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Principles of Cognition: Finding Minds Eduardo Mercado III A comprehensive overview of what psychologists now know about the nature of cognition

PUBLISHED AUGUST 20th

Principles of Cognition: Finding Minds

Eduardo Mercado III

The Power of Prions: The Strange and Essential Proteins That Can Cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Diseases Michel Brahic The remarkable family of proteins that can make us very ill—but can also be linked to long-term memory, immunity, and the origin of life

ARRIVING OCTOBER 29th

The Power of Prions: The Strange and Essential Proteins That Can Cause Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Other Diseases

Michel Brahic

On the Art and Craft of Doing Science Kenneth Catania A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpected

ARRIVING FEBRUARY 18th

On the Art and Craft of Doing Science

Kenneth Catania

Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy An illuminating look at the adaptive nature of our memories—and how their flexibility and fallibility help us survive and thrive

ARRIVING MARCH 4th

Memory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember

Ciara Greene
Gillian Murphy

The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic Jordi Camí and Luis M. Martínez How magicians exploit the natural functioning of our brains to astonish and amaze us

The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic

Jordi Camí

Luis M. Martínez

"[A] tantalizing study."—Andrew Robinson, Nature

The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health Camilla Nord How we can use what we’ve learned about the brain to improve our mental health

The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health

Camilla Nord

"Masterfully nuanced."—David Robson, The Guardian

Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will Kevin J. Mitchell An evolutionary case for the existence of free will

Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

Kevin J. Mitchell

"An eloquent defense of our common-sense understanding of the mind. . . . Excellent."—Andrew Crumey, Wall Street Journal

Neuropedia: A Brief Compendium of Brain Phenomena Eric H. Chudler Illustrated by Kelly Chudler A fun and fact-filled A–Z treasury for anyone with a head on their shoulders

Neuropedia: A Brief Compendium of Brain Phenomena

Eric H. Chudler

Illustrated by Kelly Chudler

Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built William A. Harris A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyond

Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built

W. A. Harris

"Highly illuminating."—Andrew Robinson, Nature

The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists Edited by Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman Foreword by Mackenzie W. Mathis The world's top experts take readers to the very frontiers of brain science Includes a chapter by 2014 Nobel laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser

The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists

Gary Marcus

Mackenzie W. Mathis

"A fascinating book for readers of all levels."—Library Journal

Statistical Thinking: Analyzing Data in an Uncertain World Russell Poldrack An essential introduction to statistics for students of psychology and the social sciences

Statistical Thinking: Analyzing Data in an Uncertain World

Russell A. Poldrack

The Annotated Hodgkin and Huxley: A Reader's Guide Indira M. Raman and David L. Ferster The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology

The Annotated Hodgkin and Huxley: A Reader's Guide

Indira M. Raman

David L. Ferster