Best audiology & speech pathology books according to redditors

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u/InkSquirt · 23 pointsr/neuro

Kandel - Principles of neural science is the best by far, despite being just a little bit outdated on some areas (but so are all other textbooks in this field). Bears Neuroscience: Exploring the brain is a very easy read, goes down like yoghurt, but is far less comprehensive and not so in depth as Principles.

u/pianobutter · 8 pointsr/neuro

Hi! I think the greatest thing you can do, is to join "Fundamentals of Neuroscience". It's an online course, but it's really nothing like most courses online. The production value is crazy high. It's truly experimental, because its purpose is to allow anyone to understand neuroscience without sandpapering the edges. I recently attended a university level introductory course in neuroscience. Our textbook was Purves'. Several of our instructors are published in Science and Nature. While the course was really great, the "Fundamentals of Neuroscience" delved deeper than the course and presented more nuanced pictures of the information. I can't think of any better introduction. To really learn this stuff, you need to learn a lot more than is presented in the online course, but you're very well off if this is your starting point.

As for textbooks, Purves, as mentioned earlier is good. Principles of Neural Science is mentioned often as its probably the greatest reference work, but it's not something you read as a first timer. Bear is good. I have read some of it, and it seems pretty good as introductory material. Both Purves and Bear are fine.

Ah, it also kind of depends of what your reason for interest is. If you want to learn about consciousness, attention, memory, and stuff like that, I would have different recommendations. If you want to learn about the hard biology of the matter, I have different ones. If you want to learn the computational aspects of how the brain works, I have different ones. I just assumed you wanted general introductions. As for general ones, I say the online course is top shelf. Bear is great as supplementary material. Purves as well.

u/tryx · 7 pointsr/neuro

If you want the standard sequence of Neuroscience textbooks, there is a rough ordering of 3 common books. Each are very comprehensive and more than you would likely be able to read cover to cover, but they get more sophisticated and comprehensive as you go. The last one specifically is essentially the bible of neuroscience and you will be hard pressed to find a more comprehensive coverage of any of the topics outside a specialised textbooks or research papers.

These books will cover the general overview of neuroanatomy, physiology, pharmacology and pathology but if you want to go further in depth, there are more advanced books for each of those and dozens of other subfields.

  1. Purves - Neuroscience
  2. Bear - Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain
  3. Kandel - Principles of Neural Science

    I would specifically recommend Nolte - The human brain: an introduction to its functional anatomy as an exceptional example of a specialised text. Unfortunately, I do not recall the neurpharmacology text that I used, but it was very good too. I shall look it up and get back to you! For a more general introduction to pharmacology, the standard text is Rand and Dale - Pharmacology.
u/shadowcentaur · 7 pointsr/Professors

"Advice for new faculty members" by Boice is fantastic. I just finished my first year teaching and my chair have it to me when I got my office keys. Every time I followed the advice in there it turned out great. Every time I thought I knew better and went against it, bit me right in the ass. Highly recommend.

https://www.amazon.com/Advice-Faculty-Members-Robert-Boice/dp/0205281591

u/simmmons · 7 pointsr/neuro

I think Bear et al. (2006) Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain is a good introductory book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781760038/

u/DNAhelicase · 6 pointsr/neuroscience

This book is explicitly named as the book I am required to know, cover-to-cover, including all appendices for my candidacy exam. I have been going through it and it gives quite a broad overview of the field, but also has a lot of detail needed for a good overall knowledge of neuroscience. This book, in addition to your specific readings for your area of neuroscience, should give you all you need to do well in your program and your candidacy exam.

I am also doing my PhD in neuroscience, focusing on Prions and neurodegenerative diseases.

If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me and i'll do my best to answer them!

u/RGCs_are_belong_tome · 6 pointsr/neuroscience

The top comment is right that the Kandel is a great neuroscience text. I have it myself and it's my go-to. If you're starting out from the bottom and learning on your own I would suggest a more user-friendly text.

