Intelligens & tänkande

One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinking 'There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality...

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First published in 1983 and now available with a new introduction by the author, Gardner's trailblazing book revolutionized the worlds of education and psychology by positing that rather than a single type of intelligence, we have several- most of...

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In the spirit of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author. Whether we're buying a p...

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Vad är problemlösning? Och hur gör man när man - med eller utan framgång - löser problem eller tänker efter? Psykologin nämner sällan eller aldrig tänkandet och problemlösningen. Inte heller den kognitiv psykologin behandlade problemlösningen....

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Lev Vygotskij (1896-1934) har spelat en central roll i den moderna pedagogikens och psykologins utveckling. Han verkade under en kort och intensiv period och dog i tuberkulos, endast 37 år gammal. Hans mest kända arbete, Tänkande och språk, utkom ...

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Explores the process by which people make decisions, explaining how the difference between good and bad decision making is directly related to the details on which people focus, and offers advice on how to improve decision making skills.

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'Heady, exhilarating, often astonishing' New York Times 'Iridescently original, deeply disorientating and yet somehow radically hopeful ... worth reading and rereading' Brian Eno 'Be prepared to re-evaluate your relationsh...

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WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021 'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Re...

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Changes in the environment drive evolution, and evidence suggests that our ancestors evolved to use cultural adaptations to survive environmental fluctuations of great severity. In A Story of Us, Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson explain the evide...

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We live in a time of vast changes. And those changes call for entirely new ways of learning and thinking. world-renowned for his theory of multiple intelligences, gardner takes that thinking to the next level in this book, drawing from a wealth of...

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If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how ...

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Intuition is not some magical and mysterious property that arises unbi dden from the depths of our mind. It is a product of long hours and in telligent design, of meaningful work enviroments and particular rules and principles. For too long we hav...

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The most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhere. Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence, known as Multiple Intelligences theory, has changed the face of education. T...

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One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinking ''There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, bu...

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Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until the discoveries of modern brain researchers, theorists could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's fascinating report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscie...

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BBC R4 Book of the Week Brilliant Guardian Fascinating and often delightful The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from th...

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A hallmark of much of the research on children?s thinking in the 1970s had been the focus on explicit content domains. Much of this research had been represented by an eclectic collection of studies sampled from a variety of disciplines and conten...

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Drawing on philosophy, political and social theory, decision-theory, economics, psychology, history and literature, Jon Elster's classic book Sour Grapes continues and complements the arguments of his acclaimed earlier book, Ulysses and the Sirens...

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Brought to you by Penguin. Daniel Kahneman''s pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality, read by Patrick Egan. In Thinking, Fast and Slow , Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour of the mind and explains the two syst...

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In Things That Make Us Smart, Donald A. Norman explores the complex interaction between human thought and the technology it creates, arguing for the development of machines that fit our minds, rather than minds that must conform to the machine.Hum...

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Thinking is the essence of what it means to be human and defines us more than anything else as a species. Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and decisi...

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Natural General Intelligence aims to provide a bridge between the theories of those who study biological brains and the practice of those who are seeking to build artificial brains.

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The way that we assess and overcome problems is an essential part of everyday life. Problem Solving provides a clear introduction to the underlying mental processes involved in solving problems. Drawing on research from cognitive psychology a...

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The 'Flynn effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century. Does it mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Does it suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Pro...

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The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Students Handbook provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual perception and attention through to memory and language. Each chapte...

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This unique textbook explores core cognitive psychology topics from an innovative new perspective, focusing on key real-world issues to show how we understand and experience the world. The book examines compelling topics such as creativity, proble...

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Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard,only to give their hard-earned money away?When it comes to ma...

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Some people are cleverer than others, but how and why do people differ in their thinking powers? Drawing on the latest psychological data Ian Deary considers some of our most burning questions about intelligence, such as how genes, environment, ag...

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Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administrations decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War. Although covert operations were an integral part of Americas arsenal during the ...

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Arithmetic is still hugely important in many aspects of modern life, but our personal attitudes to it differ greatly. Many people struggle with the basic principles of arithmetic, whilst others love it and feel confident in their arithmetical abil...

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