Cognitive Science
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
$17.99 Add to cartLaurence Gonzales’s bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers’ everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, an
- Author: Gonzales, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 10 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353710
- Language: English
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Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose
$18.99 Add to cartAn exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain on purpose–from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers… [more below]
- Author: Cowart, Leigh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541798031
- Language: English
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
$17.99 Add to cartHailed as a classic, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? explores the oddities and complexities of animal cognition–in crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, chimpanzees, and bo
- Author: de Waal, Frans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353664
- Language: English
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In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms
$24.95 Add to cart“Mushrooms are having a moment. [A] natural sequel for the many readers who enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.”–Library Journal
“Bierend writes with sensual verve and specificity, enthusiasm,
- Author: Bierend, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021491
- Language: English
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The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology
$29.99 Read moreA new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?
Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be- Author: Farahany, Nita A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1250272955
- Language: English
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Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
$30.00 Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A Best Book of 2021–Bloomberg Businessweek; A Best Science Book of 2021–The Guardian; A Best Science Book of 2021–Financial Times; A Best Philosophy Book of 2021–Five Books- Author: Seth, Anil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 1524742872
- Language: English
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The End of Bias: A Beginning: How We Eliminate Unconscious Bias and Create a More Just World
$19.99 Add to cartFinalist for the NYPL Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Lukas Book Prize, and the Royal Society Science Book Prize
Winner of the 2022 Nautilus Book Award Silver Medal and an Hono- Author: Nordell, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 16, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250812089
- Language: English
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How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions–And the Art of Knowing When Not to
$32.50 Read moreA “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right
- Author: Yates, Kit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604938
- Language: English
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
$18.99 Add to cartThe author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking,
- Author: Wolf, Maryanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 27, 2019
- ISBN10: 0062388770
- Language: English
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The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
$30.00 Read moreFrom a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences–potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future of technology–transfo… [more below]
- Author: Hoel, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1982159383
- Language: English
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The Dyslexic Advantage (Revised and Updated): Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
$21.00 Add to cartAn updated edition of Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide’s popular dyslexia book with a wealth of new material and improved dyslexic-friendly font.
What if we viewed dyslexia as a learning and processing s- Author: Eide, Brock L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593472233
- Language: English
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
$20.00 Add to cartToday’s “machine-learning” systems, trained by data, are so effective that we’ve invited them to see and hear for us–and to make decisions on our behalf. But alarm bells are ringing. Recent years hav
- Author: Christian, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0393868338
- Language: English
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Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
$18.00 Add to cartWe’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking in this “lively e… [more below]
- Author: Mlodinow, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0525563180
- Language: English
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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
$18.95 Add to cartChallenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we shou
- Author: Hoffman, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0393541487
- Language: English
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Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy
$29.99 Add to cartIn this revolutionary, comprehensive, and accessible guide on how the brain learns, discover how to study more efficiently and effectively, shrug away exam stress, and most of all, enjoy learning.
Wh- Author: Willingham, Daniel T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1982167173
- Language: English
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Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 P
$17.99 Add to cartFollowing on the heels of Lisa Cron’s breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting s… [more below]
- Author: Cron, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1607748894
- Language: English
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The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health
$29.95 Add to cartHow we can use what we’ve learned about the brain to improve our mental health
There are many routes to mental well-being. In this groundbreaking book, neuroscientist Camilla Nord offers a fascinating- Author: Nord, Camilla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 0691259631
- Language: English
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Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
$22.99 Add to cartAn exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind.
What should we do, or leave und- Author: Christian, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118360
- Language: English
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How to Prevent Dementia: Understanding and Managing Cognitive Decline
$26.99 Read moreA comprehensive guide to preventing Alzheimer’s and other thinking disorders from bestselling author and renowned authority Dr. Richard Restak!
How to Prevent Dementia begins with the principle that t- Author: Restak, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 151077629X
- Language: English
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Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
$18.99 Add to cart“An INVALUABLE RESOURCE to anyone who wants to think better.” –Gretchen Rubin
Award-winning YALE PROFESSOR Woo-kyoung Ahn delivers “A MUST-READ—a smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edg- Author: Ahn, Woo-Kyoung
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 125080597X
- Language: English
