Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
by Jean-François Richard
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1980
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1980
Les recherches psychologiques et psychophysiologiques des vingt dernières années ont renouvelé complètement la problématique de l'attention qui a mis longtemps à acquérir un statut scientifique. L'étude de l'attention tend de plus en plus à s'identifier à l'étude des conditions de fonctionnement...
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Psychologie cognitive de la production verbale orale et écrite
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Alors qu'il existe un nombre considérable de publications concernant la lecture et son acquisition ou la compréhension du langage, très peu d'ouvrages abordent les problèmes soulevés par la production verbale. Le présent ouvrage cherche à combler partiellement ce manque. Il présente un panorama...
by Eric R. Kandel
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2007
“A stunning book.”—Oliver Sacks
Memory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the...
by Daniel Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this bestselling book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we...
Curious
The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent world
Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful....
by Pierce Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In...
Micromastery
Learn Small, Learn Fast, and Unlock Your Potential to Achieve Anything
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Want to be a lifelong learner? Think small.
Forget spending 10,000 hours in the pursuit of perfecting just one thing. The true path to success and achievement lies in the pursuit of perfecting lots and lots of small things--for a big payoff.
Combining positive psychology, neuroscience,...
Big Dreams
The Science of Dreaming and the Origins of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Big dreams are rare but highly memorable dream experiences that make a strong and lasting impact on the dreamer's waking awareness. Moving far beyond "I forgot to study and the finals are today" and other common scenarios, such dreams can include vivid imagery, intense emotions, fantastic...
by Pierce Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In...
Ha!
The Science of When We Laugh and Why
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
An entertaining tour of the science of humor and laughter
Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. We know it when we see it, but is there a way to figure out what we really find funny--and why?
In this fascinating investigation into the science of humor and laughter,...
by Pierce Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In...
by Pierce Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In...
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it was pronounced that there would...
by Pierce Howard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated
At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual—until now. In...