{"title":"Roberta Conlan","description":"\u003cp\u003eROBERTA CONLAN is an editor and writer and former managing editor at Time-Life Books. Her books include \u003cem\u003eStates of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild West\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePerennials: The Time-Life Complete Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConlan edited \u003cem\u003eStates of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, which compiles public lectures by eight neuroscientists from a series co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberta Conlan’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"states-of-mind","title":"States of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAn all-star lineup of scientists takes you to the front lines of brain research. Are we born to be shy? Why do we remember some events so clearly and others not at all? Are creativity and depression somehow linked? Do our dreams really have deeper meanings?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNow in paperback, here is a wonderfully accessible introduction to the most important recent findings about how our health, behavior, feelings, and identities are influenced by what goes on inside our brains. In this timely book, eight pioneering researchers offer lively and stimulating discussions on the most exciting discoveries as well as a new way of understanding our emotions, moods, memories, and dreams.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eInside, you'll find:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ. ALLAN HOBSON, author of the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eThe Dreaming Brain\u003c\/em\u003e, leading a tour of dream states and explaining why we dream and what dream studies reveal about our minds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eERIC KANDEL, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Medicine, taking us along the chain of biological events that create long-term memories, revealing how we stand at the brink of helping those who suffer from grave mental and memory disorders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSTEVEN HYMAN, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, tracing the links between nature and nurture, particularly in addiction and mental illness, to explain the relationship between inherited tendencies and the impact of life experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKAY REDFIELD JAMISON, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAn Unquiet Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, explaining manic depression, its prevalence among gifted artists, writers, and musicians, and the societal questions raised by trying to eradicate the \"depression gene\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether discussing the brain-body connection, the sources of emotion, or the ethereal world of dreams, \u003ci\u003eStates of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e enables you to share in the very latest explorations into the nature and function of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471399736\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471399735\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Roberta Conlan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212270698712,"sku":"9780471299639","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43212270731480,"sku":"9780471399735","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470248034_FC_mockup_v2_1740148600_4fc4d0df-7fd4-49db-97fb-4d3177f89ab2.jpg?v=1790992090"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-roberta-conlan.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}