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain is good. I have the 3rd edition, which has probably been updated by now. Looks like the price is very manageable, too.

u/doctorbasic · 6 pointsr/cogsci

Undergrad level text books:

u/carboxyl · 6 pointsr/neuro

kandel
bear
purves
martin

Each of these books is aimed at a different audience, but this should get you started.

u/nickelot · 5 pointsr/neuro

I used this book for years and it was written by my neuro professors. I can't recommend it more highly: http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781760038 (can get used for a little over $30)

u/kevroy314 · 5 pointsr/neuroscience

When I made the switch from Computer Science to Neuroscience for my PhD, I started by reading Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. I found it to be a very effective introduction to all of the fundamentals.

u/ampanmdagaba · 4 pointsr/neuro

I usually recommend Bear-Connors-Paradiso as a first read, as it is simpler; almost in between a textbook and a popular book. And then you use Candel to go deeper on selected topics (or all).

And indeed, another approach is a "top-down" reading: download some papers from Pubmed, and start deciphering them. Use Wikipedia, and references from there, and reviews from Pubmed, to understand these papers - word by word, sentence by sentence. It's a long process, but extremely helpful. And there's no better way to charm the professor, and make them suspect that you are one of the best, most intelligent and proactive students ever.

u/Arms-Against-Atrophy · 4 pointsr/neuroscience

This is how I understand the two most popular out there:

Principles of Neural Science (4th edition) has been the gold standard of neuroscience textbooks. It's been called the "bible" of neuroscience and a great jumping off point for anyone who wants to get a very technical and medical perspective on the various functions of the brain. The fifth edition is set to come out this October so I don't know if you'd want to wait or jump into this one but from what I understand this is the number 1.
http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Eric-Kandel/dp/0838577016

The other textbook that is popular, that I've read most of, is Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (3rd edition). This textbook makes a lot of the topics that you'd like to learn about organized and easy to understand. While this book probably doesn't go into as much detail as Kandel's, it is a wonderful jumping off point to learn a lot of the basics about neuroscience and to get a solid understanding of a lot of mechanisms controlled by the brain. I highly suggest this one if you're new to neuroscience and not in medschool.

http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781760038

u/Pallidium · 4 pointsr/neuro

I'd go with Purves' textbook or Bear's book. Both are very good introductory books. If you want something more difficult, try Principles of Neural Science by Kandel or (even more difficult) Fundamental Neuroscience by Larry Squire.

u/2ster · 4 pointsr/slp

You may want to check out Dr. John Pickering's work. He specializes in voice tx in the transgender population. It looks like he published a book on it https://www.amazon.com/Communication-Therapy-Transgender-Transsexual-Client/dp/1597564702

I've never worked with this population but have heard Dr. Pickering's name before when discussing this population with other SLPs. I don't know if that would be of any help, but hopefully it gets you going in the right direction to finding resources!

u/LaughingHeart42 · 4 pointsr/neuroscience

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain was my go-to when learning neuroscience coming from an engineering and physics background. It's pretty accessible for people from many different backgrounds. For example, it covers the requisite biology and chemistry you'll need to understand the basics if you haven't had exposure to those fields yet.

u/[deleted] · 4 pointsr/neuro

The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life is a great introduction to affective neuroscience, if you're curious. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain is also a good textbook for a general introduction and review of the subject.

u/WarbleHead · 3 pointsr/neuro

It all depends on what your intent is. Neuroscience is so broad and interdisciplinary that my recommendations depend largely on how much time and effort you plan to put into it. Are you trying to understand the brain so that you can go into research someday? Is neuroscience relevant to your separate field of research, and you just wanna get to know all the acronyms? Or are you just a curious layman who wants to understand the organ of understanding? In the latter two cases, many of the suggestions are very good; books by anyone from Ramachandran to Koch will suffice.

But if headed into neural research, you should really grab an introductory textbook that explains the principles of the brain (I recommend this one) and go through it, chapter by chapter, so you get the fundamentals down before you move onto deeper inquiries. If you have the money to spare, you should also pick up Principles of Neural Science as a reference book for more in-depth inquiries. The reason for this is that the Kandel book is really dense and somewhat poorly organized, which makes it rather inefficient to a neuroscience newcomer who mainly needs the basic ideas.

