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  • Autism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Uta Frith ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • What Makes Us Social?

    by Chris Frith, Uta Frith ...
    Series series Jean Nicod Lectures
    A deep dive into the social mind-brain, examining the processes we share with other social animals and illuminating those that are uniquely human.What Makes Us Social? is a scholarly but accessible exploration of the underlying processes that make humans the most social species on the planet. Chris and Uta Frith, pioneers in the field of cognitive neuroscience, review the many forms of social ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Two Heads

    A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains

    by Uta Frith, Chris Frith, Alex Frith ...
    This “charming and addictively accessible introduction to neuroscience” (Steven Pinker) takes us on a highly entertaining tour through the wonders and mysteries of the human brain—from a renowned husband-and-wife team of cognitive neuroscientists.Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Autism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Uta Frith ...
    Narrated by Leslie Bellair ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 16 min

    What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome?Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder itself is little understood. It has captured the public imagination through films and novels portraying individuals with baffling combinations of disability ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Two Heads

    A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains

    by Uta Frith, Chris Frith, Alex Frith ...
    Narrated by Jon Culshaw ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours

    This “charming and addictively accessible introduction to neuroscience” (Steven Pinker) takes us on a highly entertaining tour through the wonders and mysteries of the human brain—from a renowned husband-and-wife team of cognitive neuroscientists.Professors and husband-and-wife team Uta and Chris Frith have pioneered major studies of brain disorders throughout their nearly fifty-year career. Here, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Postmodernism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher Butler ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 7 min

    Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly engaging introduction, the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Language at the Speed of Sight

    How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

    by Mark Seidenberg ...
    In this "important, alarming" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Ungifted

    Intelligence Redefined

    by Scott Barry Kaufman ...
    Child prodigies. Gifted and Talented Programs. Perfect 2400s on the SAT. Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make the rest of us feel inadequate. Those children tapped as possessing special abilities will go on to achieve great things, while the rest of us have little chance of realizing our dreams. Right?In Ungifted, cognitive psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman -- who was relegated ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Homo Prospectus

    by Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, Chandra Sripada ...
    Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. Much of the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Cognitive Gadgets

    The Cultural Evolution of Thinking

    by Cecilia Heyes ...
    “This is an important book and likely the most thoughtful of the year in the social sciences… Highly recommended, it is likely to prove one of the most thought-provoking books of the year.”—Tyler Cowen, Marginal RevolutionHow did human minds become so different from those of other animals? What accounts for our capacity to understand the way the physical world works, to think ourselves into the ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science

    An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior

    Edited by David Sloan Wilson, PhD, Steven C. Hayes, PhD ...
    What do evolutionary science and contextual behavioral science have in common? Edited by David Sloan Wilson and Steven C. Hayes, this groundbreaking book offers a glimpse into the histories of these two schools of thought, and provides a sound rationale for their reintegration.Evolutionary science (ES) provides a unifying theoretical framework for the biological sciences, and is increasingly being ... Read more

    $40.29 USD

  • Ways of Learning

    Learning Theories for the Classroom

    by Alan Pritchard ...
    While most teachers are skilled in providing opportunities for the progression of children’s learning, it is sometimes without fully understanding the theory behind it. With greater insight into what is currently known about the processes of learning and about individual learners, teachers are better equipped to provide experiences and situations that are more likely to lead to effective ... Read more

    $33.99 USD