Tag Archives: psychology

The Tell-tale Brain

The Tell-tale Brain – A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human, V. S. Ramachandran, (- 2011) Cognitive neuroscience has advanced by leaps and bounds over the last 25 years. This fascinating book, intended for a general audience, is a … Continue reading

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IConnected Parent

The IConnected Parent – Staying Close to your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow up, Barbara Hofer, 2010 Parents of college students can get some good psychology advice from this book. Hardcover, 250 pages.

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Introduction to Neuropsychology

Introduction to Neuropsychology 2nd ed., J. Graham Beaumont, Guilford, 2008 Textbook, hardcover, 300 pages.

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The Human Brain Book

The Human Brain Book, Rita Carter, DK, 2009 This is much more than a picture book, though that is the first impression. Understanding of the brain is growing, and this very readable book collects much knowledge into one place. 250 … Continue reading

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Science Under Siege

Science Under Siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience / edited by Kendrick Frazier, Prometheus, 2009 This is a compilation of articles by Carl Sagan, Martin Gardner, and other leading thinkers, about the importance of debunking pseudoscience and discussion of the … Continue reading

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Fantasy Freaks

Fantasy Freaks and gaming geeks : an epic quest for reality among role players, online gamers, and other dwellers of imaginary realms / Ethan Gilsdorf, Lyons, 2009 Here is a tour of the gaming subculture. 300 pages, hardcover.

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Information Obesity

Information Obesity / Andrew Whitworth, Chandos, 2009 This book will interest university staff who teach social sciences, and policy makers concerned with information literacy.

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Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution

Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution, Thomas Sherratt, Oxford University Press 2009 The field of ecology is advancing rapidly. This book attempts to make research understandable to the layman. It is more about evolution than ecology. Of local interest: the … Continue reading

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What’s next? : Dispatches on the Future of Science

What’s next? : Dispatches on the Future of Science / edited by Max Brockman, Vintage Books, 2009 This little compilation of essays is interesting and readable. Almost half of it is about how our minds work. 200 pages.

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Lost in Cyburbia

Lost in Cyburbia : how life on the net has created a life of its own / James Harkin, Knopf, 2009 A book about social networking.  250 pages, hardcover.

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