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An "exciting and engaging" investigation (Jonah Berger) of the secret, tangled emotional relationships people have with things-drawing on cutting-edge findings from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and marketing.

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A wide-ranging look at the voices in all our heads, examining how we think and what it means for our lives and sense of self, now in paperback.

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Theory and Practice of Creativity Measurement provides instruments that may be used in the school context or in the workplace for diagnostic purposes and for planning intervention strategies to facilitate the development and expression of the capacity to create.

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Yale psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn explains why our judgement is so often wrong and offers actionable strategies to help us respond to real-life challenges as individuals and as societies at large.

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Available again, an influential book that offers a framework for understanding visual perception and considers fundamental questions about the brain and its functions.

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"The book explores the underlying processes-neural, psychological, and cultural-that make us social"--

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Identifies key principles that are driving force of creativity. This book helps to learn how: a slow hunch can be more valuable than a Eureka moment; the connected 'hive mind' is smarter than the lone thinker; where you think matters just as much as what you're thinking; and, the best ideas come from building on the ideas and inventions of others.

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Taxing, tempting, and fun, Brain Games will have your gray matter ship-shape in no...

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Drawing on the work of renowned psychological theorist Lev Vygotsky, Blunden extends his work begun with "Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity".

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Approximately 8 percent of what we dream about has sexual connotations. Interestingly, authorities claim that sexual dreaming is often more intense than the physical act of sexual intercourse. "Dictionary of Sexual Dreams" helps us understand, as well as enjoy, these desires.

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In his book, Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the years ahead and takes that thinking to the next level. Concise and engaging, his book provides valuable insights for those charged with training and developing organizational leaders, both today and tomorrow.

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We live in a time of vast changes. And those changes call for fresh ways of learning and thinking. This book provides insights for those charged with training and developing organizational leaders.

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This work argues that what we now think of as "reason" or "objective thinking" is not a natural product of the existence of an enlarged brain. Rather, it is a way of learning to use the brain that runs counter to the natural characteristics involved in being an animal, a mammal and a primate.

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For the health of the psyche and the culture, for the individual and the whole society, oblivion is as necessary as memory. One must know how to forget, Marcus Aug suggests, not just to live fully in the present but also to comprehend the past.

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This comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of memory studies presents contemporary theoretical perspectives, and traces the development of ideas about memory from the classical period to the present, including chapters on collective memory, Jewish memory discourse and trauma.

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Applying design thinking to work and life is a burgeoning trend, and this journal functions as a practical workbook to help readers apply the principles of life design to their own decision making. From career to love to extracurricular pursuits, this book helps readers figure out how to innovate and iterate their way to a well lived life.

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Includes selected proceedings from the Senses of Place conference held in Hobart in 2006. Printed in colour with an accompanying DVD, this title explores place from myriad perspectives and through evocative encounters.