The Book of Why - The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and ...Show more
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, 3rd Edition: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
A renowned psychiatrist reveals how trauma affects children--and outlines the path to recovery How does trauma affect a child's mind--and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and sh ...Show more
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story by Charlie Mackesy
$45.00 AUD
Category: Gift
Ahead of the long-awaited film on BBC One this C hristmas Day, a breathtaking new imagining of the original record-breaking story. Charlie Mackesy's beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas. This beautiful ...Show more
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
The Brain's Way of Healing by Norman Doidge
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: The\Neuroplasticity Chronicles Ser.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 'BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOOK' This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain's complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and ...Show more
The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and How to be Brave by Catherine Sanderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and abuse, why do good people ...Show more
The Case for a Four Day Week by Anna Coote, Aidan Harper, Alfie Stirling
$20.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Not so long ago, people thought that a ten-hour, six-day week was normal; now, it’s the eight-hour, five-day week. Will that soon be history too? In this book, three leading experts argue why it should be. They map out a pragmatic pathway to a shorter working week that safeguards earnings for the lower- ...Show more
The Catalyst by Jonah Berger
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
When seeking to change minds, we tend to try to coax, convince, or push people in the direction we want them to go. Client not buying the pitch? Provide more facts and reasons. Boss not listening to the idea? Give them more examples or a deeper explanation. We think if we just apply more pressure, thing ...Show more
The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well by Daniel Levitin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
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 Changing Mind - A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well by Daniel Levitin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
What if the best was yet to come? Recent studies show that our happiness levels peak at age 82, and that our decision-making skills improve as we age. As more of us live past the age of 80, in this ground-breaking book, Dr Daniel Levitin uses cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to dem ...Show more
The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the coloniser and those colonised.