Neuropsychology Resources
Learn more about your brain: A selection of interesting websites, TedTalks, podcasts, series, books & other neuropsychology resources
We hope these resources will be informative about brain health for you and your loved ones.
Websites:
TedTalks & Series:
- Peter Doolittle: How your “working memory” makes sense of the world
- Steven Laureys: Brain concussion: Shake it and you break it
- Jessica McCabe: Failing at normal: An ADHD success story
- Steve McCarroll: How data is helping us to unravel the mysteries of the brain
- Sam Rodriques: What we’ll learn about the brain in the next century
- Ann Zuccardy: How a brain injury made me smarter
- Clifford Robins: What happens when you have a concussion
- PBS: The brain with David Eagleman
Mindfulness-based Apps
- Calm – Meditation Techniques for Sleep and Stress Reduction (app)
- Headspace: Meditation and Mindfulness Made Simple (app)
- Stop, Breathe & Think – Meditation for Calm & Sleep (app)
Podcasts/Audio on the Brain and Mindfulness
- The Hidden Brain – Shankar Vedantam
- Tara Brach’s guided meditations
- Chris Germer’s meditations
- Guided self-compassion meditations by Kristin Neff
Books on Mindfulness:
- Elisha Goldstein and Bob Stahl (2015). MBSR every day: Daily practices from the heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Thupten Jinpa (2016). A fearless heart: How the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn (2016). Mindfulness for beginners: Reclaiming the present moment – and your life
- John Kabat-Zinn (2018). Falling Awake: How to practice mindfulness in every day life
Selection of books about the brain:
- Norman Doidge (2007). The brain that changes itself: Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science
- Norman Doidge (2015). The brains way of healing
- David Eagleman (2011). Incognito: The secret lives of the brain
- David Eagleman (2015). The brain: The story of you
- Dave Levitin (2006). This is your brain on music
- John Medina (2008). Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
- Steven Pinker (1997). How the mind works
- Oliver Sacks (2007). Musicophilia: Tales of music and the brain
- Mariano Sigman (2017). The secret life of the mind: How your brain thinks, feels and decides
- Jill Bolte Taylor (2006). My stroke of insight