Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The spell of the sensuous The spell of the sensuous David Abram [In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician … OL15845262W
Making Thinking Visible Making Thinking Visible Ron Ritchhart "Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rath… OL16121322W
Beyond the Brain Beyond the Brain Louise Barrett "When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms … OL16182744W
Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Yann Coello,Angela Bartolo "This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language p… OL16617681W
The number sense The number sense Stanislas Dehaene "Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. No… OL16963942W
The wandering mind The wandering mind Michael C. Corballis "The point of this piece of writing is to get you to pick up this book. But what if it takes us a few sentences to explain? What if we need to go into some detail? Are you even going to be paying att… OL20002658W
Ethnographies of Reason Ethnographies of Reason Eric Livingston Written by one of the most eminent scholars in the field, "Ethnographies of Reason" is a unique book in terms of the studies it presents, the perspective it develops and the research techniques it il… OL3514735W
Mental models Mental models P. N. Johnson-Laird This book offers a unified theory of the major propertries of mind, including comprehension, inference, and consciousness. The author argues that we apprehend the world by building inner mental repli… OL4211253W
The Language Instinct ("Daily Telegraph" Talking Science) The Language Instinct ("Daily Telegraph" Talking Science) Steven Pinker From the Preface... I have never met a person who is not interested in language. I wrote this book to try to satisfy that curiosity. Language is beginning to submit to that uniquely satisfying kin… OL477832W
Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies Fluid Analogies Research Group,Douglas R. Hofstadter Readers of earlier works by Douglas Hofstadter will find this book a natural extension of his style and his ideas about creativity and analogy; in addition, psychologists, philosophers, and artificia… OL716837W
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Richard J., Jr. Heuer ix, 216 pages : 21 cm OL9271758W
How we decide How we decide Jonah Lehrer How We Decide provides insight into how people make decisions. The book approaches this question from a scientific perspective, and uses real world examples to help the reader understand. OL9515836W
Getting to Got It! Helping Struggling Students Learn How to Learn Getting to Got It! Helping Struggling Students Learn How to Learn Betty K. Garner Explore the hidden reasons students struggle and what teachers can do to help them become self-directed learners. OL9740875W