Testosterone - The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven
$37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Reading Level: very good
Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behaviour of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and poli ...Show more
The Art of Clear Thinking: A Fighter Pilot's Guide to Making Tough Decisions by Hasard Lee
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Sharpen your instincts in a world full of uncertainty and risk. The training to become a fighter pilot is among the most competitive and difficult in the world with fewer than one-in-a-thousand succeeding. Pushing a cutting-edge jet to its limits at over 1,000 mph means that every split-second decision ...Show more
The Attention Fix: How to Focus in a World that Wants to Distract You by Hansen Anders
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Million-selling wellbeing guru and psychiatrist's guide to why our addiction to technology causes us to feel anxious, stressed and lost - and what we can do to take back control.Are you increasingly distracted, demotivated and unable to focus on simple tasks?There's a good chance your smartphone is to b ...Show more
The Better Brain by Bonnie J. Kaplan; Julia J. Rucklidge
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
The surprisingly dramatic role of nutrition in our mental health, and how diet and micronutrients can be used to help treat and prevent anxiety, depression, ADHD and other mental health disorders.'The Better Brain is the first book that will tell you both how and why nutrients can be used to treat menta ...Show more
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
$30.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Reading Level: very good
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and ...Show more
The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
$36.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles | Reading Level: very good
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood
$67.03 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome is the definitive handbook for anyone affected by Asperger's syndrome (AS). Now including a new introduction explaining the impact of DSM-5 on the diagnosis and approach to AS, it brings together a wealth of information on all aspects of the syndrome for childre ...Show more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$28.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Series: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer t ...Show more
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race by Daniel Z. Lieberman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Why are we obsessed with the things we want and bored when we get them? Why is addiction "perfectly logical" to an addict? Why does love change so quickly from passion to disinterest? Why are some people diehard liberals and others hardcore conservatives? Why are we always hopeful for solutions even ...Show more
The New Science of Narcissism - Understanding One of the Greatest Psychological Challenges of Our Time--And What You Can Do about It by W. Keith Campbell; Carolyn Crist
$38.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Cut Through the Noise Around Narcissism with the Leading Researcher in the Field"Narcissism" is truly one of the most important words of our time - ceaselessly discussed in the media, the subject of millions of online search queries, and at the center of serious social and political debates. But what do ...Show more
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, Revised Edition by Barry Schwartz
$34.99 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain
Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions-both big and small-have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presente ...Show more
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi
$38.00 NZD
Category: Psychology and the Brain | Series: The Female Brain
The XX Brain is the first book to explain how hormonal changes makes a woman's brain especially vulnerable to Alzheimer's, and shows how this risk and also other forms of dementia can be reduced by preventive medicine and lifestyle modifications designed specifically for women.