Other minds


Pris: 443,-	Allen, John S. The Omnivorous Mind (0674055721) In this gustatory tour of human history, John S. Allen demonstrates that the everyday activity of eating offers deep insights into human beings? biological and cultural heritage. We humans eat a wide…	Pris: 530,-	Breedlove, S. Marc The Minds Machine: Foundations of Brain and Behavior Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. The Mind's Machine, introduced in 2012, was written to impart the core concepts of behavioral neuroscience to students in a diverse range of…
Pris: 421,-	Andrews, Kristin The Animal Mind (1138559571) The philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and the relationships between humans and other animals. In this fully revised and updated introductory text,…	Pris: 494,-	Siegler Robert S. Emerging Minds (0195126637) How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies, and skills that distinguish the thinking of infants and toddlers from that of preschoolers, older children, and adolescents? In this new book, Robert…
Pris: 278,-	Sharot, Tali The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals about Our Power to A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us and how understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better. In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali…	Pris: 590,-	Avramides, Anita Other Minds (0415241936) How do we know whether there are other minds besides our own? The problem of other minds raises many questions which are at the root of all philosophical investigations - how it is we know, what is the mind and can we…
Pris: 174,-	The Woman who Changed Her Brain - How We Can Shape our Minds and Other Tales of Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities. But by relying on her formidable memory, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive…	Pris: 157,-	Other Minds - The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to…
Pris: 407,-	Overland Orm Immigrant Minds, American Identities (0252025628) The author sums it up best: 'What I call 'homemaking myths' are stories told in immigrant/ ethnic groups both to bolster members' confidence in their identities as Americans and to prove to other Americans, in particular…	Pris: 157,-	Other Minds - The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life BBC R4 Book of the Week 'Brilliant' Guardian 'Fascinating and often delightful' The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent…
Pris: 244,-	The Case for Love - My Adventures In Other Minds	Pris: 464,-	Howlin, Patricia Teaching Children with Autism to Mind?Read (0471976237) The difficulties experienced by children with autism and related conditions in inferring the thoughts, beliefs, desires and intentions of others are well documented in numerous studies. It now seems that these deficits…
Pris: 250,-	Holmes, Ernest The Science of Mind: The Original 1926 Edition & Other Essential Engage your mind to transform your life *The Science of The Mind: The Original 1926 Edition & Other Essential Works is a collection of the most thought-provoking and impactful work of Ernest…*	Pris: 356,-	Nagel, Thomas Mind and Cosmos (0199919755) In Mind and Cosmos Thomas Nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenable. The mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodies. If…
Pris: 169,-	Other minds SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK . What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the…	Pris: 726,-	Baron-Cohen, Simon Understanding Other Minds (0199692971) This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts and feelings of…
Pris: 426,-	Ewing, Charles Patrick Minds on Trial (019518176X) Everyday, in courtrooms everywhere, people's lives are touched and shaped by judgments and verdicts influenced by the testimony of psychologists and other mental health experts. This casebook details 20 high-profile…	Pris: 322,-	Nelson, Katherine Young Minds in Social Worlds (0674034864) Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a…
Pris: 410,-	Goldsmith, John A. Battle in the Mind Fields (022655080X) ?We frequently see one idea appear in one discipline as if it were new, when it migrated from another discipline, like a mole that had dug under a fence and popped up on the other side.? Taking note of…	Pris: 421,-	Devine, Rory T. Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood and Adolescence This landmark text integrates diverse perspectives on how humans understand others? minds (or ?theory of mind?) beyond early childhood into middle childhood and adolescence. It explores how the neural, cognitive, and…
Pris: 593,-	Stapp, Henry P. Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics (3540896538) 'Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter, ' writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a…	Pris: 640,-	Nunning, Vera Reading Fictions, Changing Minds: The Cognitive Value of Fiction This book explores a phenomenon that has so far mainly been studied by psychologists and neuroscientists who are interested in how fictional stories can change readers' beliefs and even improve their abilities to…
