Psychology & Psychiatry : Cognitive Psychology

New author afterword! How do we make decisions - good and bad - and why are some people so much better at it than others? That's the question Malcolm Gladwell asks and answers in the follow-up to his huge bestseller The Tipping Point. Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus. Leaping boldly from example to example, displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Gladwell reveals how we can become better decision makers - in our homes, our offices and in everyday life. ''Gladwell's real genius is as a storyteller. He's like an omniscient, many-armed Hindu god of anecdotes: he plucks them from every imaginable field of human endeavor''.Royally entertaining. - Lev Grossman, Time more...

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A scientifically based program to preserve memory from a top Columbia University expert. An internationally renowned expert on memory, Dr. D. P. Devanand, Co-Director of Columbia University’s Memory Disorders Center, draws on the latest findings – many based on his own original research and his own clinical experiences with patients – to offer a practical, prescriptive program to keep your mind in shape and stave off memory loss. more...

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Thinking is a skill...here?s how to master it. Every day, people are faced with problems to solve and decisions to make. And the best results come when they can think clearly—a skill that can be developed with the right guidance. This illuminating guide uses creativity, psychology, and physiology to show readers how to become great thinkers. Readers will learn how to make the most of their brains, from making informed choices and determining personal beliefs, to expressing oneself, exercising mental muscles, and keeping sharp. -Aimed at everyone from school age to old age. -Includes mind teasers throughout—word problems, analogies, puzzles, and more—as well as points to ponder, age-old (and current) questions, and ideas that continue to warrant discussion. more...

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Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation speaks in the clear voice of a woman who emerged from the other side of autism, bringing with her an extraordinary message about how animals think and feel.Temple's professional training as an animal scientist and her history as a person with autism have given her a perspective like that of no other expert in the field. Standing at the intersection of autism and animals, she offers unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas about both. more...

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In this newly revised edition of the award-winning Come to Your Senses: Demystifying the Mind-Body Connection, Dr. Stanley Block offers his Ten-Day Plan to optimize your life -- a breakthrough program that has helped people all over the world heal from post-traumatic stress syndrome, combat trauma, substance abuse, mental illness, pain, and depression. The easy-to-apply method uses Identity System ''resting'' techniques that enable you to recognize and defuse the self-defeating mental tug-of-war that exists in all of us. Learn how stress, fear, and thought activate the sympathetic nervous system with increased tension, pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. By literally ''coming to your senses'' of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound, you begin to control negative responses, free yourself from a paralyzed state of mind, and live a happy, balanced life. more...

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