Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Clinical Neuropsychology is a vast and varied field that focuses on the treatment, assessment and diagnosis of a range of cognitive disorders through a study and understanding of neuroanatomy and the relationship between the brain and human behavior. ...

The essential nature of learning is primarily thought of as a verbal process or function, but this notion conveys that pre-linguistic infants do not learn. Far from being "blank slates" that passively absorb environmental stimuli, infants are active...

We've outsourced too much of our thinking. How do we get it back?Have you ever followed your GPS device to a deserted parking lot? Or unquestioningly followed the advice of an expert—perhaps a doctor or financial adviser—only to learn later...

Appearing in English for the first time, Intuition of the Instant-Bachelard's first metaphysical meditation on time and its moral implications-was written in 1932 in the wake of Husserl's lectures on streaming time-consciousness, Heidegger's Being and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956377807Author Manjir Samanta-LaughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Paradigm Revolution PublishingPublisher Paradigm Revolution...

Alexander Romanovich Luria, one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century, is best known for his pioneering work on the development of language and thought, mental retardation, and the cortical organization of higher mental processes...

Creativity has long been thought of as an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if this most common belief about how creativity works is wrong? In this revised and expanded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671657130Author MinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 339Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 763g

The Intellectual Powers is a philosophical investigation into the cognitive and cogitative powers of mankind. It develops a connective analysis of our powers of consciousness, intentionality, mastery of language, knowledge, belief, certainty, sensation,...

We live in a time of relentless change. The only thing that?s certain is that new challenges and opportunities will emerge that are virtually unimaginable today. How can we know which skills will be required to succeed? In Five Minds for the Future,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385267649Author Alice MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

The field of research on the paranormal has changed enormously in the last 20 years. Examining experiences of ESP, psychokinesis, precognition, ganzfeld, dissociative states, out-of-the-body experiences, alien abductions and near-death experiences,...

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary...

Are you about to attend an interview or assessment centre for a new job, or are you being considered for promotion or training? If that means the daunting prospect of sitting psychometric tests then this book contains plenty of preparation exercises to...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This is a broad and authoritative...

Explains how to use the power of intuition to identify and avoid danger and shares advice on restraining orders and self-defense tactics.Book InformationISBN 9780316235020Author Gavin de BeckerFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Time Warner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982869505Author Deirdre BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Oneiroi PressPublisher Oneiroi PressWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Bilingualism presents an introduction to the neural bases and cognitive processes of the bilingual brain. It covers foundational knowledge required for study in the area of bilingualism, including prominent theories and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992513535Author Peter BurowFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Neuropwer Group Pty LtdPublisher Neuropwer Group Pty LtdWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm)...

Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated. At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come...

Open your eyes to the meaning of your dreams and take advantage of their incredible power for self-improvement.Find out how to decode and interpret your dreams to reveal how the images, stories and emotions you experience in sleep are deeply connected to...

Looking at Trauma: A Tool Kit for Clinicians is an easy-to-use, engaging resource designed to address the challenges health care professionals face in providing much-needed trauma psychoeducation to clients with histories of childhood trauma. Developed...

Drawing on philosophy, political and social theory, decision-theory, economics, psychology, history and literature, Jon Elster's classic book Sour Grapes continues and complements the arguments of his acclaimed earlier book, Ulysses and the Sirens...

Neuroeconomics, neuromarketing, neuroaesthetics, and neurotheology are just a few of the novel disciplines that have been inspired by a combination of ancient knowledge together with recent discoveries about how the human brain works. The mass media are...

It is through phantasy that we as humans see, recognise and comprehend the world. Phantasy colours and moulds behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Constantly changing, phantasies move and develop with growth and, like dreams, are created through our...

You live your entire waking life immersed in your inner experiences (thoughts, feelings, sensations and so on) - private phenomena created by you, just for you, your own way. Despite their intimacy and ubiquity, you probably do not know the...

With the progress of artificial intelligence, the digitalization of the lifeworld, and the reduction of the mind to neuronal processes, the human being increasingly appears to be just a product of data and algorithms. That is, we conceive ourselves "in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594481710Author Daniel H. PinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451645118Author Stephen KosslynFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262535106Author Amos TverskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 19mm

This second edition of the renowned Cambridge Handbook of Creativity expands on the first edition with over two thirds new material reaching across psychology, business, entrepreneurship, education, and neuroscience. It introduces creativity scholarship...

The Superluminous Universe reveals, for the first time in English, the incredible insights of French quantum physicist Professor Regis Dutheil. Thanks to the development of particle accelerators, physicists are now able to propel particles (tachyons) at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083392Author Paul EkmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers. Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change,...

In this innovative book, cognitive psychologist Shelia M. Kennison presents a rich overview of research on how the human brain works when processing humor, drawing on the new and sophisticated brain-imaging technologies that have enabled researchers and...

Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to our communities and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can also play...

A dizzying array of meditation practices have emerged in the long and culturally diverse history of Buddhism. Yet if you are seeking out meditation today in North America and Europe-and, increasingly, in the rest of the world as well-you will likely...

This much-needed book introduces readers to the related fields of expertise, creativity, and performance, exploring our understanding of the factors contributing to greatness in creative domains.Bringing together research from the fields of creativity...

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is now well established as an effective treatment for a range of mental health problems, but for clinicians working with older clients, there are particular issues that need to be addressed. Topics covered include the...