More important than which book you pick up, though, is how you read it. It's very important at this stage to really start thinking about the big questions in each subfield so that 1) you don't gloss over important details or, worse, crucial principles; and 2) you're preparing your mindset for research. You can't read it as a passive observer, absorbing information rather than processing it. Ask questions. How do we know this and this about the brain? What principles can we anticipate about the brain (and by implication: perception, memory, cognition) based on its structure and development? When do neurons first start firing anyway? If you're doing it right, you'll be making use of Kandel a lot to probe deeper — and eventually review/experimental papers when you're ready.

tl;dr - Read that shit if you're doing research and you'll thank me later.

u/Rosegoesplatinum · 3 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This would be awesome!! Good price point for multiple people too 😁


Everyone Deserves A Voice Speech-Language Pathologist: SLP Gifts, Speech Therapist Notebook, Best Speech Therapist, Floral SLP Gift For Notes Therapy Gifts, 6x9 college ruled notebook https://www.amazon.com/dp/1719495181/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TL9SCbH59TKNZ

Also, https://etsy.me/2Goi7Mw

https://etsy.me/2GdjRa7

There’s so many cute things!

u/personwithusername · 3 pointsr/tDCS

I've noticed you've posted a lot of questions to this sub reddit, and most of them go unanswered. You might find it helpful to take a course in neuroscience (like this one https://www.edx.org/course/fundamentals-neuroscience-part-i-harvardx-mcb80-1x#.VPuNwPmUdnY), or perhaps read a neuroscience textbook, like this one http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Brain-3rd-Edition/dp/0781760038

Even if you're not a student, it might be worthwhile looking in your local university library. So long as you don't check anything out I doubt they would stop you.

u/nezumipi · 2 pointsr/autism

This book:
http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Words-Communication-Children/dp/0921145144
is a really good guide for the layperson to improving communication with an autistic child, verbal or not. Good communication reduces behavior problems by a large percent.

u/IceBearLikesToCook · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

If you want the 'biggest head start', sad but true answer is a textbook. Preferably a used old edition of one. for example


Behave by Robert Sapolsky is usually the book I see here recommended when brain science comes up, though.

u/makeinstall · 2 pointsr/Music

>So yeah, sitting in my office listening to phones ring, people bitching about TPS reports, the HVAC system humming away, hundreds of computers running, and trying to pick out almost inaudible tones from a pair of $2 headphones is not what I'd call a very useful hearing test.

I dont think its takes the intellectual capabilities of a theoretical physicist to work out that you are not in the idea environment to "give it a twirl"! It was the best online audio tone generator that went above 8Khz with volume control that I could find at short notice that will give you an idea of possible reduced hearing capability.

I went last year for extensive hearing tests and MRI scans as I have tinnitus in my left ear and have a substantial difference of response in my left compared to my right. [-25dB SPL @ 8Khz and -10dB SPL @ 6Khz], so know all about anechoic chambers. [I also used to work as a sound engineer].

I didn't begin to suffer from tinnitus because of working in studios or DJ'ing, as I was aware of any damage to my ears, but from an ex-flatmate who thought it would be really funny to hit a saucepan with a wooden spoon next to my head whilst I was engrossed in coding. It took about a month before he finally faced up to that he had fucked my hearing permanently and pretty much destroyed any chance of a long term career in sound engineering. Needless to say that we are no longer friends.

I have a copy of Pawel Jastreboff's book on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy that I have been using the advice and techniques from and would recommend anyone who also suffers from tinnitus to read up on the advice offered at the 1995 styled website

u/wasneusbeer · 2 pointsr/tinnitus

I had more or less the same experience.

Read up on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT): https://www.amazon.com/Tinnitus-Retraining-Therapy-Implementing-Neurophysiological-ebook/dp/B00AKE1R1M

It worked absolute wonders for me. I do not suffer at all anymore, almost 5 years after the concert (stopped suffering about a year after the concert).

u/Mathopus · 2 pointsr/neuroscience

My focus is theoretical neuroscience, but even still the best resource I found was taking an actual class. I took Introductory to Neuroscience from UC Extension in California. Other then that I also followed the course material from: http://redwood.berkeley.edu/wiki/VS265:_Neural_Computation

I also have read:
Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) Although, I think it would be dense to start with that.

I really like the book from my introductory course:
Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0781760038/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The coursera course on Computational Neuroscience was interesting and if you are CS I highly suggest it as a way to get interested in the field.

