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Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information
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Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual InformationVision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual InformationDavid Marr's posthumously published Vision (1982) influenced a generation of brain and cognitive scientists, inspiring many to enter the field. In Vision, Marr describes a general framework for understanding visual perception and touches on broader questions about how the brain and its functions can be studied and understood.

 
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Brain by Robin Cook
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Brain by Robin CookBrain by Robin Cook

Two doctors suspect something is very wrong at the enormous medical center where they work. And soon they will put their careers--and their lives--in deadly jeopardy, as they penetrate the eerie inner sanctums of a medical world gone mad.
 
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Freak The Mighty
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Freak The MightyFreak The Mighty

Max, Freak, best friends forever…

“I never had a brain until Freak came along…”

That’s what Max thought. All his life he’d been called stupid. Dumb. Slow. It didn’t help that his body seemed to be growing faster than his mind. It didn’t help that people were afraid of him. So Max learned how to be alone. At least until Freak came along.

Freak was weird, too. He had a little body – and a really big brain. Together Max and Freak were unstoppable.

Together they were Freak the Mighty.

 
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities
On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. 
 
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'Whole-Brain' Behaviour Management in the Classroom: Every Piece of the Puzzle
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'Whole-Brain' Behaviour Management in the Classroom: Every Piece of the Puzzle

Representing a brave and insightful shift away from narrow perspectives on behaviour management, this book draws practitioners towards a more holistic understanding of ourselves and how we impact on children’s learning and behaviour.
 
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