existent justifications...
I respect the author's intentions to provide a form of consolation for troubled individuals like myself. However, the attempt falls short in the too-real context of inevitable aging and death. Assuming that personal efficacy in ordinary matters is self-evidently a cure simply loses sight of the fact that concentrating on mundane matters must be conducted without any form of external justification.Read more

Subjects:  1. Art and mental illness    2. Creation (Literary, artistic,    3. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)    4. Creative Ability    5. Genius and mental illness    6. Insanity    7. Life Sciences - Evolution    8. Mental Illness    9. Physiological Psychology    10. Psychology    11. Cognition & cognitive psychology    12. Popular psychology    13. Popular science    14. Psychiatry    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness    16. Psychology | Cognitive   

Subjects:  1. Physiological Psychology    2. Psychology   

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popular book
I bought this at Amazon.com from an Awesome Deal I found on DailyTool.com. This book was very popular because I was able to resell the book without losing money.

psychology
the person that sent this was very prompt. the book is in great condition

Exploring Psych
The book was received very quick and in the condition as promised.Very pleased! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Physiological Psychology    3. Psychology    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Subjects:  1. Attention    2. Cognitive Psychology    3. Physiological Psychology    4. Psychology    5. Social Aspects    6. Social Aspects - General   

Subjects:  1. 1861-1934    2. Baldwin, James Mark,    3. Cognitive Psychology    4. Evolutionary psychology    5. Genetic Psychology    6. Learning (Psychology)    7. Learning, Psychology of    8. Life Sciences - Evolution    9. Physiological Psychology    10. Psychology    11. Baldwin, James Mark    12. Cognition & cognitive psychology    13. Evolution    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / Cognitive Psychology    15. Topics in philosophy   

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Grows on you
At first, this book seemed to me to be trite, full of little aphorisms and such. By the time I reached the end, I finally understood the underlying message. As with our personal relationships, what counts in our daily living ARE the little things. The author presents this insight with a gentle hand that matches the mood of the message. Thank you, John Izzo, wherever you are.

Co-author of Trash Talk reviews 2nd Innocence
"John Izzo has written yet another fantastic book that has profound impact on the reader's daily life. Upon finishing the first reading, I turned the book over and began reading it all over again. A few weeks later, I picked it up and read it a third time and I just could not stop talking about it! This truly is a book that will not stay on a bookshelf for long.
If we all just thought and acted this way...
Just wanted to thank John for writing inspiring words that convey wonderful foundational thoughts and feelings.I too am a great believer in an abundance mentality and try to live and act in the "now" every day. Read more

Subjects:  1. Conduct of life    2. Emotions    3. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    4. Innocence (Psychology)    5. Normative Ethics    6. Personal Growth - General    7. Personal Growth - Happiness    8. Philosophy    9. Physiological Psychology    10. Psychology    11. Self-Help    12. Popular psychology