Sarah Lichtenstein & Paul Slovic 
Construction of Preference [PDF ebook] 

First published in 1982. This book offers virtually everything that is publicly known about sleep-talking, with the greatest amount and most important of this information coming from the author’s own …

Following the attacks of September 11th 2001, one of the resounding questions asked was ‘What would make anyone do such a thing?’ The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping h …

This book describes the advances and insights made by social scientists from around the world into the understanding and resolution of social dilemmas. Each chapter discusses its own research finding …

The modern study of cognition finds itself with two widely endorsed but seemingly incongruous theoretical paradigms. The first of these, inspired by formal logic and the digital computer, sees reason …

This is an introduction to cognitive science intended for use as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and/or graduate-level courses. In it, the author presents the major experiments and theoretical …

Awareness: What it is, What it does is an accessible, up-to-date examination of scientific thinking about the nature of consciousness. Written to be understood by the non-specialist, Chris Nunn begin …

Early Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice. The …

What is ‘humpty-dumptying’? Do ‘arguments from analogy’ ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using ‘weasel words’? What’s the difference between a ‘red herring’ and a ‘straw man’? This superb …

First published in 1977. The volume of research on nonhuman primates has expanded tremendously during the past 20 years and researchers » familiarity with them has increased correspondingly. This ser …

This book focuses on one important aspect of psychological research — the intensive study of people measured one or more at a time. Some important historical material is detailed in several chapters …