Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
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Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us
$17.00 Add to cartBy understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.
Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of his- Author: Watts, Duncan J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0307951790
- Language: English
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Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
$19.00 Read more“An ambitious and meticulous foray into the nature of being.” — The Boston Globe
A landmark exploration of the relationship between emotion and reason Since Descartes famously proclaimed, “I think, t- Author: Damasio, Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2005
- ISBN10: 014303622X
- Language: English
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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
$19.99 Add to cartFeaturing a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant–but accessible–ideas to expand every mind.
What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? Th
- Series: Edge Question
- Author: Brockman, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0062109391
- Language: English
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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSome people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Deary, Ian J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019879620X
- Language: English
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Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking
$20.00 Add to cartScientific and philosophical concepts can change the way we solve problems by helping us to think more effectively about our behavior and our world. Surprisingly, despite their utility, many of these
- Author: Nisbett, Richard E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536244
- Language: English
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
$19.00 Add to cart“It’s a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime.”
–Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author … [more below]- Author: Konnikova, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0143109871
- Language: English
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Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self
$21.95 Read moreWhat altered states of consciousness–the dissolution of feelings of time and self–can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.
During extraordinary moments of consciousness–shock, meditative sta- Author: Wittmann, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546086
- Language: English
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The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
$24.99 Add to cartIn this mind-expanding book, scientific pioneer Marvin Minsky continues his groundbreaking research, offering a fascinating new model for how our minds work. He argues persuasively that emotions, intu… [more below]
- Author: Minsky, Marvin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 21 2011
- ISBN10: 0743276647
- Language: English
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Identity: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartIdentity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Ye… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Coulmas, Florian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: April 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0198828543
- Language: English
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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
$19.95 Read moreMemory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the … [more below]
- Author: Kandel, Eric R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329372
- Language: English
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Good Thinking: Why Flawed Logic Puts Us All at Risk and How Critical Thinking Can Save the World
$17.95 Read morePublisher’s Note: Good Thinking was previously published in the UK as The Irrational Ape.
In our ever-more-polarized society, there’s at least one thing we still agree on: The world is overrun with mi… [more below]
- Author: Grimes, David Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1615197931
- Language: English
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Guided Imagery For Groups
$29.95 Add to cart- Author: Schwartz, Andrew E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1570250669
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
$17.98 Add to cartJapanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does langu… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 190468890
- Language: English
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The Archetypal Imagination
$16.95 Add to cartAlso available in an open-access, full-text edition at http: //oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/85764
“What we wish to know, and most desire, remains unknowable and lies beyond our grasp.” With … [more below]
- Series: Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology
- Author: Hollis, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 25 2002
- ISBN10: 1585442682
- Language: English
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Future Stories: What’s Next?
$18.99 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of Origin Story, who Bill Gates has “long been a fan of,” turns his attention to the future of humanity — and how we think about it — in this ambitious book.
T- Author: Christian, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0316497460
- Language: English
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La Memoria Y La Vida: Somos Lo Que Recordamos / Memory and Life: We Are What We Remember
$25.95 Read moreUn experto en psicolog?a de la memoria nos adentra en los misterios de esta fascinante capacidad humana.
La memoria y la vida es una obra clave para entender la perfecta simbiosis que se trenza entre … [more below]- Author: Ruiz Vargas, Jos? Mar?a
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 664
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 8419399728
- Language: Spanish
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
$19.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature’s greatest detective. “Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle” (Boston Globe), by the author of The Confidence Game.
No fictional c
- Author: Konnikova, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 31 2013
- ISBN10: 014312434X
- Language: English
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The Book of Minds: How to Understand Ourselves and Other Beings, from Animals to AI to Aliens
$26.00 Add to cartPopular science writer Philip Ball explores a range of sciences to map our answers to a huge, philosophically rich question: How do we even begin to think about minds that are not human?
Sciences fro- Author: Ball, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 022679587X
- Language: English
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Pet Laughs a Picture Book In Large Print For Adults And Seniors
$14.26 Add to cartThe photos in this book were chosen to encourage communication and to bring back old memories. Patients should also able to enjoy this picture book on their own.
This book is filled with 50 carefully-c
- Series: For Adults with Dementia or Cognitive Loss
- Author: Thornton, Nevads
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1638230242
- Language: English
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The Creative Visualization Workbook: Second Edition
$17.95 Add to cartNewly updated, revised, and redesigned, this popular workbook companion to Gawain’s phenomenally successful guide to personal growth and fulfillment offers readers hands-on methods for designing and i… [more below]
- Series: Gawain, Shakti
- Author: Gawain, Shakti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 28 1995
- ISBN10: 1880032759
- Language: English
