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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

The Psychology of Fashion

The Psychology of Fashion provides a succinct overview of how our thinking and behavior is affected by the fashion industry, examining ho...

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...

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 ...

Why We Need to Be Wild - One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems

"In the tradition of the best immersive journalism." -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically A bold examination of how Pale...

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.

4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone

4,000 ways to achieve instant intimacy. With new and updated questions! What, more than anything, makes you angry? Who were your childhoo...

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...

A Woman's Place: Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future - Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future

A fearless primer on the feminism we need now: tactics for advancing reproductive justice, promoting intersectionality, and pushing back ...

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...

Powered by ADHD - Strategies and Exercises for Women to Harness Their Untapped Gifts

Practical strategies and exercises that empower women with ADHD to use their gifts for everyday success Backed by the latest research on ...

The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Support Group Guide - Starting and Leading a Suicide Bereavement Support Group

When we're grieving the death of someone loved, we need the support and compassion of our fellow human beings. Grief support groups provi...

The Understanding Your Suicide Grief Journal - Exploring the Ten Essential Touchstones

This companion workbook to the second edition of Dr. Wolfelt's bestseller Understanding Your Suicide Grief helps you explore the many cha...

Understanding Your Suicide Grief - Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart

This essential resource has long offered compassion and hope to mourners torn apart by the suicide of someone loved. Understanding Your S...

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...

Conscious Change - How to Navigate Everyday Relationships with People Not Like You and Create More Inclusive Systems

Trying to figure out the right thing to do or say in your multicultural environment? Made up of practical cases of individuals who have u...

Unmasking Autism - The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity

A groundbreaking new work on understanding 'masked Autism' and the power of embracing neurodiversity for both individuals and society.

Criminal Career Findings and Life-Course Studies - Worldwide Research and Perspectives

The purpose of this book is to provide an original, edited volume on the main criminal career findings that have emerged from longitudina...

Your Brain on Art - How the Arts Transform Us

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023 BARNES & NOBLE'S BEST SCIENCE & NATURE BOOKS OF 2023 The arts can deliver p...

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 ...

Autism Is Not a Disease - The Politics of Neurodiversity

How to build a fairer, more neuro-inclusive society

Reasons to Live - A Guide to Practices That Support Healing Beyond Suicidal Thoughts and Emotional Overwhelm

Instead of letting suicidal thoughts tell you who you are, redefine them with powerful research and inspiring stories of Reasons to Live.

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...

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¿...

The Answer to Anxiety - How to Break Free from the Tyranny of Anxious Thoughts and Worry

Renowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers how to overcome anxiety by giving their worri...

The Experience Machine - How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds 'One of the most important books yet published this ...

Clinical Psychology Reflections Volume 5 - Thoughts On Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy And Mental Health

Clinical psychology applies psychological knowledge and theory to mental health conditions. But psychology students and professionals kno...

Retrieval-Based Learning - A Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology Guide To Learning

People always learn and learning is critical to life. We learn to drive, we learn studying degrees and we learn when reading. Learning is...

Moving from Alert to Acceptance - Helping Clinicians Heal from Client Suicide

This book presents suicide assessment from a clear and relatable ALERT acronym, factoring in the latest research on suicide risks; illust...

Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 10 - Volume 10

The field of culture and psychology is one of the fastest growing areas in the social sciences. The Handbook of Advances in Culture and P...

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...

Creating Change - A Past-Focused Treatment for Trauma and Addiction

This flexible, evidence-based manual offers counselors a gentle, compassionate approach to help people with trauma, addiction, or both ex...

Introduction to Social Cognition - The Essential Questions and Ideas

"Why are first impressions so powerful? How do we "know" what others are like when we cannot read their minds? How can scientists measure...