Cognitive psychology -- Cognitive psychology is the psychological science that studies cognition, the mental processes that underlie behavior, including thinking, reasoning, decision making, and to some extent motivation ... > full article

Psycholinguistics -- Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language. Initial forays into ... > full article

Cognitive dissonance -- Cognitive dissonance is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, which can be defined as any element of knowledge, attitude, emotion, belief or value, or a goal, plan, or interest. ... > full article

Aptitude -- An aptitude is an innate inborn ability to do a certain kind of work. Aptitudes may be physical or mental. Many of them have been identified and are ... > full article

Neuropsychology -- Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relate to specific psychological ... > full article

Social cognition -- Social cognition is the study of how people process social information, especially its encoding, storage, retrieval, and application to social ... > full article

Cognition -- The term cognition is used in several loosely-related ways to refer to a facility for the intelligent processing of information. In psychology, it is used to refer to the mental processes of an ... > full article

Instructional design -- Instructional design, also known as instructional systems design, is the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of ... > full article

Delirium -- Delirium is a medical term used to describe an acute decline in attention and cognition. Delirium is probably the single most common acute disorder affecting adults in general ... > full article

Multi-infarct dementia -- Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is a form of dementia resulting from brain damage caused by stroke or transient ischemic attacks (also known as ... > full article

Human Learning, Fourth Edition
This best-seller covers a wide range of theories—conditioning, social-cognitive, information processing, and social constructivism—while providing solid material on the psychology of ... > read more

Emotional Intelligence : Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioral research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of ... > read more

Mind Hacks : Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain (Hacks)
The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing ... > read more

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Trying to "change" negative thoughts through cognitive gymnastics is like trying to win a war single-handedly. Why waste a life trying the impossible? In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life, ... > read more

Pain Free : A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims ... > read more

The Feeling Good Handbook
...written by one of the prime developers of cognitive therapy, teaching how to remove the mental obstacles that hinder success--from test anxiety and fear of public speaking to procrastination and ... > read more

Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond
Since its development in the 1960s as a structured, short-term psychotherapy for depression, cognitive therapy has come of age. Today the approach is successfully applied in the treatment of a broad ... > read more

Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition
Univ. of Newcastle, UK. Textbook focuses on the new knowledge in human molecular genetics since the Human Genome Project. Includes new chapters on cells and development and on functional genomics, ... > read more

Brain Lock : Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and ... > read more

Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think
Developed by two master clinicians with extensive experience in cognitive therapy treatment and training, this popular workbook shows readers how to improve their lives using cognitive therapy--one ... > read more