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Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change eBook Series

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  • Learnability and Cognition, new edition

    The Acquisition of Argument Structure

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Series series Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change
    A classic book about language acquisition and conceptual structure, with a new preface by the author, "The Secret Life of Verbs."Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Language, Cognition, and Human Nature

    Selected Articles

    by Steven Pinker ...
    Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • How the Mind Works

    by Steven Pinker ...
    “A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear.” —New York Review of BooksThe Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller How the Mind Works is a fascinating, provocative work exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior. How do we see in three dimensions? How do we remember names and faces? How is it, indeed, that we ponder the nature of our own consciousness? Why do we ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Stuff of Thought

    Language as a Window into Human Nature

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now."Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."--The New York Times Book Review**Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $12.99 CAD

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  • The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Why Violence Has Declined

    by Steven Pinker ...
    **“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."—Bill Gates (May, 2017)Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year**The author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now offers a provocative and surprising history of violence.Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • We Are Our Brains

    A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's

    by D. F. Swaab ...
    Translated by Jane Hedley-Prole ...
    A vivid account of what makes us human.Based groundbreaking new research, We Are Our Brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. Renowned neuroscientist D. F. Swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential, our limitations, and our desires, with each chapter serving as an eye-opening window on a different ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Influential Mind

    What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others

    by Tali Sharot ...
    A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us and how understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better.In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect others—from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mind Wide Open

    Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

    by Steven Johnson ...
    BRILLIANTLY EXPLORING TODAY'S CUTTING-EDGE BRAIN RESEARCH, MIND WIDE OPEN IS AN UNPRECEDENTED JOURNEY INTO THE ESSENCE OF HUMAN PERSONALITY, ALLOWING READERS TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES AND THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIVES AS NEVER BEFORE.Using a mix of experiential reportage, personal storytelling, and fresh scientific discovery, Steven Johnson describes how the brain works -- its chemicals, structures, ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Who Are You Meant to Be?

    A Groundbreaking Step-by-Step Process for Discovering and Fulfilling Your True Potential

    by Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard, Anne Dranitsaris Ph.D ...
    An energetic, step-by-step program that helps you move from surviving to thriving, live more authentically, and achieve your potential.Integrating brain science with a fresh take on how your personality affects your behavior, this book provides a clear roadmap, based on your brain, to break patterns of behavior that get in your way.This book:Provides insight into how you can use the abilities you ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Desire, Self, Mind, and the Psychotherapies

    Unifying Psychological Science and Psychoanalysis

    by R. Coleman Curtis ...
    Series series New Imago
    Desire, Self, Mind, and the Psychotherapies unifies psychological science with contemporary relational psychoanalysis, arguing that the disciplines can be integrated if the concept of repression is understood as motivated forgetting, creative aspects of unconscious processes are taken into account in cognitive science, and a "new experiences" model of change is acknowledged by psychoanalysts. Such ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Birth of Intersubjectivity

    Psychodynamics, Neurobiology, and the Self

    by Massimo Ammaniti, Vittorio Gallese ...
    Neurobiological research helps explain the experience of motherhood.This book, the exciting collaboration of a developmental psychoanalyst at the forefront of functional magnetic resonance attachment research and a leading neurobiological researcher on mirror neurons, presents a fresh and innovative look at intersubjectivity from a neurobiological and developmental perspective. Grounding their ... Read more

    Was $43.99 CAD Now $31.99 CAD

  • Psychotherapy after Brain Injury

    Principles and Techniques

    by Pamela S. Klonoff, PhD, ABPP-CN ...
    This book presents hands-on tools for addressing the multiple ways that brain injury can affect psychological functioning and well-being. The author is a leader in the field who translates her extensive clinical experience into clear-cut yet flexible guidelines that therapists can adapt for different challenges and settings. With a focus on facilitating awareness, coping, competence, adjustment, ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD