Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize From the man who Oliver Sacks hailed as “one of the best scientist/writers of our time,” a collection of sharply observed, uproariously funny essays on the biology of human culture and behavior. In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks, Robert Sapolsky offers a sparkling and erudite collection of essays about science, the world, and our relation to both. “The Trouble with Testosterone” explores the influence of that notorious hormone on male aggression. “Curious George’s Pharmacy” reexamines recent exciting claims that wild primates know how to medicate themselves with forest plants. “Junk Food Monkeys” relates the adventures of a troop of baboons who stumble upon a tourist garbage dump. And “Circling the Blanket for God” examines the neurobiological roots underlying religious belief. Drawing on his career as an evolutionary biologist and neurobiologist, Robert Sapolsky writes about the natural world vividly and insightfully. With candor, humor, and rich observations, these essays marry cutting-edge science with humanity, illuminating the interconnectedness of the world’s inhabitants with skill and flair.

Why do we think, feel and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A. Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon—capture—is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside of our control. In Capture , Dr. Kessler considers some of the most profound questions we face as human beings: What are the origins of mental afflictions—from everyday unhappiness to addiction and depression—and how are they connected? Where does healing and transcendence fit into this realm of emotional experience? Analyzing an array of insights from psychology, medicine, neuroscience, literature, philosophy and theology, Dr. Kessler deconstructs centuries of thinking, examining the central role of capture in mental illness and questioning traditional labels that have obscured our understanding of it. He explores the concept of capture through the emotionally resonant stories of both well-known and unknown people caught in its throes. Dr. Kessler argues that the closer we come to fully comprehending the nature of capture, the better the chance to alleviate its effects and successfully change our thoughts and behaviour. Capture offers insight into how we form thoughts and emotions, manage trauma and heal. For the first time, we can begin to understand the underpinnings of not only mental illness, but also our everyday worries and anxieties.

A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology. Translated from the German by Drs. F. Robbins and Smith Ely Jelliffe; Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series No. 18.

In this book, Barney explores her family tree, chronicles her friendships and associations through reprinted correspondence and recreated conversations, and evokes the golden age of her salon in gallery of literary portraits.

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"this book fills a gap in psychological literature. It gives both the professional and the psychologically minded layman a welcome set of bearings in territory which-at any rate to begin with-most people find rather hard of access....I would like to recommend this book most cordially to the reading C G. Jung May 1949

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About the Book Books about Psychology discuss the behavior of the human mind, conscious and unconscious phenomena, and how mental processes can be understood. Titles include: A History of the Sciences. History of Psychology, Abstraktion und Einfuhlung: ein Beitrag zur Stilpsychologie, An introduction to experimental psychology in relation to education, Collected Papers on the Psychology of Phantasy, Die Psychologie des Mordes, Die Psychologie und Erkenntnisslehre des Johannes Duns Scotus, Freud's theories of the neuroses, Froebel as a pioneer in modern psychology, La Psychologie du Soldat, Medical psychology and psychical research, Strategies of Psychotherapy, Studies in the Psychology of Sex. Sexual Inversion, and The philosophy of self-help; an application of practical psychology to daily life. About us Trieste Publishing's aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. Our titles are produced from scans of the original books and as a result may sometimes have imperfections. To ensure a high-quality product we have: thoroughly reviewed every page of all the books in the catalog repaired some of the text in some cases, and rejected titles that are not of the highest quality. You can look up "Trieste Publishing" in categories that interest you to find other titles in our large collection. Come home to the books that made a difference

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What exactly is "human nature"? Are we correct in accepting ourselves as unchangeable, determined by biology, or is this idea an obstacle to our cognitive, emotional, and evolutionary development? George Mandler explores these questions from a fresh evolutionary and social perspective. He examines the burgeoning field of evolutionary psychology and suggests a mid-course correction. Topics are approached from a variety of backgrounds, drawing on relevant literature and Mandler's own research. He begins with what we know about evolution and gene expression, then moves on to the complex phenomena of consciuosness and emotion. The constraints of both nature and nurture are discussed as limiting forces on human development, and natural selection is considered in the context of our social fabric, which draws on both psychological and anthropological knowledge. Mandler considers human difference, particularly in regard to intelligence and gender, and discusses the nature of human values, including our need for morality and freedom. The book concludes with an appraisal of human cognition and language.

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Although folklore has been collected for centuries, its possible unconscious content and significance have been explored only since the advent of psychoanalytic theory. Freud and some of his early disciples recognized the potential of such folkloristic genres as myth, folktale, and legend to illuminate the intricate workings of the human psyche. In this volume Alan Dundes, a renowned folklorist who has successfully devoted the better part of his career to applying psychoanalytic theory to the materials of folklore, offers five of his most recent and mature essays on this topic.

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