What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the face of the world's economic crisis? Can ancient remedies fight sadness more effectively than anti-depressants? What does the neuroscience of acting tell us about how we feel empat...(展开全部)

In a world where we usually measure animals by human standards, prize-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Carl Safina takes us inside their lives and minds, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing why the word "it" is often inappropriate as we discover who they really are. Weaving decades of observations of actual families of free-living ...(展开全部)

The dean of American philosophers shares his views on methods of training students to think well. His considerations include inductive and deductive logic, interpreting facts, concrete and abstract thinking, the roles of activity, language, and observation, and many other aspects of thought training. This volume is essential reading for teachers and other education professional...(展开全部)

To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds. Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy and history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto reveals the t...(展开全部)

亚当•奥尔特 ★趋势观察与心理学界的新锐之星★ ☆闯荡美国心理学界的澳大利亚学霸 亚当•奥尔特是心理学界的明日之星，这位澳大利亚人在美国闯出了一片天地。他在新南威尔士大学获得了心理学学士学位并荣获大学奖章，在普林斯顿大学取得了心理学博士学位，获得了普林斯顿大学博士毕业生最高荣誉之一的夏洛特•伊丽莎白•普罗科特论文奖学金和伍德罗•威尔逊奖学金，随后，又凭借卓越的研究工作荣获了赫乐尔•恩洪新锐学者奖等诸多奖项。 ☆震惊投资界的研究员 2006年，他和心理学家丹尼•奥本海默(Danny Oppenheimer)发现，一个顺口的名字将给上市公司带来更多投资。他们将这一研究成果发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》（PNAS）上，立即引起了轰动，特别是在金融投资领域。 他们两人对1990—2004年间市场上近1000只股票的的表现进行了研究，发现名字顺口的股票在上市首日...(展开全部)

An illuminating look at the way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that aren't always in our control Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along...(展开全部)

How do we think? N. Katherine Hayles poses this question at the beginning of this bracing exploration of the idea that we think through, with, and alongside media. As the age of print passes and new technologies appear every day, this proposition has become far more complicated, particularly for the traditionally print-based disciplines in the humanities and qualitative social ...(展开全部)

How do we think? N. Katherine Hayles poses this question at the beginning of this bracing exploration of the idea that we think through, with, and alongside media. As the age of print passes and new technologies appear every day, this proposition has become far more complicated, particularly for the traditionally print-based disciplines in the humanities and qualitative social ...(展开全部)

How do we think? N. Katherine Hayles poses this question at the beginning of this bracing exploration of the idea that we think through, with, and alongside media. As the age of print passes and new technologies appear every day, this proposition has become far more complicated, particularly for the traditionally print-based disciplines in the humanities and qualitative social ...(展开全部)