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  • The Psychology of Fatigue

    Work, Effort and Control

    by Robert Hockey ...
    Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and well-being, yet is poorly understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins or functions, and different types of fatigue (mental, physical, sleepiness) are routinely confused. The widespread interpretation of fatigue as a negative consequence of work may be true only for externally ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex

    Anatomy, Evolution, and the Origin of Insight

    Series series Oxford Psychology Series
    The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded dramatically during primate evolution. The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex presents a new theory about its fundamental function. In this important new book, the authors argue that primate-specific parts of the prefrontal cortex evolved to reduce errors in foraging choices, so that particular ancestors of ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Working Memory, Thought, and Action

    by Alan Baddeley ...
    Series Book 45 - Oxford Psychology Series
    'Working Memory, Thought, and Action' is the magnum opus of one of the most influential cognitive psychologists of the past 50 years. This new volume on the model he created (with Graham Hitch) discusses the developments that have occurred within the model in the past twenty years, and places it within a broader context. Working memory is a temporary storage system that underpins our capacity for ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology

    by John Marshall ...
    The past 30 years have seen the field of clinical neuropsychology grow to become an influential discipline within mainstream clinical psychology and an established component of most professional courses. It remains one of the fastest growing specialities within mainstream clinical psychology, neurology, and the psychiatric disciplines. Substantially updated to take account of these rapid ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Mirrors in the Brain

    How our minds share actions and emotions

    Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Embodied

    The psychology of physical sensation

    We grow up thinking there are five senses, but we forget about the ten neglected senses of the body that both enable and limit our experience. Embodied explores the psychology of physical sensation in ten chapters: balance, movement, pressure (acting in gravity), breathing, fatigue, pain, itch, temperature, appetite, and expulsion (the senses of physical matter leaving the body). For each sense, ... Read more

    $58.99 CAD

  • Fundamentals of Motor Control

    Motor control is a relatively young field of research exploring how the nervous system produces purposeful, coordinated movements in its interaction with the body and the environment through conscious and unsconscious thought. Many books purporting to cover motor control have veered off course to examine biomechanics and physiology rather than actual control, leaving a gap in the literature. This ... Read more

    $66.39 CAD

  • New Frontiers in Mirror Neurons Research

    The discovery of mirror neurons caused a revolution in neuroscience and psychology. Nevertheless, because of their profound impact within life sciences, mirror neuron are still the subject of numerous debates concerning their origins and their functions. With more than 20 years of research in this area, it is timely to synthesise the expanding literature on this topic. 'New frontiers in Mirror ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Evolution 2.0

    Implications of Darwinism in Philosophy and the Social and Natural Sciences

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    These essays by leading philosophers and scientists focus on recent ideas at the forefront of modern Darwinism, showcasing and exploring the challenges they raise as well as open problems. This interdisciplinary volume is unique in that it addresses the key notions of evolutionary theory in approaches to the mind, in the philosophy of biology, in the social sciences and humanities; furthermore it ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Criminological Theory

    A Genetic-Social Approach

    by T. Owen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In an age of rapid advances in behavioural genetics, this book applies a unique genetic-social framework to the study of crime and criminal behaviour. Drawing upon evidence from evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics, it offers an up-to-date and balanced account of the mutuality between genes and environment. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Human Development, Language and the Future of Mankind

    The Madness of Culture

    by L. Berger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on and integrating unorthodox thought from a broad range of disciplines including clinical psychology, linguistics, philosophy, natural science and psychoanalysis, this book offers a provocative, original analysis of the global threats to our survival, and proposes a remedy. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Sleeplessness

    Assessing Sleep Need in Society Today

    by Jim Horne ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book critically evaluates the popular notion that today’s society is suffering from ‘sleep debt’, or what Horne calls ‘societal insomnia’ - an apparent chronic loss of sleep, which can lead to obesity and related physical and mental disorders including heart disease.It presents evidence which suggests that sleep debt has not in fact worsened to any marked extent over the last hundred or so ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD