Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life. Tali Sharot—one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today—takes this a step further. Optimism, she shows, may in fact be crucial to our existence. In this absorbing exploration, Sharot takes an in-depth, clarifying look at • how the brain generates hope and what ...(展开全部)

From one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today, an investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives. Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali...(展开全部)

Psychologists have long been aware that most people tend to maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali Sharot's original cognitive research demonstrates in surprising ways the biological basis for optimism. In this fascinating exploration, she takes an in-depth, clarifying look at how the brain generates hope and w...(展开全部)

A renowned brain researcher takes readers on a guided tour of the brain to show what today's cutting-edge scientists now know about how that mysterious and fascinating organ works. Readers gain an up-close and personal view of the human brain--what it is, how it works, how mood-modifying drugs find their targets, and more.

The most powerful word in the language is one that most people find difficult to say. Yet when we know how to use it correctly, it has the power to profoundly transform our lives. That word is 'No'.

伊尼斯，生于加拿大安大略省，受业于加拿大麦克马斯特大学，获硕士学位，后转美国芝加哥大学，师从著名社会学家帕克，获博士学位。1920年起直至去世，执教于多伦多大学，任政治经济学教授、政治经济系系主任、研究生院院长。他在政治经济学、文明史和传播学诸领域的成就，使他成为世界级的著名学者、多伦多传播学派的先驱。前期的代表作聚焦于加拿大经济史和文明史，要者有《加拿大的皮货贸易》、《加拿大经济史》、《鳕鱼业》。后期的两本代表作成为传播学的经典，它们是《传播的偏向》和《帝国与传播》。

One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection of essays explores the relationship between a society's communication media and that community's ability to maintain control ...(展开全部)

This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe: the human brain. Today we tend to picture it as a computer. Earlier scientists thought about it in their own technological terms: as a telephone switchboard, or a clock, or all manner of fantastic mechanical or hydraulic devices. Could the right metaphor unlock the its deepest secrets once ...(展开全部)

诺曼·文森特·皮尔（Norman Vincent Peale），博士、牧师、教育家、作家。曾主持纽约市马伯大教堂达52年之久，著有《人生光明面》等40多本畅销书，他最受欢迎的杂志《标杆》也流传了超过450万个人，他传奇的人生被拍成电影“One Man’s Way”。皮尔博士逝世于1993年的圣诞节，享年95岁。

Translated into fifteen languages and with more than 7 million copies sold in book and audio formats around the world, THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING is unparalleled in its extraordinary capacity for restoring the faltering faith of millions of people in themselves. In this unprecedented recording, Dr Peale offers the essence of his profound method of achieving happiness and s...(展开全部)