Other then that I use Google scholar search to find papers about subjects I am interested in and read those. Currently doing a lot of reading in spare representation.

u/cheetoburritodorito · 2 pointsr/slp

https://www.amazon.com/Tip-Your-Tongue-Therapist-Communication/dp/1457519534

The Tip of Your Tongue - written by a practicing SLP (Kathleen Depperschmidt).

u/froboz · 2 pointsr/tinnitus

> https://www.amazon.com/Tinnitus-Retraining-Therapy-Implementing-Neurophysiological-ebook/dp/B00AKE1R1M

Thanks - I've heard about TRT but never read up about it in depth. This looks really useful.

u/lalouisaille · 2 pointsr/asktransgender

You shouldn't use the position of your larynx to alter the sound of your voice. Ever. It only moves to adapt to the movement of your tongue/bland palate, otherwise it should stay completely relaxed. Stick you tongue out as far as you can and feel how your larynx moves. This is as far as it'll ever need to go.

Sources :
Literally every singing teacher and singer I've ever met note that I do not recommend any of those youtube videos, it's just to show the consensus.
Here's a paper explaining what happens when you use too much muscle in the area
This book has a chapter devoted to vocal misuse, including laryngeal tension.


u/Francis_the_Goat · 2 pointsr/autism

Hanen has a fantastic book for parents that is easy to read and implement, More Than Words

It goes over the stages of communication and social interaction and teaches parents how to naturally create opportunities for social connection and communication.

u/I_use_CuedSpeech · 2 pointsr/deafeducation

I never ever said abandon ASL. We're discussing literacy and that indicates an emphasis on English or other languages that are conventionally spoken.

English is the language. Cued Speech is the mode of communication.

Cued Speech is 50 years old as of this year.

This is the book I generally recommend.

u/laschy · 2 pointsr/neuro

If you're looking for some basic neuroscience (which you'll definitely need in neural engineering - I was looking into doing it as well), then I highly recommend Neuroscience 3D: Exploring the brain. It's a really good beginner-medium text book, that covers everything from how EEGs work, to how individual neurons communicate with each other to brain disorders.
Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Brain-3rd-Edition/dp/0781760038

Source: I'm a neuroscience student and that textbook is prescribed for most of my courses

u/geleezajoy · 2 pointsr/audiology

Hi there! Before getting accepted into my AuD program I was thinking of going into HAD, asked one of my professors what sources I could use to study for the exam and she said [this one] (https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-Aid-Dispensing-Training-Manual/dp/1597565377?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0) would be the best!

u/little_miss_kaea · 2 pointsr/slp

Dysphagia:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evaluation-Treatment-Swallowing-Disorders-Logemann/dp/0890797285/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dysphagia-Clinical-Management-Adults-Children/dp/0323187013/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462898856&sr=1-1&keywords=crary+groher+dysphagia

Dysarthria:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motor-Speech-Disorders-Substrates-Differential/dp/0323072003/ref=pd_sim_14_10?ie=UTF8&dpID=51lnssHAFnL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR125%2C160_&refRID=EJKQ0FY81S4ZWV4EJHH4

Neurology:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurology-Speech-Language-Pathologist-Wanda-Webb/dp/0750675268/ref=pd_sim_14_13?ie=UTF8&dpID=517mkn9zz3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR125%2C160_&refRID=EJKQ0FY81S4ZWV4EJHH4

Voice:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathiesons-Voice-Disorders-Lesley-Mathieson/dp/1861561962/ref=pd_sim_14_14?ie=UTF8&dpID=41PS5Z9WQ3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR113%2C160_&refRID=EJKQ0FY81S4ZWV4EJHH4

Aphasia:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aphasia-Therapy-File-1/dp/0863775675/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462898929&sr=1-1&keywords=aphasia+therapy+files

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intervention-Strategies-Neurogenic-Communication-Disorders/dp/0781769817/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=519pLgVxu3L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR119%2C160_&refRID=V9XVMDD3QWG06BG1QKED

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Aphasia-Communication-Disability-Speechmark/dp/0863883478/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41WHRVHBBNL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR112%2C160_&refRID=V9XVMDD3QWG06BG1QKED

Linguistics with a clinical slant:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Linguistics-Clinicians-Practical-Introduction-Publication/dp/0340758953/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462899046&sr=1-2&keywords=linguistics+for+clinicians

They're all for adults because I work in an adult hospital setting! There are lots of similar books for children, but I really don't know what's good any more and I didn't buy any of it.

u/DavidJovino · 1 pointr/singing

If you have problem to singing louder i would recomend you to use a microfone. Because singing louder gonna damage your vocal fold and your ear (Hearing loss).

