Best Psychology and Neurology books

Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system.

Examples of such disorders include autism, headaches, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, sleep disorders, cerebral palsy, infection of the brain or the central nervous system, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome etc.

What all these syndromes and illnesses have in common is that they affect or are caused by problems in the nervous system: whether it's the brain itself, the nerves in the spinal cord or the nerve systems elsewhere in the body. Any disease that affects the brain specifically (whether it is cancer or epilepsy) will be treated by a neurologist as well.

Aside from consciousness, neurology and psychology have in common that they are sciences. That is: people working in these fields try to systematically find out, preferably through tests and statistics, how human beings work.

This means that the things we take for granted are always going to be questioned. Questions, not answers are the scientists stock in trade. Though of course, ultimately the use of science is the surprising (and hopefully useful) answers they come up with.

One of the issues with any science of consciousness is that the ultimate scientific buzzword 'objectivity' is a bit hard. How can one say something objective about the ultimate subjective: our consciousness?

Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental functions and behavior. In other words: psychologists study perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. What we see, feel, hear and think. Our habits and tendencies and how we deal with each other. This includes what works versus what doesn't in personal relationships.

Psychology also refers to the application of this knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including issues related to everyday life (e.g. family, education, and employment) and the treatment of mental health problems. Psychologists attempt to understand how perception, thinking, emotion and personality impact individual and social behavior. But it is also concerned with the underlying physiological and neurological processes.

Psychology is best known for producing the 'shrink' (or psychotherapist): a person who (in stereotype) listens to the problems people have and gives advice or exercises to help people solve their personal and social problems.

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