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Offering a pluralist framework for understanding the nature, scope, and limits of self-knowledge from the first-person perspective, Rethinking Introspection argues that, contrary to common misconceptions, introspection does not operate through inner perception but...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-05-20
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This is the last major work of Eugene N. Sokolov, Professor of Psychophysiology at Moscow State University from 1950 to 2008. It summarizes the contributions of a lifetime on the neural mechanism of consciousness. Working at the intersection of psychology,...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-05-17
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Thinking is hard - yet barely a waking moment passes when we're not labouring away at it. A few of us may be natural geniuses, able to work through the toughest tangles in an instant; others, blessed with reserves of willpower, stay the course in the dogged pursuit of...
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Penguin
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2013-05-06
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Magnetic resonance imaging methods have taken a commanding position in brain studies because they allow scientists to follow brain activities in the living human. The ability to measure cerebral anatomy, neuronal firing, and brain metabolism has extended and...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-04-09
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Improvisation teachers have long known that the human mind could be trained to be effortlessly spontaneous and intuitive. Drinko explores what these improvisation teachers knew about improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition and compares these theories to...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2013-04-05
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Have you ever had a premonition, the feeling of being watched, or a telepathic experience? Renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake explores the intricacies of the mind and discovers that our perceptive abilities are stronger than many of us could have imagined.
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Cornerstone Digital
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2013-03-31
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Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population but over 20% of prison populations. They commit a disproportionate amount of crime and violence in society. Given that the economic burden of crime in the United States is estimated to be over $2.3 trillion...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-03-15
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CBT for Anxiety Disorders presents a comprehensive overview of the latest anxiety disorder-specific treatment techniques contributed by the foremost experts in variousCBT approaches. Summarizes the state-of-the-artCBT approaches for each of the DSM anxiety disorders...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-03-05
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From memory to creativity—a complete and current presentation of the field of cognition The process of cognition allows us to function in life; it translates inputs from the world so we can recognize the sound of the alarm clock, remember the day of the week, and decide...
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Wiley
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2013-02-07
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Decision making cuts across most areas of intellectual enquiry and academic endeavor. The classical view of individual human thinkers choosing among options remains important and instructive, but the contributors to this volume broaden this perspective to characterize...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-01-30
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Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our own...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-01-24
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Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?Why do we think of deep voices as dominant and high voices as submissive. Are there universal principles governing our own...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-01-24
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Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa’s hands is crossed over the other? What would the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? Although these are questions that appeal to mental imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, mental imagery...
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Springer
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2013-01-19
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The first book to describe evidence-based treatment of dental phobia using brief CBT, based on the pioneering single-session treatment for specific phobias developed by Lars-Göran Öst. Brings together research, experience and techniques from clinical psychology and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-01-18
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In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with changes in attitudes toward organisational and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-12-28
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In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with changes in attitudes toward organisational and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-12-27
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Anyone who claims the right ‘to choose how to live their life’ excludes any purely deterministic description of their brain in terms of genes, chemicals or environmental influences. For example, when an author of a text expresses his thoughts, he assumes that, in typing...
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Springer
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2012-12-22
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Neuroethics is concerned with the wide array of ethical, legal and social issues that are raised in research and practice. The field has grown rapidly over the last five years, becoming an active interdisciplinary research area involving a much larger set of academic...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-12-06
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Informed by the latest clinical research, this is the first book to assemble a range of evidence-based protocols for treating the varied presentations associated with schizophrenia through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Deals with a wide range of discrete...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-12-05
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