J. Allan Hobson presents a critical overview of conceptions of consciousness, relating it to specific areas of the brain and their chemical and physical states. He charts the various states of waking, dreaming and non-consciousness.

This beautifully written book examining consciousness, and which received high praise in the reviews, is now available in paperback.

A spiritual autobiography of Swami Muktananda that tells the story of his journey to self-realization under the guidance of Bhagawan Nityananda, describing his experiences. It begins with his spiritual initiation on August 15, 1947, and continues through his enlightenment nine years later.

In this thought-provoking title, neurologist Adam Zeman offers an enlightening view of consciousness seen through the lenses of science and philosophy, enhancing his discussion with case studies of neurological patients and observations of young children's expanding mental worlds.

Paul Broks draws on 15 years as a neuropsychologist to present a narrative about memory and personal identity. Macabre yet humane, unsettling but affecting, he writes about the experiences of his patients and his experience as their psychologist.

A glimpse into the personal life and mind of a leading thinker.

A concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world.

Dennett's classic introduction to the philosophy of mind.

How does the brain create the self? After looking at patients who have undergone a change in the brain that transforms the boundaries of the self, the author presents a model of the self that links the workings of the brain with personal features of the mind, such as meaning, purpose, and being.

The science behind David Goleman's Emotional Intelligence

'Learning to loaf' -- this books explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development.

We all have a mind, but how much do we know about what it is, and how it works? How do philosophers, physiologists, psychologists, and psychiatrists differ in their understanding of its processes? The 2nd edition of the Oxford Companion to the Mind attempts to answer these questions, and raises more, as it explores this subject.

Modern brain scans reveal our thoughts, memories, and moods, as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones. A person's brain will light up on a scan as it registers a joke. This book examines how these findings can be used as a basis to explain aspects of human culture and behaviour.

Do we consciously cause our actions or do they happen to us? This text offers an understanding of the issue. Like actions, the feeling of conscious will is created by the mind and brain. Yet if psychological and neural mechanisms are responsible for human behavior, how could we have conscious will?

Delivers an analysis of the clash of faith and reason. This book offers a historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes.

Much philosophical debate has attempted to reconcile the human capacity to view the world both objectively and subjectively. Thomas Nagel's book tackles this fundamental issue, arguing that our divided nature is the root of a whole range of philosophical problems.

This work summarizes results from neuroscience and recent work with artificial neural networks that together suggest a unified set of answers to questions about how the brain actually works; how it sustains a thinking, feeling, dreaming self; and how it sustains a self-conscious person.

This psychology title explains how, by altering our perspective, we can achieve happiness, dispel disharmony and enter a state of perfect equilibrium - a state of flow .