mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-09 | Author:Andrew Trees

Helpful? I didn’t think so. The equations come from Clio Cresswell’s Mathematics and Sex. Her book is filled with equations like that and is quite an enjoyable read. The main ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2008-06-01 | Author:Amanda Ripley

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes To get a better idea of what it might feel like to be in a fire, I visited the burn tower at the training academy ...

mobi, pdf |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Wilson, Timothy [Wilson, Timothy]

GETTING EVEN TOUGHER Maybe there is another reason why scared-straight programs fail—they don’t deliver a strong enough message. What if we got even tougher with at-risk teens? We could send ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Richard Wiseman

THE HIDDEN INFLUENCE OF HOLLYWOOD Research shows that we link looks with likeability. Whenever we see an attractive face, we unconsciously associate it with traits such as “kindness,” “honesty,” and ...

mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Steven Pinker

Before turning to the bigger picture of the appreciation of children in the West, I must spend a few words on a more jaundiced view of the historical fate of ...

mobi |eng | 2008-06-19 | Author:Sayre, Kent [Sayre, Kent]

Fear of Success Some people subconsciously fear success. Their fear paralyzes them, preventing them from taking any positive action. Successful people find ways to overcome this fear, and that's one ...

mobi |eng | 1989-01-01 | Author:Jerold J. Kreisman; Hal Straus

Contending with Borderline Rage After a while, for someone close to a borderline, unpredictable behaviors may become commonplace and therefore “predictably unpredictable.” One of the most common, the angry outburst, ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1973-07-25 | Author:Berne, Eric [Berne, Eric]

5 · IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU Thesis. The detailed analysis of this game has already been given in Chapter 5. It was historically the second game uncovered, after ‘Why ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2006-09-01 | Author:Daniel Goleman

THE LOW ROAD TO COMPASSION Such empathy, Jaak Panksepp argues, has its roots in the low-road neural system for maternal nurturance, one we share with a wide range of other ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-15 | Author:Steven Pinker

BENEATH THE METAPHOR If learning and using a metaphor requires us to manipulate ideas in a deeper stratum of thought, do we have any idea what these ideas are? One ...

mobi |eng | 2011-08-22 | Author:Pennebaker, James W. [Pennebaker, James W.]

The words people use in their conversations, e-mails, and letters predict where they rank in the social hierarchy surprisingly well. As you might guess, status is revealed by function words ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-13 | Author:Pinker, Steven [Pinker, Steven]

There is a very good reason why the erotic side of Man has called forth so much more discussion lately than has his appetite for food. The reason is this: ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2008-11-11 | Author:Pease, Barbara & Pease, Allan [Pease, Barbara]

Notice how you behave next time you go alone to a crowded cinema. As you choose a seat that is surrounded by a sea of unknown faces, notice how, like ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2007-07-14 | Author:June Hunt

Stage Two: Feel the Offense In response to unjust treatment, we may feel anger, outrage, or even hatred. Still, some people avoid dealing honestly with their emotions because they believe ...

mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2011-01-11 | Author:Sherry Turkle

PRESENTATION ANXIETY What are the truth claims in a Facebook profile? How much can you lie? And what is at stake if you do? Nancy, an eighteen-year-old senior at Roosevelt, ...