Behavioral Sciences
|eng | 2014-12-15 | Author:, [,]

Medical Only a handful of studies of pharmacological treatments for bvFTD have been published—very few of them blinded, placebo-controlled trials—and results have been inconsistent. As noted earlier, some studies suggest ...
( Category: Neurology December 15,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-12-31 | Author:Kate Fox

Sit-com Rules Much the same warty-realism rules apply to English situation-comedy programmes. Almost all English sit-coms are about ‘losers’ – unsuccessful people, doing unglamorous jobs, having unsatisfactory relationships, living in, ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies December 8,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-01-02 | Author:Barber, Elizabeth Wayland & Barber, Paul T. [Barber, Elizabeth Wayland]

* * * 1 Joshua Katz points out to us that hocus pocus is a mutilation(!) of the Eucharistic phrase Hoc est corpus [meum], “This is [my] body.” 2 After ...
( Category: Folklore & Mythology December 2,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-29 | Author:Sigmund Freud

( Category: Historical November 30,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Leary-Alpert-Metzner

significance or quality upon command. They are admired, adored, analyzed, examined, changed, made beautiful or ugly, large or small, important or trivial, useful, dangerous, magical or incomprehensible. They may be ...
( Category: Tibetan Book of the Dead November 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Matt Richtel [Richtel, Matt]

“MAY I GIVE YOU some information?” Reggie asked the woman. She said yes. He gave her a pamphlet about the Church of Latter-day Saints, and a phone number to call ...
( Category: Cognitive Psychology November 19,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Bradshaw [Bradshaw, John]

CHAPTER 7 Cats Together Cats can be very affectionate, but they are choosy about the objects of their affection. This apparent fastidiousness stems from the cat’s evolutionary past: wildcats, especially ...
( Category: Mammals November 13,2014 )
mobi |es | 2009-01-08 | Author:Eliade Mircea

LOS PRINCIPIOS DE LA «DESMITIFICACIÓN» Es este último el primer ejemplo conocido, en la historia de las religiones, de un proceso consciente y caracterizado de «desmitificación». Bien es verdad que, ...
( Category: Anthropology November 11,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-06-05 | Author:Clotaire Rapaille

WHAT’S COOKING? ANYTHING? Like the need for shelter, the biological scheme for dinner is fundamental: all human beings need nourishment. But what is the continuum between the biological requirement to ...
( Category: Workplace Culture November 11,2014 )
epub |eng | 1993-04-20 | Author:Gardner, Howard E. [Gardner, Howard E.]

The Development of Bodily Intelligence in the Individual The prehistoric origins of bodily intelligence, and its relation to language and other cognitive functions, may forever be wrapped in uncertainty; but ...
( Category: Educational Psychology November 11,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-07-03 | Author:Brock L. Eide

CHAPTER 21 The Advantages of D-Strengths The first time we spoke with Sarah she quickly informed us, “I’m going to tell you everything as a story, because that’s how I ...
( Category: Cognitive Psychology November 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-17 | Author:Dan Gardner [Gardner, Dan]

THE CONFIDENCE GAME In much the same way, a strong, enthusiastic, confident speaking style has a power that transcends mere rationality—a power the psychologist Stephen Ceci demonstrated in an ingenious ...
( Category: Cognitive Psychology November 11,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-11-10 | Author:Julie Dirksen

Emotional Resonance Stories have an emotional resonance that can help us form opinions and make decisions. You don’t just want people to learn things—you want them to be able to ...
( Category: Educational Psychology November 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Duncan J. Watts [Watts, Duncan J.]

FUTURE SHOCK No matter how carefully you adhere to this advice, a serious limitation with all prediction methods is that they are only reliable to the extent that the same ...
( Category: Decision-Making & Problem Solving November 11,2014 )
mobi |es | 2010-10-15 | Author:Aldous Huxley

I have spoken so far only of the blissful visionary experience and of its interpretation in terms of theology, its translation into art. But visionary experience is not always blissful, ...
( Category: Essays November 11,2014 )