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Emotions Revealed - Understanding Faces and Feelings

Exploration of the external signs and facial expressions behind our emotional behaviour. Ekman is a professor of psychology and world ren...

How Emotions Are Made - The Secret Life of the Brain

When you feel anxious, angry, happy or surprised, what's really going on inside you? 'Fascinating . . . a thought-provoking journey into ...

Other Minds - The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

The distinguished philosopher of science and scuba diver Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a differing narrative of nature achieving self-awar...

We Are Our Brains - From the Womb to Alzheimer's

Taking us through every stage in our lives, from the womb to falling in love to old age, Dick Swaab shows that we don't just have brains:...

An Anthropologist on Mars

'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his...

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Dr Kevin Dutton is a researcher at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, and a member of the Oxford Centre for...

Man and His Symbols

Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide...

Awakenings

Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness duri...

The Knowledge Illusion - The myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom

The human mind is both brilliant and pathetic. We have mastered fire and have stood on the moon, and yet every one of us is fundamentally...

The Geography of Thought - How Asians and Westerners Think Differently

The ways in which differing experiences of the world colour perspectives as well as ecologies, social structures, philosophies and other ...

Against Empathy - The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He is an internationally recognised expert on the psychology of language, socia...

How We Learn - The New Science of Education and the Brain

'Absorbing, mind-enlarging, studded with insights ... This could have significant real-world results' Sunday Times Humanity's greatest fe...

The Influential Mind - What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others

'Lucid and engaging . . . Sharot's treatment is particularly valuable for its balance between accessibility to the reader and solid groun...

The Mind's Eye

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does ...

How Spies Think - Ten Lessons in Intelligence

WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021 'One of the best books ever written about ...

The Cyber Effect - A Pioneering Cyberpsychologist Explains How Human Behaviour Changes Online

Dr Mary Aiken is the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, criminology and teCNolog...

Inferior - The True Power of Women and the Science that Shows it

Angela Saini addresses the gender wars in biology, psychology and anthropology to reconsider ideas about the differences between the sexe...

So You've Been Publicly Shamed

The classic book on social media and public shaming, now with an extra chapter examining the shaming of Monica Lewinsky.

Noise - A Flaw in Human Judgment

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow and the coauthor of Nudge, a revolutionary explo...

What We Want - A Journey Through Twelve of Our Deepest Desires

A fly-on-the-wall journey through universal human wants and desires, and a practical toolkit for living well, from leading psychotherapis...

The Art of Reading Minds - Understand Others to Get What You Want

The international bestselling guide to human behaviour from social psychology expert Henrik Fexeus.

Empower Your Success: Success Strategies to Maximize Performance, Take Positive Action, and Engage Your Enthusiasm for Living a Great Life

The River of Consciousness

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined his plans for the last book he would oversee, The River of Consciousness. As an eminent...

Theory of Consciousness

Consciousness is discussed in scientific terms. Conscious beings can change their own momentum and the momentum of other objects and bein...

Measuring Behaviour - An Introductory Guide

Explains the concepts and practical methods of behavioural science in clear, concise terms: vital for understanding humans, animals and AIs.

The Educated Mind - How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding

The ills of education are caused, Kieran Egan argues, by the fact that we have inherited three major educational ideas, each of which is ...

The Cognitive Science of Belief - A Multidisciplinary Approach

An integrative exploration of the concept of beliefs and their applications as studied across the cognitive sciences.

The Right Life - Human Individuality and Its Role in Our Development, Health and Happiness

A redefining of human individuality based on self-acceptance and a renewed focus on how self-improvement moves in divergent directions fo...

I Drink, Therefore I Am: My Quest for Identity, Love, and Sobriety

Temple Talks about Autism and the Older Child

"Dr. Temple Grandin's pocket guide to older kids and young adults with autism! Dr. Temple Grandin is a doctor of animal science, professo...

The Psychology of Twilight

"Led by husband-and-wife team E. David Klonksy, PhD, and Alexis Black ... [this book looks] at love, family, vampires, werewolves, and ou...

