Can we be conscious of our consciousness? What doesconsciousness feel like? Is it really a stream of steadily flowing thoughts,images and feelings, or something else altogether? What happens in those lapsesduring highway driving, in which you have no memory of the last 10 kilometres?How is it that most of what goes on in our brains is actually unconscious?And, in the end, do we even need our brain? 
Jay Ingram, renowned science broadcaster and bestselling author,takes us on his most challenging and controversial journey yet—a look at thestate of consciousness. Mixing science, philosophy, history and pop culture,Ingram transforms grey matter into a brilliantly hued, completely understandableexploration of what’s really going on in our conscious and unconscious minds.

Theatre of the Mind: Raising the Curtain on Consciousness

Science & Math

Ingram, Jay

History & Philosophy

HarperCollins, Publishers

What are you thinking, and how do you know you're thinking it? Read Theatre of the Mind, and you'll have a better understanding of what's going on side your head. Renowned science broadcaster and writer Jay Ingram examines the subject of consciousness, the way our brains work and how it is that we are able to make sense of the world at all. With his characteristic wit and insight, Ingram takes the latest research on one of the most complex topics and makes it both understandable and endlessly fascinating. A mind-bending look at the history, philosophy and science of the brain.

Theatre of the Mind

Biological Sciences

Theatre of the Mind is a captivating look at consciousness that explores the most recent and controversial research on the brain. Author Jay Ingram, co-host and producer of the Discovery Channel’s award-winning Daily Planet, gives us popular science at its best, ushering us into the Theatre of the Mind for a fascinating look at how we think and how various cultures consider consciousness.

Harper

Science Of Everyday Life

Have you ever felt a sudden rush of recognition that you've been in a place before? What causes a déjà vu? Why do dogs look like their owners? What's up with insect swarms? What's the science behind showing your tongue? Do you keep drier by walking or running through a rainstorm? 
In this updated and expanded edition of The Science of Everyday Life, bestselling author Jay Ingram explains these and many more weird and fascinating mysteries.

Penguin Canada

Have you ever felt a sudden rush of recognition that you've been in a place before? What causes a déjà vu? Why do dogs look like their owners? What's up with insect swarms? What's the science behind showing your tongue? Do you keep drier by walking or running through a rainstorm? In this updated and expanded edition of The Science of Everyday Life, bestselling author Jay Ingram explains these and many more weird and fascinating mysteries.

The Science of Everyday Life

Penguin??Books

The look at talk explores almost everything about this fundamental human activity - from the first words on earth to the complex wizardry of the brain. This book covers the gamut of humankind's most enigmatic and intriguing skill - from the speech differences between Neaderthals and Cro-Magnons to Freudian slips, from talking to yourself to speaking in tongues.

Talk, Talk, Talk

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Anchor Books

Winner of the 1995 Canadian Science Writers Book Award, this book explores the brain and how it works. It includes investigations into the stroke victim who denies the existence of the world's left side, and the epileptic patient who after brain surgery has no capacity to store new memories.

The Burning House

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

In The Barmaid's Brain, Jay Ingram explores some of the little known quirks of human behaviour, including why we laugh and how we see mirages; he reports on science's various attempts to reexamine history, including startling theories about the Salem witches, a psychiatric profile of Joan of Arc and the raging debate about the first-ever map of the New World; he brings our attention to remarkable battles, from the parasitic nastiness of cowbirds, to the tiny but deadly guerrilla attacks of ant lions; and he introduces us to the sometimes odd concerns of the scientist, for instance whether it is possible that early humans spent their lives in water instead of on land, and just how does slinging drinks affect the memory and the perception of the barmaid's brain? 
 Weird, witty and always edifying, The Barmaid's Brain serves up a splendid cocktail of fact, theory and anecdote in twenty-one of Jay Ingram's favourite tales from the world of science.

The Barmaid's Brain And Other Strange Tales From Science

Experiments, Instruments & Measurement

Why doesn't honey flow out in all directions across your toast? What's the science behind the theory of 'six degrees of separation'? How do stones 'skip'? When visiting a new place, why does getting there always seem to take so much longer than returning home? In The Velocity of Honey, bestselling author Jay Ingram muses upon these and many more daily mysteries that puzzle and perplex. 
From mosquitoes to the Marvel Universe, baseball to baby-holding, Ingram's topics are diverse. He also makes startling connections. In some pieces, he relates anecdotes from the history of science and demonstrates their relevance to contemporary scientific debates. In others, he explores the science behind many of our proverbial expressions, common sayings such as 'time flies when you're having fun' and 'it's a small world after all.' In still others, he highlights intriguing links between the worlds of art and science. As in his hugely popular The Science of Everyday Life, Ingram makes the science of our lives accessible and fascinating.

Velocity of Honey: And More Science Of Everyday Life

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Theatre of the Mind: Raising the Curtain on Consciousness

Theatre of the Mind

Theatre of the Mind

Science Of Everyday Life

The Science of Everyday Life

Talk, Talk, Talk

The Burning House

Science Of Everyday Life

The Barmaid's Brain And Other Strange Tales From Science

Velocity of Honey: And More Science Of Everyday Life