(Hardback)

How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds-forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient age

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"New theoretical model of human reasoning proposed by a leading researcher in the cognitive neurosciences. Explains why people are never fully rational in their decision-making"--

(Hardback)

Said even more plainly, it shows us how to revitalize our bodies, boost our creativity, rekindle our relationships, and answer once and for all the questions of why we are here and what do we do now

In a world that needs the best of us from the rest of us, this is a book that shows us how to get it done.

(Paperback)

An entertaining and illuminating romp through the brain's past, present and future in search of an answer to whether we really need all of our brain - Which parts matter most Could we afford to lose any Is our brain at its evolutionary peak or do we have an even more brilliant future to look forward to

(Paperback)

Doreen Kimura provides an intelligible overview of what is known about the neural and hormonal bases of sex differences in behavior, particularly differences in cognitive ability.

(Paperback)

Explores the cross-cultural meanings of symbols with universal patterns of perception.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Stop Smoking with CBT draws explicitly on this set of mind-training tools to help you stop smoking once and for all.

Dr Pemberton guides you through the process of quitting through his addiction expertise and his experience as a smoker wanting to quit, and helps you avoid the common pitfalls that new ex-smokers encounter.

(Paperback)

An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into troubleand why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.

(Paperback)

How to self-regulate and train your brain's attentional mechanism for faster, more accurate, high-quality performance at work.

(Paperback)

A renowned neuroscientist reveals the connection between compassion and brain capacity and opens an accessible and entertaining window into the cutting edge of brain science.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"The Elephant and the Blind is a book about why we need a new culture of consciousness, and how to get it. A culture of consciousness (or Bewusstseinskultur) is a culture that values and cultivates the mental states of its members in an ethical and evidence-based way"--

(Paperback, revised edition)

A new edition of a classic work that originated the embodied cognition movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.

(Paperback)

A new popular science book exploring the cutting edge science explaining human altruism and psychopathy, how closely they can be mapped, and how the potential to be more compassionate and kind exists in all of us.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Explores the functioning of the dream-producing part of the brain and how the unconscious mind is able to externalise itself. This work explains that Neanderthal Man possessed a larger cerebellum than Cro-Magnon Man and posits that the modern repression of the cerebellum's role in our consciousness has given rise to the supernatural phenomena.

(Paperback)

A path to relief.... A fresh, thoughtful plea-notably free of'edubabble'- for exploring strategies of teaching and learning. -New York Times Book Review

(Hardback)

Why the theory of "predictable irrationality" in humans is wrong-a leading psychologist and a business school professor show that underneath all our biases and misjudgements lies a deeply rational ancestral system of decision-making

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

The extraordinary life of a brilliant woman whose contributions to science have been lied about and misused-the Henrietta Lacks of psychoanalysis-and whose mental health struggles look different in light of newly emerging research.

(Paperback)

Offers techniques for overcoming a self-defeating attitude.