The Mind is Flat - The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind

Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. He founded WBS's Behavioural Science group, which is the larg...

Banish Your Inner Critic - Silence the Voice of Self-Doubt to Unleash Your Creativity and Do Your Best Work (Gift for artists)

Creativity Evangelist Denise Jacobs helps readers conquer mental blocks and self-defeating behaviors to take back their creative power an...

The Pattern Seekers - A New Theory of Human Invention

'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker 'Bold, intriguing, profound' Jay...

Understanding Disorganized Attachment: Theory and Practice for Working with Children and Adults - Theory and Practice for Working with Children and Adults

This is the most extreme form of insecure attachment and can develop in a child when the person who is normally meant to protect them is ...

Research Methods for Environmental Psychology

Research Methods for Environmental Psychology is the first new book covering research methods in environmental psychology in over 25 year...

Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being

The Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being is a companion workbook designed to accompany Compton and Hoffman¿...

Children's Thinking - International Student Edition - Cognitive Development and Individual Differences

Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences, Seventh Edition by David Bjorklund presents current, thorough rese...

On Killing - The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversi...

A Bright Red Scream - Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain

"I highly recommend [A Bright Red Scream], because it's beautifully written and . . . so candid." -Amy Adams, star of HBO's Sharp Objects...

The Other Side of Happiness - Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living

Dr. Brock Bastian is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His studies have been...

Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction

Despite the fascination with psychopaths in film, TV, and novels, psychopathy remains widely misunderstood. Most psychopaths are not murd...

The Neuroscience of Intelligence

Why are some people smarter than others? This accessible book explains modern neuroscience techniques and what they reveal about intellig...

Awakenings

The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

Wayfinding - The Art and Science of How We Find and Lose Our Way

[A] fascinating, incisive account of how the human brain evolved to keep us orientated . . . Beautifully written and researched.' - Isabe...

Principles of Behavioral Neuroscience

How does brain activity give rise to sleep, dreams, learning, memory, and language? Do drugs like cocaine and heroin tap into the same ne...

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

A million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.

Free Your Mind - The new world of manipulation and how to resist it

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind.

Ways of Attending - How our Divided Brain Constructs the World

Everything we come to know and experience of the world depends on the way we attend to it. For reasons of survival, our brains have evolv...

The Recovering - Intoxication and Its Aftermath

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is mor...

Smart: Use Your Eyes to Boost Your Brain (Adapted from the New York Times Bestseller Visual Intelligence)

"What would you say if I told you that looking at abstract paintings could give you the confidence you need to speak up in class? Or that...

Binge-Eating Disorder - Clinical Foundations and Treatment

This innovative scientific reference and clinical tool is virtually two books in one. Part I reviews the literature on binge-eating disor...

Emotional Labor - The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power

"An urgent look at emotional labor....Hackman's words reveal the agency of women is still possible while the power of care, empathy, and ...

The Power of Ted* (*The Empowerment Dynamic): 10th Anniversary Edition

The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) is your guide for learning and growing through the difficulties of your life. This 10th Anni...

Upside - The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth

Through cutting-edge research and thoughtful personal stories comes a “compassionate, friendly, and empathetic” (Kirkus Reviews) explorat...

The New Social Story Book, Revised and Expanded 15th Anniversary Edition - Over 150 Social Stories That Teach Everyday Social Skills to Children and Adults with Autism and Their Peers

Carol Gray's world-famous Social Stories have helped thousands of children with autism spectrum disorders. This 15th anniversary edition ...

Social Psychology

Now in its ninth edition, Hogg & VaughanGÇÖs Social Psychology offers a comprehensive, lively introduction to social psychological theory...

Designing Robots, Designing Humans

Designing Robots, Designing Humans brings together a group of international researchers to explore the different ways that robots and hum...

A Social Psychology of Protest - Individuals in Action

"Over the last few decades, we have witnessed increasing incidents of collective action. Collective action is a matter of demand by citiz...

Retreat - Adventures in Search of Silence, Solitude and Renewal

Retreat takes us on a stunning journey through the many ways humans step back from daily life, both in today's world and in our past. 'Op...