Titoli in Psicologia

Rischiamo quando pratichiamo professioni pericolose o sport estremi, quando decidiamo come investire i nostri soldi ma anche quando scegliamo quale università frequentare. Naturali o tecnologici, i rischi sono continuamente davanti a noi, ma non tutti li affrontano allo stesso modo: c'è chi è spinto a scalare cime irraggiungibili, chi è stregato dal gioco d'azzardo, e chi invece punta solo sui Bot. Gli autori del volume ci spiegano come funziona la nostra mente di fronte al rischio.

From the author of Against Empathy comes a different kind of happiness book, one that shows us how suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives. Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We...

A groundbreaking guide to mastering everyday fears and anxieties, sharing step-by-step instructions for building daily practices in order to live a fuller, happier life.​ Mary Poffenroth, PhD, is a scientist, professor, and fear expert who has spent her career researching how we can all live...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to...

"Mi è simpatico!": è un'espressione che appartiene a tutti e che, pur senza conoscerne appieno il significato, tutti usiamo sin dall'infanzia, associandola a incontri gradevoli e a situazioni positive. Intesa, forza attrattiva, affinità: la simpatia è più di un'emozione, è quasi un sentimento che, quando c'è, facilita le relazioni sociali.

Learn how small changes can make a big difference in your powers of persuasion with this New York Times bestselling introduction to fifty scientifically proven techniques for increasing your persuasive powers in business and life. Every day we face the challenge of persuading others to do what...

The official weekly podcast of 4KWeeks.com. Bringing you thoughtful reflections on how to get the most out of each of your numbered weeks, along with a weekly dad joke, quote, podcast and content recommendations. All in 15 minutes or less... usually! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it?...

Neuroeconomia, neuromarketing, neuroestetica, neuroteologia...: si affacciano oggi sulla scena nuove e sempre più fantasiose discipline frutto del cortocircuito tra saperi antichi e scoperte recenti sul funzionamento del cervello. Sui media proliferano articoli divulgativi, corredati da foto a colori del cervello, che ci mostrano il luogo preciso dove si sviluppa un certo pensiero o una certa emozione, facendoci credere che sia possibile vedere direttamente, senza mediazioni, il cervello al lavoro. Ma le cose stanno veramente così?

Imagine waking in a hospital bed to find your frail pale arm punctured by an IV transferring fluids and nutrients into your weak, stiff body. You just had a seizure precipitated by your chronic struggle with unacknowledged eating disorders (ED). Living Full is author Danielle Sherman-Lazar's story. Filled with pop culture references, humor, and delivered with raw honesty about the escalating and dangerous behaviors of a person acting out the mental illness of ED, Living Full chronicles Danielle Sherman-Lazar's step-by-step descent into the nightmare that is full-blown ED.

Quale è la realtà della follia, e quale la sua immagine? In che relazione sta con le comuni esperienze di dolore o di malinconia? Attraverso quali linguaggi riesce a comunicare una sofferenza che pare riferirsi a un altro mondo, a una diversa realtà? Come tutto ciò finisce per condizionare la creatività? E in che modo dovrebbe porsi una psichiatria realmente umana che voglia immedesimarsi con le vibrazioni più intense delle anime sofferenti?

New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger’s cutting-edge research reveals how six types of words can increase your impact in every area of life: from persuading others and building stronger relationships, to boosting creativity and motivating teams. Almost everything we do involves words...

The go‑to, revelatory guide based on Dr. Stephen Ilardi's proven Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) program—a practical plan for natural ways to treat depression without medication. Now updated with new research. The Depression Cure will change the way we think about and manage depression...

This fascinating and highly accessible book presents fantastic but totally feasible projections of what your brain may be capable of in the near future. It shows how scientific breakthroughs and amazing research are turning science fiction into science fact. In this brave new book, you'll explore.

The aftermath of a single event or repeated trauma can profoundly shape how we experience the rest of our lives. Whether it occurred in childhood, a recent relationship, a catastrophe, or other situation, trauma can have lifelong effects. Yet, as impossible as it may seem now, says Dr. Arielle Schwartz, you can return to wholeness. This pioneering psychotherapist, a survivor of complex trauma herself, has helped thousands. With Trauma Recovery, she brings us a compassionate and practice-oriented audio resource for transformation and growth.

From an internationally renowned pediatrician and an eminent child psychiatrist, a guidebook that helps parents through the challenging preschool and first-grade years. Through delightful profiles of four very different children, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and Dr. Joshua D. Sparrow apply the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I learned much from this book. Priya Parker has created both an art and a science to gathering in ways that can bring joy and fulfillment to any meeting."—Deepak Chopra MD "A long overdue and urgent manifesto.” —Seth Godin "Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!"...

Ein umfassend neues Verständnis von Traumata vom Pionier der Traumaforschung – aktualisiert, erweitert und erstmals als Hörbuch auf Deutsch. Das Trauma in dir erschließt ein faszinierendes neuartiges Verständnis der Ursachen und Folgen von Traumata und schenkt allen, die die zerstörerische Wirkung eines solchen Erlebnisses kennengelernt haben, Hoffnung und Klarheit.

In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich draws on cutting-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology to explore these questions and more. He illuminates the origins and evolution of family structures, marriage, and religion, and the profound impact these cultural transformations had on human psychology. Mapping these shifts through ancient history and late antiquity, Henrich reveals that the most fundamental institutions of kinship and marriage changed dramatically under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church.

Klein proposes a naturalistic approach to decision making, which views people as gaining experience that enables them to use a combination of intuition and analysis to make decisions. To illustrate this approach, Klein tells stories of people - from pilots to chess masters - acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditions.