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Welcome to Sue's Book Corner!

Sue Othmer
Below are some recommended reading selections for you to enjoy. Whether you're just beginning your journey into understanding the brain or you're on your way to becoming Othmer Method Certified, there is something for everyone.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to browse the book collection below.

Happy Reading!

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker PhD

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker, PhD


Available on Amazon

Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self

Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self by Allan Schore

The Neurobiology of Emotional Development

by Allan Schore


Available on Amazon

Beyond Religion

Beyond Religion by the Dalai Lama

Ethics for a Whole World

by the Dalai Lama


Available on Amazon

The Bonobo and the Atheist

The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal

In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

by Frans de Waal


Available on Amazon

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen

The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

by Daniel Amen


Available on Amazon

The Developing Mind

The Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel

How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are

by Daniel Siegel


Available on Amazon

The Emotional Brain

The Emotional Brain by Joseph LeDoux

The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

by Joseph LeDoux


Available on Amazon

The Feeling of What Happens

The Feeling of What Happens, Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio

Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness

by Antonio Damasio


Available on Amazon

Hallucinations

Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
by Oliver Sacks


Available on Amazon

Healing at the Speed of Sound

Healing at the Speed of Sound by Don Campbell & Alex Doman

How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives

by Don Campbell & Alex Doman


Available on Amazon

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett


Available on Amazon

Incognito

Incognito by David Eagleman

The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David Eagleman


Available on Amazon

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

Living Well with Hypothyroidism by Mary Shomon

What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know

by Mary Shomon


Available on Amazon

Migraine

Migraine by Oliver Sacks
by Oliver Sacks


Available on Amazon

Molecules of Emotion

Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert

The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine

by Candace Pert


Available on Amazon

My Stroke of Insight

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
by Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D.


Available on Amazon

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Baer, Connors and Paradiso
by Baer, Connors and Paradiso


Available on Amazon

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain by Louis Cozolino

Building and Rebuilding the Human Brain

by Louis Cozolino


Available on Amazon
OMC Study Reference

The New Executive Brain

The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World by Elkhonon Goldberg

Frontal Lobes in a Complex World

by Elkhonon Goldberg


Available on EEG Info Shop

The Number Sense

The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics by Stanislas Dehaene

How the Mind Creates Mathematics

by Stanislas Dehaene


Available on Amazon

The Pain Chronicles

The Pain Chronicles Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering by Melanie Thernstrom

Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering

by Melanie Thernstrom


Available on Amazon

Rowan's Primer of EEG 2nd Edition

Rowan's Primer of EEG 2nd Edition

With a Mini-Atlas

by A. James Rowan and Eugene Tolunsky


Available on Amazon
OMC Study Reference

Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology

Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology by M. Marsel Mesulam
by M. Marsel Mesulam


Available on Amazon

Reading by the Colors

Reading by the Colors by Helen Irlen
by Helen Irlen


Available on Amazon

Reading in the Brain

Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene

The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

by Stanislas Dehaene


Available on Amazon

The Reason I Jump

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Higashida


Available on Amazon

The Right Mind

The Right Mind: Making Sense of the Hemispheres by Robert Ornstein

Making Sense of the Hemispheres

by Robert Ornstein


Available on Amazon

Understanding the Brain

Understanding the Brain by Jeanette Norden

Digital Video or DVD

by Jeanette Norden


Available on The Great Courses
OMC Study Reference

The Wisdom Paradox

The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older by Elkhonon Goldberg

How Your Mind can Grow Stronger as Your Brain Grows Older

by Elkhonon Goldberg


Available on EEG Info Shop

Zen and the Brain

Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness by James H. Austin

Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness

by James H. Austin


Available on Amazon

Brain Tutor 3D

Brain Tutor 3D by Rainer Goebel, Brain Innovation
by Rainer Goebel, Brain Innovation


Available on iTunes Store

3D Brain App

3D Brain by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory


Available on iTunes Store