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Susan Celia Greenfield is a Professor of English at Fordham University, author of Mothering Daughters: Novels and the Politics of Family Romance, Frances Burney to Jane Austen, and co-editor of Inventing Maternity: Politics, Science, and Literature, 1650¿1865.

Susan Celia Greenfield is a Professor of English at Fordham University, author of Mothering Daughters: Novels and the Politics of Family Romance, Frances Burney to Jane Austen, and co-editor of Inventing Maternity: Politics, Science, and Literature, 1650¿1865.

Offers a fascinating look at the relationship between identity and neuroscience in the age of social media.

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE is a Senior Research Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford University. A scientist, writer, broadcaster and Cross-Bench member in the House of Lords, she has been the recipient of 32 honorary degrees from both British and foreign universities, and of many awards including Chevalier Legion d'Honneur from the French Government and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians, as well as being selected as ...

A guided tour of the final frontier in human understanding: the brain. Part of the "Science Masters" series, bringing together some of the world's finest scientists to explore and explain the key ideas in contemporary science.

A terrifying novel, from one of our foremost scientific visionaries. Susan Greenfield asks: how will today's technology affect the future of our species?

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One of the UK's leading neuroscientists discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and how our brains are being rewired by them. 'Fascinating... highly accessible...' "Independent on Sunday

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Wie schnell können Sie denken?* Haben Sie Lust, auf eine Entdeckungsreise ins Innere Ihres Kopfes zu gehen? Möchten Sie erfahren, was dort oben passiert, wenn Sie sehen, hören, denken, fühlen oder handeln? Die Tour, die Ihnen die erfahrene Oxforder Professorin Susan Greenfield anbietet, ist auch für Anfänger geeignet und erfordert nur leichtes Gepäck. Alles, was Sie brauchen, erhalten Sie unterwegs: das notwendige Rüstzeug, um die schnell an...

Identity is a term much used yet hard to define. Perhaps for this reason, the concept has long been a favourite with philosphers, and for the very same reason has been avoided by brain scientists, - until now. In this neurobiological exploration of identity, Greenfield briefly reviews the social perspective from finger prints, to faces, to signatures of the many ways we try to identity ourselves, - in vain. The psychiatric perspective however ...

This book is a necessity for all ministers, counselors, and Christians. It is an informative resource that will help you to identify abuse in a Christian home. You will be challenged to Be the Real Church and Stand Up as you read this up close and personal account of living in an abusive environment. We can never know exactly what goes on behind the closed doors of other people's homes, but after reading Would the Real Church PLEASE Stand Up!,...

An examination of the mother-daughter bond in eighteenth century fiction. The rise of novel and of the ideal nuclear family was no mere coincidence, argues Susan C. Greenfield in this fascinating look at the construction of modern maternity. Many historians maintain that the eighteenth century witnessed the idealization of the caring, loving mother. Here Greenfield charts how the newly emerging novels of the period, in their increasing feminiz...

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Not until the eighteenth century was the image of the tender, full-time mother invented. This image retains its power today. Inventing Maternity demonstrates that, despite its association with an increasingly standardized set of values, motherhood remained contested terrain. Drawing on feminist, cultural, and postcolonial theory, Inventing Maternity surveys a wide range of sources- medical texts, political tracts, religious doctrine, poems, no...

We live in a world unimaginable only decades ago: a domain of backlit screens, instant information, and vibrant experiences that can outcompete dreary reality. Our brave new technologies offer incredible opportunities for work and play. But at what price? Now renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield-known in the United Kingdom for challenging entrenched conventional views-brings together a range of scientific studies, news events, and cultural...

A passionately argued wake-up call by a leading Oxford neuroscientist who warns of a wide range of threats to our individuality, including the effects of new technology and the collection of private data by governments and corporations. "Often described as the foremost female scientist in Britain, But she is one of the best of any gender, anywhere,

In un mondo dove gli adulti passano dieci ore al giorno online e i tablet sono i comuni mezzi con i quali i bambini imparano e giocano, Cambiamento Mentale rivela - come mai prima - gli aspetti fisiologici, sociali e culturali della vita nell'epoca digitale. Viviamo in un mondo inimmaginabile soltanto pochi decenni fa: un regno di schermi retroilluminati, di informazioni istantanee e esperienze vibranti che possono competere con la tetra realt...

The book is an exploration of how this century is going to change not just the way we think, but also what we actually think with -our own individual minds. How will new technologies transform the way we see the world? At the beginning of the twenty-first century, we may be standing on the brink of a mind make-over far more cataclysmic than anything that has happened before. As we appreciate the dynamism and sensitivity of our brain circuitry,...