But if microfone is not possible, I recommend do semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTs) to strengh your vocal tract, and about falsetto, you need to know which pitch are you gonna sing to know which muscle are you wanna train. Basics is: C4 to C5 (piano) you gonna use Thyroarytenoid, anterior cricoarytenoid muscles and interarytenoid, in primary sinergy. Below: E4 to B3 (piano) cricoarytenoid muscles.

Also remember about strengh exercise: isometric, isotonic and isokinetic

Isometric: hold pitch / Isotonic: one note up and Down / Isokinetic: vocalize

And vibrato is training, just train everyday


I recommend you read: Silvia Pinho's books (https://www.amazon.com.br/M%C3%BAsculos-intr%C3%ADnsecos-laringe-din%C3%A2mica-vocal-ebook/dp/B07Q46KBKV?tag=goog0ef-20&smid=A18CNA8NWQSYHH&ascsubtag=go_1686871380_65779544836_327582895583_pla-579888887987_c_)
I didn't find English version, but if you know portuguese...


Hearing loss ( https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/what_noises_cause_hearing_loss.html )

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Sorry to be superficial but is too much things to write in one post.

u/Farheen_7cups · 1 pointr/AcademicPsychology

>Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Hey! Thanks for the suggestions. Could you confirm if you are referring to these books?:

  1. http://www.paehub.com/download/Stats_Behavioral_Science.pdf

    > Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain

  2. https://www.amazon.in/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781760038
u/Charleston6309 · 1 pointr/slp

This is a great resource that I used when I was taking the undergrad level anatomy courses, and I still reference it now for my graduate courses. Definitely a worthwhile purchase, but it may be a bit more on the pricey side.

http://www.amazon.com/Netters-Anatomy-Speech-Swallowing-Hearing/dp/0323056563

u/WiscoBrainScientist · 1 pointr/neuro

Bear Neuroscience

Used this for my comprehensive exams.

u/gocougs11 · 1 pointr/neuro

As others have mentioned, Bear's Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain (can get used very cheap here)

As a much lighter read I'd recommend Iversen's Intro to Neuropsychopharmacology. You can read the whole thing in a few weeks, and it is a good intro to all the neurotransmitter systems and their basic physiology and behavioral effects.

u/KittenImmaculate · 1 pointr/slp

A professor of mine had a book she let me borrow (I also think she helped write it, so that helped) which had sections for each section there would be on the exam so a whole section on artic, on language, on voice, etc. Each section had a number of questions to answer and then a key in the back of the book. Super helpful to at least go through once to get the idea. I think it was this one here though it's a bit expensive.

u/Redditor_on_LSD · 1 pointr/Drugs

Campbell Biology 8th edition. Get is used, it's only a few bucks.

Neuroscience; exploring the brain is also a great book that goes far more in-depth. The first part of the book is devoted to the very basics of biology and cell structure following the same foundation as any other biology book.

u/slasher_14 · 1 pointr/IAmA

I've had it for a few years...I've always noticed I was sensitive to noise (ie I'd avoid loud things, I'd hear real quiet sounds that other people would not be aware of).

I think part of why I have it is because of this sensitivity. Anyway I undertook Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) in Sydney. Cost a lot of money but it has helped.

Basically it comes down to this:

  1. Being stressed out often triggers Tinnitus, then being exposed to a loud sound like a concert will mean your focus is on the tinnitus and it wont go away.

  2. Tinnitus is the result of being stuck in a negative feedback loop. It involves a negative emotional response to the tinnitus which gets stuck and you keep hearing it.

  3. Working out what causes the negative response and challenging these beliefs are how you can help to reduce your exposure to Tinnitus.

  4. White noise maskers (such as a white noise sound on an Ipod or clock radio) can help you to sleep at night. Ironically I prefer to sleep in a really quiet room, if someone has a tv on in the room next door I will focus on it and can't sleep. Again I think this relates to my response toward sound and why I notice Tinnitus.

  5. Tinnitus is something most people here, tests have shown up to 97% of people here it (so it is a "normal sound"), but most people do not have a negative emotional response to it.

  6. Tinnitus can be controlled, I went from someone who heard it most of the time to someone who now only notices it occaisonally/when I am reminded of it (such as this thread). I am also not as frustrated by it anymore and it goes away quickly.

