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Cognitive Psychology Simply Explained

2015

06:50 min

The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life

In the last decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the minds of infants and young children. We used to believe that babies were irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited.

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Alison Gopnik
2010
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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them.

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Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl
2025
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The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call “parenting” is a surprisingly new invention.

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Alison Gopnik
2017
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The 7 Worst Habits for Your Brain

Bad choices and everyday missteps could harm your cognition. Here’s how to combat several of them.

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Nicole Pajer
2021
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Live More Think Less: Overcoming Depression and Sadness with Metacognitive Therapy

The Danish Bestseller Now Available in English Dr. Pia Callesen presents the first practical book on metacognitive therapy, a groundbreaking new treatment proven to stop depression in its tracks. Many of us struggle with overthinking.

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Pia Callesen
2025
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How to Stop Overthinking

Grappling with your thoughts will leave you even more entangled in worry. Use metacognitive strategies to break free.

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Pia Callesen
2021
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FindCenter Quotes ImageHow could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so much overwhelming evidence that contradicted their most basic theories? These questions, too, deserve their own discipline: the sociology of error.

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Steven Johnson
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6 Fantastic Ways to Improve Your Memory: Learn What Causes Memory Loss and How to Give Your Brain a Boost

Memory. I have it. You have it. And then we feel like we’re losing it. Losing it. With all our brain changes at midlife, are we really losing our minds?

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Mona Lisa Schulz
2014
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No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

Dr. Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) model has been transforming psychology for decades. IFS has been effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, and depression treatment and has the potential to radically change our lives. Foreword by Alanis Morissette.

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Richard Schwartz, Alanis Morissette (foreword)
2021
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Yoga May Be Good for the Brain

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early signs of memory problems.

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Gretchen Reynolds
2016
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