Examining brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. It presents research on specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants of diabetic mothers.
Examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences. This book provides fresh perspectives on how individuals glean social knowledge from past relationship and apply it in the here and now. It explores the effects of biases and expectancies about significant others on relationship satisfaction and personal well-being.
Examines critical-thinking skills that are useful in a complex society where success - in all facets of life - often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims. This work illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true.
Cognitive neuroscience rests on two cornerstones: simple experimental paradigms to capture critical components of the mind and methods to watch what the brain is doing while working in these paradigms. Michael I. Posner has been a driving force behind the use of componential and functional analysis to enhance knowledge of mindbrain relationships.
Presenting state-of-the-art research from leading investigators, this volume examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences.
Answers questions such as: Are women really better than men at reading other people's minds? Are longer-married couples better than newlyweds at anticipating their partners' thoughts and feelings? Do we all possess a dormant "sixth sense" that, if fully utilized, could allow us to intuit with great accuracy what other people are thinking?
What factors led to the 'Martian panic' of 1938? Why did so many people conclude that an alien spaceship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947? This book demonstrates how the tools of critical thinking can help reveal the truth behind strange events and seemingly mysterious behavior.
This volume presents the first published manual for cognitive-behavioral group therapy for social phobia (CBGT), an empirically supported treatment approach that has been applied in clinical and research settings for over 20 years.
Informed by the latest research and written by two of the leading authorities in the field, this invaluable resource presents step-by-step guidelines for assessing and treating sexual assault survivors suffering from PTSD.