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Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman
Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction explains what anxiety is, why it is a normal and vital part of our emotional life, and the factors that cause it. Are we born with fears or ...
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Autism: A Very Short Introduction
Uta Frith
Autism: A Very Short Introduction asks: What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are ...
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Child Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Usha Goswami
Child Psychology: A Very Short Introduction examines modern child psychology, tracing its development from birth up until early adolescence. Child Psychology studies the ...
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Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Susan Llewelyn and Katie Aafjes-van Doorn
Clinical psychology makes a significant contribution to mental healthcare worldwide. Clinical Psychology: A Very Short Introduction provides insights into the world of clinical ...
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Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Susan Blackmore
Consciousness is ‘the last great mystery for science’. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could ...
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Depression: A Very Short Introduction
Mary Jane Tacchi and Jan Scott
Covering melancholia, depression, manic depression, and bipolar disorder, Depression: A Very Short Introduction gives a brief account of the history of these concepts, before focusing on ...
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Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction
J. Allan Hobson
Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction provides an increasingly complete picture of how dreaming is created by the brain. It explores how the new science of dreaming is affecting ...
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Emotion: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Dylan Evans
Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? ...
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Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
David Canter
Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction discusses the aspects of psychology that are relevant to the legal and criminal process. It includes explanations of criminal ...
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Freud: A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Storr
Freud: A Very Short Introduction discusses the life and work of Sigmund Freud. The founder of psychoanalysis, Freud developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only ...
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Genius: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Robinson
Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton. What do these world-famous artists and scientists have in common? Most of us would ...
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Happiness: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel M. Haybron
Happiness: A Very Short Introduction considers the true nature of happiness and the current thinking on the subject, from psychology to philosophy. What is happiness? Is it ...
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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Ian J. Deary
Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction describes what psychologists have discovered about how and why people differ in their thinking powers. Drawing on large-scale data, it ...
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Learning: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Haselgrove
What is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. ...
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Memory: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan K. Foster
Memory: A Very Short Introduction weaves together case-studies, anecdotes, literature and philosophy, and the latest research in neuroscience and psychology to address these ...
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Pain: A Very Short Introduction
Rob Boddice
What is pain? How is pain related to emotions, culture, and pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? Pain: A Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and medical ...
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Perception: A Very Short Introduction
Brian Rogers
Perception is concerned with how we use the information reaching our senses to guide and control our behaviour and create our particular, subjective experiences of the world. Perception: A ...
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Psychoanalysis: A Very Short Introduction
Daniel Pick
Since its inception, psychoanalysis has been hailed as a revolutionary theory of how the mind works, and some of its ideas have inspired art, literature, and film, and become part of ...
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Psychology: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Gillian Butler and Freda McManus
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction explores some of psychology's leading ideas and their practical relevance by looking at normal and abnormal behaviour, perception, ...
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The Psychology of Music: A Very Short Introduction
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
There is a long tradition of thinking about music as a product of the human mind. Whether considering composition, performance, listening, or appreciation, the constraints and capabilities ...
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Psychopathy: A Very Short Introduction
Essi Viding
Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination, but there is often a very limited understanding of the condition. For example, people commonly assume ...
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Psychotherapy: A Very Short Introduction
Tom Burns and Eva Burns-Lundgren (ed.)
Psychotherapy: A Very Short Introduction traces the development of psychotherapy from its origins in Freud’s psychoanalysis to the range of different approaches—counselling, ...
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Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction
Chris Frith and Eve C. Johnstone
Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction considers a common mental disorder that has a devastating effect on sufferers and their families. While patients typically hear voices ...
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Sleep: A Very Short Introduction
Steven W. Lockley and Russell G. Foster
Sleep: A Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep. What is sleep? Why do we need it? How much is enough? What is the impact of modern ...
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Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction
Richard J. Crisp
Social Psychology: A Very Short Introduction tells the story of social psychology, its history, concepts, and major theories. Discussing the classic studies that have defined ...
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Synaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction
Julia Simner
Synaesthesia is often described as a rare neurological condition where one sense appears to merge or cross with another. It is a multi-variant condition that can present itself in many ...
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Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan St B. T. Evans
Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and ...
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