Noise by Daniel Kahneman
27.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Wherever there is human judgement, there is noise.From the world-leaders in strategic thinking and the multi-million copy bestselling authors of Thinking Fast and Slow and Nudge, the next big book to change the way you think.Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical ...Show more
Wanting by Luke Burgis
32.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there's a psychological force just as powerful - yet almost nobody has heard of it. It's responsible for bringing group ...Show more
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice by Hana Walker-Brown
37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should.A 14-year old-rugby player is told to play on through multiple blows. He never wakes up from the last one.A scientist reveals endemic brain disease in NFL players and is discredited.A survivor of domestic abuse can't remember details when standing up ...Show more
The Act of Living by Frank Tallis
27.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
'Tallis writes with clarity and wit' Sebastian FaulksScience, technology and western liberal democracy have all had a dramatic impact on our quality of life. Compared to previous generations, we have unprecedented access to information, increased personal freedom, more material comforts and more possess ...Show more
The Psychology of Stupidity by Jean-Francois Marmion
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
The Number One International bestseller'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven PinkerAt last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world's smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday.Stupidity is all ...Show more
The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well by Daniel Levitin
26.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
We have long been encouraged to think of old age as synonymous with deterioration. Yet, recent studies show that our decision-making skills improve as we age and our happiness levels peak in our eighties. What really happens to our brains as we get older?More of us are living into our eighties than ever ...Show more
The Urge: Our History of Addiction by Carl Erik Fisher
40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Series: The\Addicted Brain Ser.
An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction - a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives - by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself. Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, ...Show more
Emotional: The New Thinking about Feelings by Leonard Mlodinow
40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
We've been told we need to master our emotions and think rationally to succeed. But cutting-edge science shows that feelings are every bit as important to our success as thinking You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how to influence people, and not one of them coul ...Show more
Coaching with NLP For Dummies by Kate Burton
37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
How to become an NLP practitioner or supercharge your coaching skills with NLP One of the most popular methods for helping people achieve their life aspirations Neuro-Linguistic Programmming, or NLP, holds the key to remaking one's future. NLP encourages users to re-create the thought patterns common ...Show more
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know by Richard Firth-Godbehere
39.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have evolved along with us. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, who, as a species, have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. Bu ...Show more
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt
24.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Discover why learning is good for us and how to develop a 'Beginner's Mindset'. 'Beginners belongs on the list of books that have changed the way I understand my own limitations.' - Malcolm Gladwell For many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We live in an age which revere ...Show more
The Devil You Know by Gwen Adshead
36.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
From a pioneering psychiatrist and psychotherapist comes The Devil You Know, a perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals which reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large. As a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, you could say I am a student of evil. ...Show more