4 Authors Exploring The Science Of The Human Brain
Literature has long been a place to explore our emotions, but the question of why we feel and think the way we do is much more difficult. These writers have all penned accessible works that hope to explain some of the complicated processes that dictate how we interpret the world around us. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker.
4 Writers of Fascinating Works on the Brain
Andrew Newberg on Whether We're Hardwired for Religion and Spirituality
How To Get Children Interested in Science
If you're a parent who loves learning about how the world works, you might want to pass this intellectual curiosity onto your children. Of course, capturing a child's attention is easier said than done. Here are a few tips for how you can make learning fun for your little ones:
- Look at common plants and objects under a microscope
- Sign them up for a science summer camp
- Take a trip to a natural history museum
- Watch educational movies and TV shows
- Go hiking with them and teach them about nature
- Play board games that encourage learning
- Explain the chemistry behind cooking and baking
Dr. Douglas Fields Talks About Neuroscience at Google
In Depth
Much of human cognition remains a mystery to this day, but new research on the brain, stemming from a variety of frameworks, helps piece together our understanding of how people think and function. In no particular order, here are several authors penning works about contemporary brain research.
First, at #1, we have Dr. Andrew Newberg, Director of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and physician at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Newberg studies and writes about neurotheology, the neurological study of religious and spiritual experiences. His research involves taking brain scans of people during prayer, meditation, rituals, and trance states in an attempt to better understand the nature of religious and spiritual practices and attitudes.
Dr. Newberg has written multiple books on cognitive topics such as The Rabbi's Brain, How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain, and The Mystical Mind, among others. He has been listed as one of the Thirty Most Influential Neuroscientists Alive Today by the Online Psychology Degree Guide.
Dr. Newberg has written multiple books on cognitive topics such as The Rabbi's Brain, How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain, and The Mystical Mind, among others.
Next up, at #2, is R. Douglas Fields, PhD, Chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Fields has published over 150 studies in scientific journals and books on his experimental research on the brain.
His book, Electric Brain, looks at the potential of brainwave research for medicine and technology, and how this knowledge can deepen our understanding of ourselves as humans. Another of his works, Why We Snap, reveals the triggers of the human rage circuit in the brain, and how one can defuse them.
For #3, we have Michael Inzlicht, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto. He studies prejudice, academic performance, religion, and self-control. He has published more than one hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and edited two books.
He has published more than one hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and edited two books.
Dr. Inzlicht contributed to the book Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application. He also worked on Social Neuroscience: Biological Approaches to Social Psychology. This book shows how an understanding of neuroscience, physiology, genetics, and endocrinology can foster a fuller understanding of human behavior.
Coming in at #4, we have Mark Changizi, a theorist aiming to understand why we think, feel, and see as we do. He has researched topics such as color, illusion, brain structure, and language acquisition, among others. Dr. Changizi is the founder and CEO of Vino Optics, which builds proprietary Vein Finder Glasses for medical personnel based on research about the brain's visual system. He also founded the Human Factory Lab.
He has written several books based on his research, including The Brain from 25,000 Feet, The Vision Revolution, and Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man.
