Books of Interest

This bibliography lists interesting and reader-friendly books that offer more in-depth information about the evolution of the brain, the functioning of the brain, the mind-body connection and other brain-related topic

UNDERSTANDING THE MIND

Emotional Intelligence by Goleman

Molecules of Emotion by Pert

The Brain ed. by Restak (companion to video series)

The Mind ed. by Restak (companion to video series)

The Brain Has a Mind of it's Own & The Modular Brain both by Restak

Mind Matters: How The Mind & Brain Interact To create Our Conscious Lives by Gazzaniga

Maps Of The Mind, Charts and concept of the mind and its labyrinths by Hampden-Turner

The Hypnotic Brain by Brown

How Your Brain Works by Novitt-Moreno, M.D.

Conversations With Neil's Brain by Calvin and Ojemann

The Roots of the Self and The Evolution of Consciousness by Ornstein

THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION

Quantum Healing by Chopra

The Healing Brain by Ornstein

Space, Time and Medicine and Beyond Illness and Recovering The Soul by Dossey

Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer by Pelletier

Love, Medicine and Miracle and Peace, Love and Healing by Siegel

Getting Well Again by Simonton

The Relaxation Response and The Mind Body Effect by Benson

Minding the Body, Mending the Mind by Borysenko

Anatomy of an Illness by Cousins

The Healer Within: The New Medicine of Mind and Body by Locke
(Locke writes about the new specialty of Psychoneuroimmunology, look for other books under that subject.)

Healing And The Mind by Moyers
(especially the Candice Pert essay. This is the companion book to the video series, see video note.)

RELATED PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION

The Tao of Physics and Uncommon Wisdom and The Turning Point and The Web of Life by Capra

A Sense of the Cosmos by Needleman

The Psychological Society by Gross

New World New Mind by Ornstein

The Mind's New Science by Gardner

BRAIN DOMINANCE

The Right Brain Experience by Zdenek

Left Brain, Right Brain by Springer and Deutsch

Unicorns Are Real: A Right Brained Approach to Learning by Meister-Vitale

Free Flight: Celebrate Your Right Brain by Meister-Vitale

The Tao Jones Averages: A Guide To Whole Brained Investing by Goodspeed

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Sacks

The Right Brain by Blakeslee (Out of print but worth keeping an eye out for.)

VIDEO TAPES

These excellent series' of videos are often available on loan through local libraries. Have your librarian order them.

THE BRAIN
THE MIND (
both series are composed of eight videos narrated by Richard Restak see companion books above.)

HEALING AND THE MIND (narrated by Bill Moyers see companion book above.)