(Part 2) Top products from r/neuroscience
We found 22 product mentions on r/neuroscience. We ranked the 141 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Penguin Books
22. The Human Brain Coloring Book (Coloring Concepts)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Harper Perennial
23. Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
24. Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music (Volume 1) (The MIT Press)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Mit Press
25. Matlab: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
26. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Self / Personality / Neuropsychology
27. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
28. 3D Human Brain Anatomical Model Paperweight(Laser Etched) in Crystal Glass Cube Science Gift (No Included LED Base)(3.1x2x2 inch)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Size:3.1x2x2 inch (Notice:No include LED BASE)Made from glass and the amazing power of a laser.It can be used as a teaching tool to show a human anatomical BrainIt can be used as a paperweight or as an interesting science gift for your love.No Included LED Base,If you need the base, you can buy ...
29. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
electrifying work of journalism
30. Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Mit Press
31. Networks of the Brain (MIT Press)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
MIT Press MA
32. The Secret World of Sleep: The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest (MacSci)
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
33. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
The Body Keeps the Score Brain Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
34. Consciousness: An Introduction (2nd ed.)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
36. Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
37. The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Penguin Group USA
38. Cajal's Butterflies of the Soul: Science and Art
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
I didn't find Theoretical Neuroscience particularly readable as others in the thread have said, but it is the go-to book for the classic topics in the field. I found Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience to be a much much better book for introductions. From Computer to Brain : Foundations of Computational Neuroscience was fairly approachable. On the more cognitive side, From Neuron to Cognition via Computational Neuroscience was pretty good. If you like the nonlinear systems side, Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience: The Geometry of Excitability and Bursting was pretty tough to read but full of good content.
It really depends on what subsets of comp neuro you're most interested in. I worked mostly on the cognitive side, and I was never super satisfied with any books on comp neuro in that area. I think the field is just too young for a great summary to exist beyond the neuronal/small network level.
There is a ton of interesting mathematics that goes into other areas of neuro that wouldn't typically be included in Computational Neuroscience. Different imaging methods, for instance, have some pretty fun math involved and are very active areas of research.
You are going to get a lot of recommendations for 'mainstream' neuroscience books, which is not a bad thing, but it might be useful/fun to get an alternative perspective as well. Something like The Embodied Mind by Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, and Eleanor Rosch might be nice. Also a 'networks/graph theory' approach would be a great perspective to get. Networks of the Brain by Olaf Sporns is a great resource, and these approaches are on the upswing IMO.
Agree with the Matlab recommendation. Learning to programming in just about any language, however, will help you learn to break down problems into algorithms and actionable steps which will improve your ability to communicate about highly technical issues.
Note: Making effective use of Matlab in neuroscience requires you to develop two skills -- programming AND thinking in terms of matrix operations. In neuroscience, you are going to be analyzing huge sets of data. If you use a traditional language like Java, you have to loop through the data, looking individually at each data point, which can be very time consuming. In Matlab, you can perform the same operation in a fraction of the time using built-in matrix operations. They are not complicated or difficult to learn, you just have to know they are there. If you learn Matlab programming but never use matrix operations when working with large sets of data, you are wasting your time and may as well use Python or Java (and find yourself a nice book to read while your code is running because it will take forever).
I recommend looking here for a good primer on Matlab: http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html
Also, this book gives a gentle introduction to both programming and the use of matrix operations in Matlab:
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0123850819
Lazy citations:
The neuroscientist Antti Revonuso has a book "Consciousness: the science of subjectivity" which has a good mix of the philosophy and science of consciousness. Christof Koch, probably one of the leading neuroscientists who study consciousness, has a few books as well. The Quest for Consciousness is one of his, which has lots of neuroscience particularly visual neuroscience in it. That is mainly science, not much philosophy. Another neuroscientist who studies consciousness is Stanislas Dehaene who wrote a good book Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts. These are a few off the top of my head. Click on the image of each book on the left in amazon (which opens up a preview) and scroll to the contents page and see if any of these books are the kind of thing you are looking for.
