Book(s) of the Month

July, 2025

Introduction to Human Neuroimaging - Hans Op de Beek & Chie Nakatani

MRI, fMRI, Electroencephalography and magnetoenephalography

November, 2024

The Idea of the Brain: A History - Matthew Cobb

Matthew Cobb presents a masterful overview of the history of brain research. Of particular interest is his description of how the language and metaphors used to describe the brain have evolved over time. This is essential reading!

October, 2024

Nerve Repair - Thomas M. Brushart

October, 2024

Neuroscience: A Historical Introduction - Mitchell Glickstein

Respected neuroscientist Mitchell Glickstein provides a unique introduction to the field of neuroscience: instead of merely outlining 'what' we know about the brain, Glickstein explores 'how' we came to understand it through observations and experiments.

September, 2024

Statistics Without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians - Derek Rowntree

A painless and concise introduction to foundational concepts in statistics. Rowntree explains ideas in simple terms and uses plenty of common sense examples to render them easily graspable. His gentle approach is ideal for anyone intimidated by typical 600-page statistics textbooks.

September, 2024

Research Methods for Cognitive Neuroscience - Aaron Newman

A broad overview of methods in cognitive neuroscience, including EEG, MEG, MRI, and TMS. Each chapter builds on the content presented in previous chapters. A good place to start if you're new to methodology in cognitive neuroscience.

August, 2024

Introduction to Neuroimaging Analysis (Oxford Neuroimaging Primers) - Mark Jenkinson & Michael Chappell

An extremely accessible - and relatively short - primer on neuroimaging analysis that requires little background knowledge. It also provides opportunities to apply the theory taught in the book using real data. The Oxford Neuroimaging Primers series also has a website with useful online appendices ('Short Introduction to MRI Physics for Neuroimaging', 'Short Introduction to the General Linear Model for Neuroimaging', 'Short Introduction to Brain Anatomy for Neuroimaging'):

www.neuroimagingprimers.org/online-appendices/

August, 2024

fMRI - Peter A. Bandettini

A useful introduction to fMRI by Dr. Peter Bandettini, a pioneer in the field. It includes details on the development of fMRI, key concepts, and an interesting chapter on fMRI related controversies and challenges. If you're new to fMRI, expect to consult the glossary throughout!

June, 2024

The Brain in Seach of Itself: Santiago Ramon y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron - Benjamin Ehrlich

An inspiring biography of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, considered one of the founders of modern neuroscience. Cajal was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his work on elucidating the structure of neurons.

May, 2024

Touch: The Science of the Sense that Makes Us Human - David J. Linden

Professor David J. Linden of the John Hopkins University School of Medicine provides an engaging overview of the neuroscience of touch.

April, 2024

The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture - Frank Wilson

Read the prologue, here:

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/191866/the-hand-by-frank-r-wilson/

April, 2024

The Hand and the Brain: From Lucy's Thumb to the Thought-Controlled Robotic Hand - Goran Lundborg

A wide-ranging book that explores - amongst other topics - the evolution of the hand, tool-use, language, touch, the somatosensory cortex, hand injury and repair, and the robotic hand. Goran Lundborg is an eminent Swedish hand surgeon who has written extensively on peripheral nerve injury and repair.

Read his article, "Hand Function After Nerve Repair", below:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01653.x

April, 2024

Hands - John Napier (Revised by Russel H. Tuttle)

A classic treatise on the hand, written for the layperson, by physician and preeminent primatologist Professor John Napier. Topics covered include the evolution, structure, and function of the hand, as well as tool-use, handedness, and gestures.