New Books in Psychology
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1026
Jeff Warren, "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: ...
Warren offers an irreverent exploration of the how’s and why’s of meditation...
67 min
1027
Susanna Schellenberg, "The Unity of Perception:...
How does perception result in thoughts about items in the world (such as dogs or flowers) and in conscious states of many kinds (such as experiences of seeing red)?
65 min
1028
William R. Stixrud, "The Self-Driven Child" (Pe...
Stixrud offers a combination of cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, and case studies drawn from the thousands of kids and teens...
51 min
1029
Michael E. Kerr, "Bowen Theory’s Secrets: Revea...
A pivotal development in the history of psychology was the invention of family systems theory by psychiatrist Murray Bowen...
50 min
1030
Christian List, "Why Free Will is Real" (Harvar...
Given our modern scientific view of the world, how is freedom of the will possible?
63 min
1031
Louise Hayes, "The Thriving Adolescent" (Contex...
Hayes offers teachers and mental health professionals evidence-based techniques for understanding and working effectively with adolescents...
61 min
1032
Morgan Marietta, "One Nation, Two Realities: Du...
They introduce the concept of ‘dueling fact perceptions’ based on years of research, and for our interview, Morgan Marietta explains how they arrived at such conclusions and their implications for our country’s future...
44 min
1033
Derek Gaunt, "Ego, Authority, Failure: Using Em...
Gaunt uses real-life stories of successes and failures in leadership and negotiations which are both compelling and pragmatic to readers’ own lives...
58 min
1034
Nicholas Shea, "Representation in Cognitive Sci...
In order to explain thought in natural physical systems, mainstream cognitive science posits representations, or internal states that carry information about the world and that are used by the system to guide its behavior...
57 min
1035
Donnel Stern, "The Infinity of the Unsaid: Unfo...
In the book, he addresses the place of nonverbal meaning in unformulated experience and psychoanalytic practice...
54 min
1036
Jill Stoddard, "The Big Book of ACT Metaphor" (...
64 min
1037
Lara Fielding, "Mastering Adulthood: Go Beyond ...
Whether graduating from college, starting a career, trying to gain financial independence, or creating meaningful relationships—entering into the world of grownups can be more than a little overwhelming...
46 min
1038
T. J. Kasperbauer, "Subhuman: The Moral Psychol...
Why do we put other animals in the various categories we do, and treat them in the various good and bad ways that we do?
60 min
1039
Vivian Percy, "Saving Jenny: Rescuing Our Youth...
Vivian Percy's new book is the narration of a mother and daughter’s long painful journey from tragedy, through opioid addiction, toward redemption...
56 min
1040
Ralph James Savarese, "Classic Novels, Autistic...
Ralph James Savarese challenges the notion that autistic readers are unable to immerse themselves in figurative language or get lost in imaginative worlds...
49 min
1041
A. Curtin and M. Skinta, "Mindfulness and Accep...
Gender and sexual minorities face unique concerns and, according to research, are actually more likely to want and seek therapeutic help due to greater levels of psychological distress...
63 min
1042
Jules Evans, "The Art of Losing Control: A Phil...
Evans sets out to discover how people find ecstasy in a post-religious culture, how it can be good for us, and also harmful...
71 min
1043
Ira Helderman, "Prescribing the Dharma: Psychot...
Ira shows that psychotherapists approaches to Buddhist traditions are moulded by how they relate to what is and is not religion...
61 min
1044
Jamieson Webster, "Conversion Disorder: Listeni...
Entering into psychoanalysis takes courage, for patients and analysts alike...
41 min
1045
Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Op...
In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more democratic...
29 min
1046
Amit Pinchevski, "Transmitted Wounds: Media and...
What does it mean to consider trauma and media from the perspective of technology and not from that of the subject of trauma, the clinician or the witness?
48 min
1047
Elizabeth Schechter, "Self-Consciousness and Sp...
Elizabeth Schechter argues that while split brain subjects have two minds and two subjective perspectives, and are two intentional agents...
63 min
1048
Emily Baum, "The Invention of Madness: State, S...
Baum's book is a genealogy of “psychiatric modernity,” of the invention and reinvention of modern mental illness in Beijing, 1901-1937...
63 min
1049
DJ Moran, "Committed Action in Practice: A Clin...
Dr. Moran discusses obstacles to behavior change, taking committed action toward one’s values, and how mindfulness can help people make lasting changes...
50 min
1050
Greg McKeown, "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pu...
Essentialism is a systematic discipline designed to support making life decisions that help you to make your highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter...
57 min