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Shrunk: Crime and Disorders of the Mind is a collection of powerful stories by international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about the many complex mental health issues they face

Bestselling author Dr.

Frank Partnoy demonstrates that decisions of all kinds benefit from being made at the last possible moment.

Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne at a party celebrating the birth of her first child.

What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius?

Richard Roberts draws on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language just as easily as children can if they bring to bear the skills and knowled

Framed by the teachings of the Buddha, this book shows how ancient meditative practices anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience.

Psychologist Peter Gray suggests that it's time to stop asking what's wrong with our children, and start asking what's wrong with the system.

Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information.

Bill von Hippel traces human development through three critical evolutionary inflection points to explain how events in our distant past shape our lives today.

We have always been a social species, and the advent of social media has amplified these tendencies.

Malcolm Gladwell argues that something is very wrong with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know.

What is our species' greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close.

Mindfulness as a practice is very simple and its effects are well- documented.

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