Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
Reflections on the Principles of Psychology
William James After A Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This important volume looks back to 1890 and -- 100 years later -- asks some of the same questions William James was asking in his Principles of Psychology. In so doing, it reviews our progress toward their solutions. Among the contemporary concerns of 1990 that the editors consider are: the nature...
The Many Faces of Social Attention
Behavioral and Neural Measures
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
social neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology, social cognition, vision research and clinical psychology.
social neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology, sThis comprehensive volume reviews current developments in our evolving knowledge of social attention...
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The Ne w Science of the Mind, 5/e provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary psychology, and applies them to empirical research on the human mind. Content...
Unifying Causality and Psychology
Being, Brain, and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
This magistral treatise approaches the integration of psychology through the study of the multiple causes of normal and dysfunctional behavior. Causality is the focal point reviewed across disciplines. Using diverse models, the book approaches unifying psychology as an ongoing project that integrates...
Sport and Exercise Psychology Research
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Sport and Exercise Psychology Research: From Theory to Practice provides a comprehensive summary of new research in sport and exercise psychology from worldwide researchers. Encompassing theory, research, and applications, the book is split into several themed sections. Section 1 discusses basic antecedents...
by Therese Huston
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
“An authoritative guide to help women navigate the workplace and their everyday life with greater success and impact” (Forbes).
So, you’ve earned a seat at the table. What happens next?
We all face hard decisions every day—and the choices we make, and how others perceive them,...
The Leading Brain
Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better, Happier
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
**A cutting-edge guide to applying the latest research in brain science to leadership - to sharpen performance, encourage innovation, and enhance job satisfaction.
**Featured on NPR, Success, Investor Business Daily, Thrive Global, MindBodyGreen, The Chicago Tribune, and more****
There's...
The Organized Mind
Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.
The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions...
by Daniel Kahneman
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Major New York Times bestseller
Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award in 2012
Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year
One of The Wall Street...
How to Think
A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
"Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." **—David Brooks, New York Times
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our...
Reductionism in Art and Brain Science
Bridging the Two Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
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 inform the way we experience a work of art...
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature
Selected Articles
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development,...
The Power of Different
The Link Between Disorder and Genius
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between the potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be “disabilities,” revealing how the source of our struggles can be the origin of our greatest strengths.
In The Power of Different, psychiatrist and bestselling...
This Will Make You Smarter
150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Edge.org presents brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks and...