Cognitive Psychology

If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical impulses? What separates us from animals, or from computers? ...

While Gray Hair And Wrinkles May Be Unwelcome If Inevitable Signs Of The Passing Years, The Memory Loss, Intellectual Impairment, And Mood Swings That Come ...

In This Book A Cognitive Scientist Explains How The Brain Evolved To Store And Use Information, Allowing Our Ancestors To Control Their Environment, And Why...

The superb researcher, humanist, and author of Descartes' Error binds the body to the spirit in an exploration of consciousness The publication of this boo...

In How Brains Make Up Their Minds, Walter J. Freeman Charts The Brain's Mind, Progressing From Single Nerve Cells To Cooperative Nerve Cell Assemblies To Th...

don Hoffman . . . Combines A Deep Understanding Of The Logic Of Perception, A Gift For Explaining It With Simple Displays That Anyone Can-quite Literally-s...

Babies are born with an instant fascination with the human face, and this powerful natural attraction persists throughout our lives. In the Eye of the Behol...

this Volume Presents Cutting-edge Cognitive And Behavioral Applications For Understanding And Treating Trauma-related Problems In Virtually Any Clinical S...

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Introduces The Theory Of Adult Attachment As An Advanced Relationship Science That Can Enable Individuals To Find And Sustain Love, Offering Insight Into Th...

This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and parents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first t...

A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we re so lou...

the Neurocognition Of Language Is The First Critical Overview Of The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Language, One Of The Fastest-moving And Most Exciting Areas ...

Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-264) And Index.Categories: Medical Books PsychologyChild ...

Top 25 Books of 2011 by the American Library Association, Choice Reviews Named one of the 11 Best Psychology Books of 2011 by The Atlantic "A balanced and ...

The majority of the world's population is religious or believes in supernatural phenomena. In the United States, nine out of every ten adults believe in Go...

The Human Genome, The Complete Set Of Genes Housed In Twenty-three Pairs Of Chromosomes, Is Nothing Less Than An Autobiography Of Our Species. Spelled Out I...

"All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect o...

An Exploration Of The Human Psyche That Shows Us How The Very Purpose Of The Mind Changes Throughout The Day. Indeed, As Gelernter Explains, When We Are At ...

What If What We Consider To Be Reason-based, Deliberative Judgment Is Really The Product Of Involuntary Mental Sensations? In A Skeptic's Guide To The Mind,...

Set your future self up for success with the "fascinating, profound, and immediately practical guide to shaping your life to come, while living more richly...

Are we hardwired to crave more? From food and stuff to information and influence, why can't we ever get enough? Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisi...

The keys to self-knowledge and deep contentment  are right here before us in this very moment—if we can simply learn to live with open awareness. In The U...

If you have the rigorous honesty necessary to conduct self-analysis, this book can be the most important one you have read. For although it makes no promise...

From The Author Of How Emotions Are Made, A Myth-busting Primer On The Brain In The Tradition Of Seven Brief Lessons On Physics And Astrophysics For People ...

Rapid advances in IT that allow complex information to be presented in high volume and density are challenging human ability to absorb and analyze data as n...

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that ma...

The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order t...

Collects Writings From Several Leading Theoretical Physicists And Cosmologists That Offer An Overview Of Our Scientific Understanding Of The Universe As It ...

This Unique Book Helps Readers Understand Why Cognitive Psychologists Approach Problems As They Do. It Explains The Questions Cognitive Psychologists Ask...

Beyond Atomic Habits, a practical and evidence-based guide by a world-renowned researcher on hacking your habits for lasting change.If you’ve ever set a g...

The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective. "Steven Pinker meets Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" (Boston Globe), by the ...

A Fascinating Exploration Of How Computer Algorithms Can Be Applied To Our Everyday Lives, Helping To Solve Common Decision-making Problems And Illuminate T...

Examines The History Of Behavioral Economics, Discussing The Theory Of Israeli Psychologists Who Wrote The Original Studies Undoing Assumptions About The De...

Gluck, Mercado and Myers’s Learning and Memory is the first textbook developed from its inception to reflect the convergence of brain studies and behavior...

The Wisdom Paradox explores the aging of the mind from a unique, positive perspective. In an era of increasing fears about mental deterioration, world-reno...

Argues That Happiness Can Be A Learned And Cultivated Behavior, Explaining How Every Person Possesses At Least Five Of Twenty-four Profiled Strengths That C...

Rigorously researched and accessibly written, Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s Handbook is widely regarded as the leading undergraduate textbook in the ...

How Can You Be A Hundred Percent Sure You Will Win A Bet? Why Did So Many Pompeiians Stay Put While Mount Vesuvius Was Erupting? Are You More Likely To Work...

What if you had the power to change your brain for the better? In Soft-Wired, Dr. Michael Merzenich--a world authority on brain plasticity--explains how th...

Pioneering Psychologist And Education Expert Howard Gardner Applies A Cognitive Lens To Leadership Identifying One Of Its Crucial But Long Neglected Compone...

what Is Consciousness? How Do Physical Processes In The Brain Give Rise To The Self-aware Mind And To Feelings As Profoundly Varied As Love Or Hate, Aesth...

Examines How New Innovations In Education Are Changing The Way People Learn In The World Today, The Way Business Is Affected As A Result Of It, And The Way ...

the Father Of Cognitive Neuroscience And Author Of human Offers A Provocative Argument Against The Common Belief That Our Lives Are Wholly Determined By Ph...

Foreword by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain scienc...

bestselling Author John Gray Turns To The Most Powerful And Profound Relationship In People's Lives--the Bond Between Parents And Child--to Show Parents Ho...

What is your emotional fingerprint? Why are some people so quick to recover from setbacks? Why are some so attuned to others that they seem psychic? Why a...

This engaging guide to the hidden corridors of the mind explores the mental processes through which we interact with the world. Drawing on the work of estee...