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        The Science of Sadness

        The Science of Sadness

        The Science of Sadness

        A New Understanding of Emotion

        by David Huron

        ISBN: 9780262547772

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 7, 2024

        An accessible, scientific account of grief, melancholy, and nostalgia in human life and their broader lessons for understanding emotions in general.
        The Creative Brain

        The Creative Brain

        The Creative Brain

        Myths and Truths

        by Anna Abraham

        ISBN: 9780262548007

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 30, 2024

        A nuanced, science-based understanding of the creative mind that dispels the pervasive myths we hold about the human brain—but also uncovers the truth at their cores.
        Sentience

        Sentience

        Sentience

        The Invention of Consciousness

        by Nicholas Humphrey

        ISBN: 9780262548311

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 2, 2024

        The story of a quest to uncover the evolutionary history of consciousness from a leading theoretical psychologist.
        Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python

        Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python

        Modeling Neural Circuits Made Simple with Python

        by Robert Rosenbaum

        ISBN: 9780262548083

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 19, 2024

        An accessible undergraduate textbook in computational neuroscience that provides an introduction to the mathematical and computational modeling of neurons and networks of neurons.
        Body Am I

        Body Am I

        Body Am I

        The New Science of Self-Consciousness

        by Moheb Costandi

        ISBN: 9780262548366

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 5, 2024

        How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.
        The Brain Abstracted

        The Brain Abstracted

        The Brain Abstracted

        Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience

        by M. Chirimuuta

        ISBN: 9780262548045

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 5, 2024

        An exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.
        The Visual World of Shadows

        The Visual World of Shadows

        The Visual World of Shadows

        by Roberto Casati and Patrick Cavanagh

        ISBN: 9780262550840

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 26, 2023

        How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system.
        Altered States of Consciousness

        Altered States of Consciousness

        Altered States of Consciousness

        Experiences Out of Time and Self

        by Marc Wittmann

        Translated by Philippa Hurd

        ISBN: 9780262546089

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 7, 2023

        What altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
        Borges and Memory

        Borges and Memory

        Borges and Memory

        Encounters with the Human Brain

        by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

        Translated by Juan Pablo Fernández

        Foreword by María Kodama

        ISBN: 9780262549561

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.
        Biological Learning and Control

        Biological Learning and Control

        Biological Learning and Control

        How the Brain Builds Representations, Predicts Events, and Makes Decisions

        by Reza Shadmehr and Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi

        ISBN: 9780262549554

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        A novel theoretical framework that describes a possible rationale for the regularity in how we move, how we learn, and how our brain predicts events.
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