9,616円 This text focuses on two major issues: the nature of scientific inquiry and the relations between scientific disciplines. Designed to introduce the basic issues and concepts in the philosophy of science, Bechtel writes for an audience with little or no philosophical background. The first part of ...

1,126円 Why do we remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well sometimes and not others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated, by psychological techniques or even 'brain implants'? ...

11,697円 Galileo is known as a pioneer of science - especially of mechanics and astronomy - but far less attention has been paid to his work on the senses generally, and more specifically on vision. In this book, two experts on the history of science look at the novel ways in which Galileo looked at the h...

11,557円 In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with changes in attitudes toward organisational and societal health, has generated...

8,879円 Following her distinguished earlier career as a concert pianist and later as a music theorist, Jeanne Bamberger conducted countless case studies analysing musical development and creativity the results of which were published in important scientific journals. Discovering musical mind draws togeth...

3,000円 Bilan historique et génétique du syndrome de Down. La trisomie 21, habituellement nommée syndrome de Down, mais qui en toute équité historique devrait s’appeler syndrome de Seguin-Down-Lejeune, est le mieux connu et un des plus fréquents syndromes génétiques congénitaux du handicap cognitif. Il t...

12,103円 Originally published in 1982, this was an extensive and up-to-date review of research into the psychology of deductive reasoning, Jonathan Evans presents an alternative theoretical framework to the rationalist approach which had dominated much of the published work in this field at the time. The ...

4,500円 Déterminer le quotient intellectuel de l'adulte au moyen d'instruments de mesure. Les tests d’intelligence sont aujourd’hui les instruments d’évaluation psychologique les plus utilisés dans le monde. Que mesurent-ils vraiment ? Comment leurs résultats doivent-ils être interprétés ? L’objectif pri...

3,750円 Quelles compétences neuropsychologiques sont acquises ou innées ? De quelles compétences psychologiques dispose le nouveau-né humain ? La question n'a cessé de préoccuper les psychologues du 20e siècle. Elle s'inscrit dans la problématique encore débattue de l'inné et de l'acquis, et est cruciale...

3,750円 Comment surmonter le retard psychique ? Ce livre présente à un large public l'état de la question concernant les troubles du développement intellectuel, qui frappent 2 à 3% de notre population. Les causes de ces anomalies sont nombreuses : agressions environnementales prénatales par l'alcool, la ...

3,000円 L'influence d'éléments psycholinguistiques dans l'acquisition d'une langue. Selon les thèses innéistes, encore répandues de nos jours, la faculté humaine du langage serait innée et la grammaire serait universelle. Or, il existe de nombreux faits d’observation et d’expérimentation qui plaident en ...

1,126円 How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience ...