Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118396544Author Shelley CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Jossey-BassPublisher Jossey-BassWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789389701012Author James Webb YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 2mm

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When The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense was first published in German in 1936 it was at once recognized as a major contribution to psychoanalytic psychology, and its translation into English quickly followed. More than half a century later it enjoys...

Few things in life are more delightful than sharing in the laughter of a baby. Until now, however, psychologists and parenting experts have largely focused on moments of stress and confusion. Developmental psychologist Caspar Addyman decided to change...

Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this new book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809016488Author Alva No Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 142mm * 16mm

Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep - it plays a crucial role in our health and wellbeing. References to sleep abound in literature and art,...

A 'kluge' is an engineering term for a makeshift solution, an inelegant construction that somehow works. This is Gary Marcus's analogy for the way the human mind has evolved. Arguing against a whole tradition that praises our human minds as the most...

'Combining neurology, philosophy, computer science and artificial intelligence. . . a fascinating and illuminating account' - The GuardianUnderstanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and...

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People have been sharing their life stories with psychologist Allison Keating for the past eighteen years, and the words she hears most often are 'I feel overwhelmed,' followed by 'I thought I'd have it figured out by now.' Adulthood is tough. As we...

Most diet programmes work at first. We lose a few pounds in a few weeks, but then life happens and the bad habits and the weight return. In this invaluable book, Judith Beck PhD offers the solution to break free from these common diet traps and keep the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358325680Author Daniel L SchacterFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 132mm...

Introduction to Ecological Psychology is a highly accessible book that offers an overview of the fundamental theoretical foundations of Ecological Psychology. The authors, Julia J.C. Blau and Jeffrey B. Wagman, provide a broad coverage of the topic,...

What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more,...

In recent years mindfulness has become integrated into many clinicians' private practices, and become a staple of hospital and university based treatment programs for stress reduction, pain, anxiety management, and a host of other difficulties...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262550239Author K. Anders EricssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A Daily Telegraph and TLS Book of the Year 'An audacious tour of all that science can teach us' Edward O. Wilson Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began...

Synthesizing thirty years of research, psychologist and science historian, Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world. Simply put, beliefs come first and explanations for beliefs follow. The brain,...

Building on the crucial insight that jokes use many of the same mechanisms he had already discovered in dreams, Freud developed one of the richest and most comprehensive theories of humour that has ever been produced.Jokes, he argues, provide immense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838153335Author Toyin M OkunugaFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Toyin OkunugaPublisher Toyin OkunugaWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick "Jay is a leading expert on the history of Western drug use, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594770692Author K.Ronald SiegelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Park Street Press,U.S.Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams)...

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Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely returns to offer a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence our dating lives, our workplace experiences, and our general behaviour, up...

For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma. His studies have yielded a startling discovery: that a wide range of traumatic events--from illness, divorce, separation, assault, and bereavement to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736424Author Humberto R. MaturanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Despite its obvious advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realise how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their...

Prepare to step off the ego path onto a more rewarding, fulfilling and service-oriented journey of enlightenment.Praised by Mother Teresa and Dr Wayne Dyer for his breakthrough research and innovative teachings on the human mind, Dr David Hawkins took...

"Time" is the most common noun in the English language yet philosophers and scientists don't agree about what time actually is or how to define it. Perhaps this is because the brain tells, represents and perceives time in multiple ways. Dean Buonomano...

Deductive reasoning is widely regarded as an activity central to human intelligence, and as such has attracted an increasing amount of psychological study in recent years. In this first major survey of the field for over a decade, the authors provide a...

A self-help and business book like no other, which explores the human connection to the natural world Ultimately humanity is part of nature so it makes sense that we should shape our lives in accordance to the idea of natural intelligence. Rosie...

From the author of Emergence and The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson's Where Good Ideas Come From: The Seven Patterns of Innovation identifies key principles that are the driving force of creativity. Learn how:A slow hunch can be much more valuable than a...

Consider Miles Davis, horn held high, sculpting a powerful musical statement full of tonal patterns, inside jokes, and thrilling climactic phrases all on the fly. Or think of a comedy troupe riffing on a couple of cues from the audience until the whole...

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize. Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Man Who Couldn't Stop.'Witty, sharp and enlightening . . . This book will make you smarter' Adam Rutherford.What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just...

Framing effects are everywhere. An estate tax looks very different to a death tax. Gun safety seems to be one thing and gun control another. Yet, the consensus from decision theorists, finance professionals, psychologists, and economists is that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638805Author James KelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Marshall McLuhan's posthumous The Global Village, co-authored by Bruce Powers, explores the new "laws" of media, "laws" fostering a dramatic collision of viewpoints. The first based on Visual Space - the linear, quantitative mode of perception...