    For those are want to know more I went to here for treatment.

    http://www.hearingbalance.com.au/

    Costs a fair bit (as the sessions are done by a psychologist who specialises in treating Tinnitus) but I am much happier now.

    Also another thing I believed caused it was I had a rough couple of years (job stress, health issues) which left me feeling a lot of negative emotion, which I believe contributed to it.

    This is the book that the retraining is derived from

    http://www.amazon.com/Tinnitus-Retraining-Therapy-Implementing-Neurophysiological/dp/0521088372/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290128976&sr=8-1

    You don't need to buy it though as it's based toward professionals who do the training. I'd suggest looking for articles from Jastreboff and Hazell who came up with the retraining method.

    Feel free to ask me any questions.

    Edit - Also it is usually caused by damage to the nerves in your inner ear, unfortunately there is no cure for this at the moment. This often happens when exposed to day to day noise (loud traffic, sirens, aircraft) so it doesnt necessarily have to be a specific cause (rock concert).

    Also most people who live in a city probably have damage to these nerves, but most people don't notice tinnitus, so that is why TRT focuses on the emotional response to it.

    Tinnitus is actually the sounds inside your head, it's the nerves looking for feedback/noise but in the absence of any noise they then pass on the ringing noise to your brain which is then interpreted as a negative tinnitus sound.

    Edit 2 - Also if you want to be exposed to loud sounds without triggering Tinnitus/causing damage to your hearding I'd recommend going to an audiologist and getting custom fitted ear molds. You can then put in attenuators that have different levels of blocking (depending on how loud it is) which will help dull the sound. I use the loudest (15db) which lets me to go concerts and feel fine. I actually find them great to use in really loud bars as it doesnt distort the sound, it only reduces the volume so I can actually hear more of what is going on in these environments than without any protection.
u/decaelus · 1 pointr/GetMotivated

I'm glad someone posted this advice. I've found this approach to be tremendously helpful in almost all aspects of my life. Instead of trying to finish a huge project all at once, I set my phone alarm for 5 min, 10 min, whatever I can muster, and work on the project for that time. Then, over the course of the project, I slowly ramp up the amount of time I spend in one sitting.

A very important addendum: if you've agreed with yourself only to put in 5 min, don't try to compel yourself to work on after the time has ended. Force yourself to stop. Otherwise, the 5-min rule will start to seem like a trick you use on yourself to do a lot of work, and it will stop being effective.

A very useful book that discusses the research showing that this approach works is this one. Although the book is geared toward faculty, much of the advice and research is generally applicable.

u/VorpalSponge · 1 pointr/askscience

I agree completely, Kandel's book is definitely my favorite neuroscience text. For a more undergraduate level introduction Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Mark Bear et al. and Neuroscience by Dale Purves et al. are good starting places.

u/Matrix_Ender · 1 pointr/neuroscience

The textbook Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Mark Bear could be a great start: https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781760038. Some books for the general public such as David Eagleman's The Brain or Rita Carter's Mapping the Brain are good too (although they might be too easy for you given that you are a med student).

As for brain mapping, not sure if you are talking about connectome or the Blue Brain Project?

u/duatb89 · 1 pointr/science

http://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Brain-Mark-Bear/dp/0781760038/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261782481&sr=8-2

It was my textbook this past semester for Neurobiology. I absolutely loved it. The things you're probably interested in (motivation, memory, learning, neurogenesis) form the last quarter of the book.

u/twofendipurses · 1 pointr/slp

Yeah we definitely read the literature, but there are a few books that have been really meaningful for me.

One is about bilingualism in general (not in disordered populations), which I actually found to be reallllllly important to help me conceptualize how bilingualism develops. It's called The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism.

Some that specifically cover language disorders are:

Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers.

Language Disorders in Bilingual Children and Adults

u/heartbubbles · 1 pointr/slp

This phonetics tool was very useful when I was in undergrad and graduate school. I've even returned to it a few times for things that I've started to forget.
Also, Pre-Feeding Skills is pretty much my bible right now. I spend a couple hours each week pouring through it and learning/re-learning. It has really great checklists I use for evaluation purposes also.
As far as therapy tools (for kids) that I absolutely cannot live without? Bubbles. I buy party favor packs of them so I can always have a small vial of bubbles in my pocket.