Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy? Is it possible to build robots that have feelings? These are just some of the questions explored in this guide to contemporary thinking on the em…
Emotion in education
by Pekrun, Reinhard, Schutz, Paul A.
fromEducational psychology series
Emotion regulation difficulties are central to a range of clinical problems, yet many therapies for children and adolescents lack a focus on emotion and related skills. In a flexible modular format, this much-needed book presents cutting-edge strategies for helping children and …
This book is online for free at cnx.org/content/col10447 - there you can also buy a hardcopy of the book made by connexions. There is also a link there to where you can get an advanced version of my complete writings, and there there is another link for the advanced version of t…
Coaching is a positive practice which focuses on building people's resourcefulness and positive beliefs about themselves. Recent research into positive psychology supports and builds upon current coaching practice and also refines it. This straightforward, practical book brings …
"Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader" brings together the best examples of recent and cutting-edge work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. The book differentiates between theoretical traditions and ways of understanding emotion in relation to culture, subje…
Through a series of exquisite encounters with children, and through a lucid opening up of new aspects of poststructuralist theorizing, Bronwyn Davies opens up new ways of thinking about, and intra-acting with, children. This book carefully guides the reader through a wave of tho…
Filling The Void is a book about how the cultures and psychology of social media use fit within a broader landscape of life under capitalism. It argues that social media use is often a psychological response to the need for pleasure and comfort that results from the stresses of …
Once advertising was all about being 'on-message' and getting talking points right. But breakthroughs in brain science have confirmed what we all know but don't often admit to in business: people are primarily emotional decision-makers. From podcasting, blogs and forums to inter…
Handbook of affective sciences
Scientists have made considerable advances in understanding how brain processes shape emotions and are changed by human emotion. Drawing on a range of neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychological assessment and clinical research, scientists are beginning to understand the biologi…