Cognitive Science

This new Companion traces the development of cognitive anthropology from its beginnings in the late 1950s to the present, and evaluates future dire...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 'Punchy, funny and invigorating ... Pinker is the high priest of rationalism' Sunday Times 'If you've ever considere...

A FINANCIAL TIMES must-read business book of the month. A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB must read book for September. 'If you can't concentrate, need inspirat...

The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexter...

The neuroscience of why bad habits are so hard to break—and how evidence-based strategies can help us change our behavior more effectivelyWe all ha...

In this pioneering book, Joseph Shaules presents exciting new research from cultural psychology and neuroscience. It sheds light on the hidden infl...

What goes on in creative writers’ heads when they write? What can cognitive psychology, neuroscience, literary studies and previous research in cre...

What goes on in creative writers’ heads when they write? What can cognitive psychology, neuroscience, literary studies and previous research in cre...

A milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world’s preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study...

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Have you ever done something stupid, dangerous or self-sabotaging just to get one over someone else? Most of us have. Simon McCarthy-Jones draws o...

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds‘One of the most important books yet published this century’ Sp...

A revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyondBy the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billio...