This is a book mostly about the human pre-frontal cortex by a leading psychological neurologist who escaped from the Soviet Union. So not only will you get some brain information but also the story of the author's professional life. To hear an podcast interview with Elkhonon Goldberg by fellow Voxer...

Despite being over 10 years old now this book by a leading researcher in the field gives some good information on the fear generating system of the brain. The first two chapters review the various psychological movements of the 20th century with the third chapter narrowing that down to how they...

Modern humans first came out of Africa according to fossil evidence between 140,000 and 110,000 years ago yet this first migration mysteriously stalled in the Middle East. Not until 50,000 years (article here) ago did modern humans burst forth and move eastward along the coast line all the way to...