
Examines the tasks of the brain from regulation of body temperature to the positive effects of tears and crying.

The Healing Brain presents an easy-to-read, amusing, entertaining, and yet highly authoritative account of how our brain "minds" our body - actively guarding and defending our health and wellbeing. Neurologist Robert Ornstein and physician David Sobel highlight the themes...


The brain maintains the health of the body. Just how this is accomplished is set out in this collection of essays. Prominent researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience describe the contemporary investigations of the way we think about health and illness. Annotation...



It has long been known that the body may respond positively when an individual believes that he or she has been given medication. For years the placebo effect remained an isolated and unexplained phenomenon. Recent research has shown, however, that psychological states and life...