Pris: 290,-	Dennett, Daniel The Mind's I (0465030912) With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence,…	Pris: 271,-	Kraft, Julie The Other Side of Me - memoir of a bipolar mind
Pris: 403,-	Littschwager, Simin Nina Making Sense of Mind-Game Films (1501376276) Mind-game films and other complex narratives have been a prominent phenomenon of the cinematic landscape during the period 1990-2010, when films like The Sixth Sense, Memento, Fight Club and Source Code became critical…	Pris: 325,-	Draaisma Douwe Disturbances of the Mind (0521509661) Sergei Korsakoff, Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson, Hans Asperger and other eminent scientists, are all names which have become synonymous with a disease, a syndrome, or an autistic disorder. Although the names of these…
Pris: 280,-	McCauley, Robert N. Hearing Voices and Other Matters of the Mind A man with schizophrenia believes that God is instructing him through the public address system in a bus station. A nun falls into a decades-long depression because she believes that God refuses to answer her prayers. A…	Pris: 1 530,-	Danziger Kurt Naming the Mind (080397762X) Intelligence, motivation, personality, learning, stimulation, behaviour and attitude are just some of the categories that map the terrain of `psychological reality'. These are the concepts which, among others, underpin…
Pris: 269,-	Farhi, Donna Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit (0805059709) This work explains the art of hatha yoga from a perspective that enables westerners to experience authentic yoga practice directly. The principles can be applied to other forms of yoga too.	Pris: 353,-	Eagles, Charles W. The Mind of the South (1628460520) This probing collection of essays assesses the wide influence of W. J. Cash and the profound effect of his classic dissection of southern history. Perhaps more than any other historian, W. J. Cash…
Pris: 309,-	Slingerland Edward Mind and Body in Early China (019084230X) Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, 'holistic' other. The idea that the early Chinese held the 'strong' holist view, seeing no qualitative difference between mind…	Pris: 200,-	Other Than Mother - Choosing Childlessness with Life in Mind
Pris: 530,-	Watson, Neil V. The Mind's Machine (0197542816) The Mind's Machine imparts the core concepts of behavioral neuroscience to students in a diverse range of disciplines, including not only psychology and the other life sciences, but art, philosophy, media studies,…	Pris: 260,-	Church Dawson Mind to Matter (1401955231) We're told that 'thoughts become things', and, although this is true for some things, it is manifestly untrue for others: some of us will never be professional astronauts, for example, no matter how earnestly we think…
Pris: 259,-	Boaler, Jo Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers 'Boaler is one of those rare and remarkable educators who not only know the secret of great teaching but also know how to give that gift to others.' -- CAROL DWECK, author of Mindset	Pris: 1 230,-	Sulzer, David Music, Math, and Mind (0231193785) Why does a clarinet play at lower pitches than a flute? What does it mean for sounds to be in or out of tune? How are emotions carried by music? Do other animals perceive sound like we do? How might a musician use math…
Pris: 345,-	Ordetx, Kirstina Teaching Theory of Mind (1787750477) This book provides an innovative, easy-to-follow curriculum for teaching children with autism spectrum disorders to relate to and interact with others successfully by developing basic Theory of Mind skills. Containing…	Pris: 466,-	ART Fexeus, Henrik The Art of Reading Minds: How to Understand and Influence How would you like to know what the people around you are thinking? Would you like to network like a pro, persuade your boss to give you that promotion, and finally become the life of every party? Now, with Henrik…
Pris: 200,-	ART The Art of Reading Minds - Understand Others to Get What You The international bestselling guide to human behaviour from social psychology expert Henrik Fexeus.	Pris: 424,-	Mind and Nature (1572734345) A re-issue of Gregory Bateson's classic work. It summarizes Bateson's thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect living beings to each other and to their environment.
Pris: 130,-	ART The Art of Reading Minds - Understand Others to Get What You The international bestselling guide to human behaviour from social psychology expert Henrik Fexeus.	Pris: 268,-	Schmidt, Jeff Disciplined Minds (0742516857) 'This book is stolen. Written in part on stolen time, that is. Because like millions of others who work for a living, I was giving most of my prime time to my employer...' So begins Jeff Schmidt in this riveting book…
Pris: 403,-	Rochat, Philippe Others in Mind (0521729653) In this book, Philippe Rochat explores self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives, arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problems. Why are we so prone to guilt and…	Pris: 244,-	Start Where Others Stop - 9 strategies for optimising your mind A practical and empowering guide from the UK's fittest man to an unbreakable mindset and achieving your goals.