By the way, there is a free masterclass on consciousness with Christof Koch on the World Science U website. You may also be interested in that.
Additionally you may like to check out the subreddit /r/sciphilconsciousness, which is all about the sharing and discussion of content related to the science and philosophy of consciousness.
If you're struggling with basic brain anatomy, I cannot recommend enough The Human Brain Coloring Book. This is human anatomy, not sheep or the more common rat or mouse, but still extremely, extremely useful.
The other main suggestion I have for studying neuro concepts that others haven't mentioned yet is drawing. Draw neural circuits with excitatory and inhibitory connections marked (or glutamate and GABA-ergic, etc). Draw a circle with the sequence of events that occur during an action potential. Make tables or charts or whatever is appropriate for the material. Work from memory each time, then check back whether it matched the textbook or handout - this is sometimes called active review, and is much better at reinforcing information than the passive review of reading over notes multiple times. Combine this with anki-type SRS flashcards and you'll be unstoppable.
Some excellent popular book options are:
The Tell Tale Brain - V.S. Ramachandran
Phantoms in the Brain - V.S. Ramachandran
Synaptic Self - Joseph LeDoux
Also mentioned by other posters, Norman Doidge and Oliver Sacks.
All of these are really approachable for beginners and I enjoyed them all greatly as an undergrad way back when.
Anything from Oliver Sacks always worth reading imo.
not really neuroscience, but interesting imho:
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I love this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-World-Sleep-Surprising-Science/dp/0230107591/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=The+Secret+World+of+Sleep%3A+The+Surprising+Science+of+the+Mind+at+Rest&qid=1556476017&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
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For a more technical view my oldish copy of Neuroscience edition 5. I think (Purves) had a great chapter, not sure newer editions still have it.
I'd like to get the Muse myself, but the only program they have released doesn't actually show the EEG info, they have released something (the SDK) which one can get that info from, if they know code. In demonstrations they have the EEG shown and people can type words with their thoughts.
I recently got the books Your Memory: how it works and how to improve it which has a ton of memory citations, and Moonwalking with Einstein: the art and science of remembering everything which I have yet to read
Depending on your level of proficiency, you might want to have a look at Biophysics of Computation by Christof Koch. Lots of areas of neuroscience are maths heavy. You're generally better off finding an area you think is interesting and then taking a mathematical approach. Just about every area will have some mathematical angle.
Consciousness: An Introduction, by Susan Blackmore, is great. http://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-An-Introduction-Susan-Blackmore/dp/0199739099
You have independently arrived at the mathematical foundations of music theory.
You might enjoy Musimathics, an introduction to music theory through math.
http://www.amazon.com/Musimathics-Mathematical-Foundations-Music-Volume/dp/0262516551
Brain Computation as Hierarhical Abstraction
Principles of Neural Design
Start with these two.
'Introduction to neuropsychopharmacology'
http://amzn.com/0195380533
Seconding this! Two other gifts that I’ve gotten/thought of getting for people:
Brain necklace: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomical-Necklace-Stainless-Tarnish-Antique/dp/B00NNF0004/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Brain+necklace&qid=1567201274&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExU0xSUklIMERJVTM1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzg1NTUwMkhKNjBFVVY3MFBTNCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDAyNTQ3N0JTSE0yWUM0VERYJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
Glass brain paperweight: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomical-Paperweight-Crystal-Science-Included/dp/B07MGDKHQZ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Brain+paperweight&qid=1567201315&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExWTEzMDc2WVpSVUhLJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjU5OTY4U0U5QUxQSkY5OE40JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAzNDczNzAzUDNKTDFTWjZNNDJJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
I would suggest getting her a few smaller things and this book to get up to the target price:
Cajal's Butterflies of the Soul: Science and Art, http://www.amazon.com/Cajals-Butterflies-Soul-Science-Art/dp/0195392701
Also if she is a graduate student, postdoc or up for tenure one of those other things should be a massage.
https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748
Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Research-Techniques-Neuroscience-Carter/dp/0123748496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405987262&sr=8-1&keywords=techniques+in+neuroscience