Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

How real is the external world? How valid are our memories? Could we ever go back in time? Are there parallel universes out there? What happens whe...

The Science of Happiness is a relatively new area of scientific research and in this timely book, leading psychiatrist Professor Brendan Kelly sift...

'Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read Peak.' Fortune Do you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performan...

This volume presents an exploration of the role of embodied cognition in creating personal, imaginative renditions of hair, that also distally rela...

An exploration of why we don''t talk to strangers, and the wonderful things that would happen if we did.''In a thrilling, immersive journey across ...

Discover why it is that women are poorer than men in this intelligent dissection of the gender wealth gap.''A nuanced look at the institutional opp...

Current Developments in Alexithymia: A Cognitive and Affective Deficit is a book that aims to establish a tangible synthesis between aspects that s...

The book is about creativity and relates to the field of creative cognition, divergent thinking, and innovation. The essays collected here highligh...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHow can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbei...

Selected as a best book of 2017 by Forbes, The Times, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Greater Good Magazine, Stanford Business School and more.A cuttin...

Influence: Science and Practiceis an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say yes to anothe...

In the era of quality in interactive communications, persuasion is an implicit attribute in the human-computer interaction process and the human-co...

This book presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present s...

A fascinating, practical guide to making better decisions with our money, health and personal lives from Gerd Gigerenzer, the author of Reckoning w...

Philosophy has long wondered about relations between a happy and an honest, moral life. This book includes chapters on the relationship between the...

This book explores issues in popular psychology and science that are firstly concerned with the evolution of the human species and, more particular...

The development of metacognitive skills in the human mind has been and is still a great challenge in cognitive psychology. This book provides curre...

Cognitive stimulation (CS) is an individualised approach to help cognitively impaired Alzheimers disease (AD) and dementia patients and their famil...

Defining creativity comprehensively explains what creativity is from an international diverse standpoint. At the same time, it makes for a concise ...