"This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the conscious and nonconscious processes by which people regulate their thoughts, emotions, attention, behavior, and impulses. Individual differences in self-regulatory capacities are explored, as are devel…
"This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge on the conscious and nonconscious processes by which people regulate their thoughts, emotions, attention, behavior, and impulses. Individual differences in self-regulatory capacities are explored, as are devel…
Surrounding self-control
Self-control has gained enormous attention in recent years both in philosophy and the mind sciences, for it has profound implications on so many aspects of human life. Overcoming temptation, improving cognitive functioning, making life-altering decisions, and numerous other chal…
What do we know of the emotional life of the Middle Ages? Though a long-neglected subject, a myriad of sources provides clues to the central role emotions played in medieval society. In this work, historians Damien Boquet and Piroska Nagy reveal the many and nuanced experiences …
[Publisher-supplied data] Professor Joaquin M. Fuster is an eminent cognitive neuroscientist whose research over the last five decades has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behaviour. This book provides his view…
The Escape of the Mind is part of a current movement in psychology and philosophy of mind that calls into question what is perhaps our most basic, most cherished, and universally accepted belief--that our minds are inside of our bodies. Howard Rachlin adopts the counterintuitive…
Self-regulation and ego control
On the Self-Regulation of Behavior presents a thorough overview of a model of human functioning based on the idea that behavior is goal-directed and regulated by feedback control processes. It describes feedback processes and their application to behavior, considers goals and th…
On the Self-Regulation of Behavior presents a thorough overview of a model of human functioning based on the idea that behavior is goal-directed and regulated by feedback control processes. It describes feedback processes and their application to behavior, considers goals and th…
"Is social media changing who we are? We assume social media is only a tool for our modern day communications and interactions, but is it quietly changing who we are and how we see the world and one another? Our current debate about the human behaviours behind social media misse…
"If you've ever struggled with temptation, addiction, distraction or procrastination, you will know how hard it can be to find the willpower to succeed. In this ... book, learn how cutting edge research in psychology, economics, neuroscience and medicine can provide radical insi…
"If you've ever struggled with temptation, addiction, distraction or procrastination, you will know how hard it can be to find the willpower to succeed. In this ... book, learn how cutting edge research in psychology, economics, neuroscience and medicine can provide radical insi…