Behavioral Sciences Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. The Clinical Management of Early Alzheimer's Disease

   A Handbook

   Edited by Reinhild Mulligan, Martial Van der Linden, Anne-Claude Juillerat

   The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when dementia...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case

   Into the Void

   Edited by Ellen L. K. Toronto, Gemma Ainslie, Molly Donovan, Maurine Kelly, Christine C. Kieffer, Nancy McWilliams

   The past two decades of psychoanalytic discourse have witnessed a marked transformation in the way we think about women and gender. The assignment of gender carries with it a host of assumptions, yet without it we can feel lost in a void, unmoored from the world of rationality, stability and...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Figurative Language Comprehension

   Social and Cultural Influences

   Edited by Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz

   Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Psychology of Music

   From Sound to Significance

   By Siu-Lan Tan, Peter Pfordresher, Rom Harré

   Why are some disturbances of air molecules heard as 'noise' while others are perceived as music? What happens at the level of the sound wave, the ear, and the brain when we perform or listen to music? How do musical abilities emerge and develop, and become refined as one acquires musical expertise?...

   Published January 14th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Children's Knowledge, Beliefs and Feelings about Nations and National Groups

   By Martyn Barrett

   Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

   This book provides a state-of-the-art account of how people's subjective sense of national identity, and attitudes towards countries and national groups, develop through the course of childhood and adolescence. It offers a comprehensive review of the research which has been conducted into: ....

   Published January 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities

   Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

   It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic for which it has been found that a gene is responsible. Even aspects of behavior that one would feel certain are environmentally controlled are now...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
7. Pathways to Prominence in Neuropsychology

   Reflections of Twentieth-Century Pioneers

   Edited by Anthony Y. Stringer, Eileen L. Cooley, Anne-Lise Christensen

   Captures the stories behind the work of the clinicians and scholars who have contributed significantly to neuropsychology's development....

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
8. Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics

   Edited by Fay Windsor, M. Louise Kelly, Nigel Hewlett

   Investigations in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics is a sequel to the eighth meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, attended by delegates from 26 different countries. This book reflects the scope of the subject area of clinical phonetics and linguistics, the...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
9. Social Comprehension and Judgment

   The Role of Situation Models, Narratives, and Implicit Theories

   By Robert S. Wyer, Jr.

   Written by one of the foremost authorities in social cognition, Social Comprehension and Judgment examines how people process information encountered in their everyday lives. In the book, Dr. Wyer proposes a new theory about the way in which information acquired in everyday life is comprehended and...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
10. Representation, Memory, and Development

    Essays in Honor of Jean Mandler

    Edited by Nancy L. Stein, Patricia J. Bauer, Mitchell Rabinowitz, George Mandler

    A festschrift to honor Jean Mandler, this volume contains contributions from leading scholars focusing on the child's development of memory, visual representation, and language. It is appropriate for students and researchers in cognitive psychology, language acquisition, and memory....

    Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press