Catálogo de libros: Psicología

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  • Narrative Therapies with Children and Their Families
    Narrative Therapies with Children and their Families introduces and develops the principles of narrative approaches to systemic therapeutic work, and shows how they can provide a powerful framework for engaging troubled children and their families. ...
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    72,78 €

  • Undeniable Breakthrough
    Rainie Howard
    Ever felt stuck or weighted down by the pressures of life?No matter how hard you try, you just can’t get unstuck. It’s like sitting in a parked car pushing down on the accelerator as hard as you can but the car never moves. Are you running in the race of life but getting nowhere? Doors are constantly closing, opportunities are nowhere to be found, and it seems you can’t get you...
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    12,99 €

  • Quality of Life and Mortality in Seventeenth Century London and Dublin
    Thomas E. Jordan / Thomas EJordan
    This book provides an examination of the quantitative and qualitative factors affecting mortality in two major cities of the British Isles: London and Dublin. It covers a scale from individuals mentioned by name to aggregates of mortality data in the Bills of Mortality. Focusing on the Seventeenth Century, the book pays attention to the Great Plague of 1665, and to earlier year...
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    66,83 €

  • Causism
    John Mace
    Not only will the Causim’s Mace Energy Method put you onto the path to emotional and psychological health, it will also eliminate the stress underlying many physical health problems, leading to a marked improvement in your general health and well-being. The effects are astounding!Having begun his working life as a mariner, John is an extraordinary man with an awesome intellect....
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    17,13 €

  • Refuge and Resilience
    Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the social and psychological resources that promote resilience among forced migrants, this book presents theory and evidence about what keeps refugees healthy during resettlement. The book draws on contributions from cultural psychiatry, anthropology, ethics, nursing, psychiatric epidemiology, sociology and social work.Concer...
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    146,42 €

  • The Nature of Language
    Dieter Hillert
    The Nature of Language addresses one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: how did language evolve, and what are the neurobiological and cognitive foundations of language processing? These questions are explored from different perspectives to discuss the building blocks of language evolution and how they developed in the way they can be found in modern humans. Primaril...
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    68,40 €

  • Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Psychology and Behavior
    This volume in the Springer Series in Evolutionary Psychology presents a state of the art view of the topic of sexuality and sexual behavior drawing on theoretical constructs and research of noted individuals in the field. Comprehensive and multi-disciplinary, this book seeks to provide a broad overview without sacrificing the complexity of a multi-faceted approach. The book is...
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    209,93 €

  • Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology
    This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to psychological literature: both from the viewpoint of the history of ideas (again this would be one of the first times that positive and...
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    243,65 €

  • The Personality of Henry Cavendish - A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities
    Russell McCormmach
    Profiles the eminent 18th century natural philosopher Henry Cavendish, best known for his work in chemistry and physics and one of the most baffling personalities in the history of science. In these chapters we are introduced to the psychology of science and of scientists and we learn about Cavendish’s life and times. His personality is examined from two perspectives: one is th...
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    158,32 €

  • Neuromathematics of Vision
    This book is devoted to the study of the functional architecture of the visual cortex. Its geometrical structure is the differential geometry of the connectivity between neural cells. This connectivity is building and shaping the hidden brain structures underlying visual perception. The story of the problem runs over the last 30 years, since the discovery of Hubel and Wiesel of...
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    136,58 €

  • Increasing Psychological Well-being in Clinical and Educational Settings
    This volume deals with strategies aimed at increasing psychological well-being in both clinical and non-clinical settings, with a special focus on the impact of cross-cultural influences on these processes. Consisting of two parts, the book first examines clinical interventions for increasing well-being and positive functioning in adult populations. It looks at cultural differe...
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    134,22 €

  • Human Motivation and Interpersonal Relationships
    Netta Weinstein
    This volume summarizes and organizes a growing body of research supporting the role of motivation in adaptive and rewarding interpersonal interactions with others. The field of human motivation is rapidly growing but most studies have focused on the effects of motivation on individuals’ personal happiness and task engagement. Only recently have theorists and empiricists begun t...
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    145,85 €

  • Brain, Mind and Consciousness in the History of Neuroscience
    This volume of essays examines the problem of mind, looking at how the problem has appeared to neuroscientists (in the widest sense) from classical antiquity through to contemporary times. Beginning with a look at ventricular neuropsychology in antiquity, this book goes on to look at Spinozan ideas on the links between mind and body, Thomas Willis and the foundation of Neurolog...
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    207,25 €

  • Psychotherapy for Families after Brain Injury
    Pamela S. Klonoff
    Whether caused by illness, accident, or incident, brain injury requires multi-tiered resources for the patient and considerable external care and support. When recovery is sidelined by depression, anger, grief, or turmoil, family members and the support network have critical roles to play and need their own guidance and compassionate therapeutic interventions.Psychotherapy for...
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    149,28 €

  • Handbook of Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Current rates of autism diagnoses have been cause for concern and research as well as rumor and misinformation. Important questions surround the condition: how early can an accurate diagnosis be made? At what age should intervention start? How can parents recognize warning signs? And what causes autism in the first place?There are no easy answers, but the Handbook of Early Inte...
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    555,06 €

  • Behavioural Oncology
    Aldo Poiani / Marisa Cordella
    Medical, educational, and public health efforts have reduced the spread of many major diseases, yet cancer perseveres, in spite of continuing research and improvements in practice. Especially promising among therapeutic strategies are ones that recognise patients as individuals with thoughts, feelings--and speech.Rooted in deep understanding of the mutual relationship between b...
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    131,39 €

  • Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation
    While virtual reality (VR) has influenced fields as varied as gaming, archaeology and the visual arts, some of its most promising applications come from the health sector. Particularly encouraging are the many uses of VR in supporting the recovery of motor skills following accident or illness.Virtual Reality for Physical and Motor Rehabilitation reviews two decades of progress ...
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    157,52 €

  • Aided Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Jennifer B. Ganz
    Just as autism is a continuum of disorders, it is associated with a broad range of neurodevelopmental, social, and communication deficits. For individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has a major impact on their daily lives, often reducing the occurrence of challenging behaviors. Aided Augmentative Communication for Indi...
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    85,37 €

  • Resilience Interventions for Youth in Diverse Populations
    Our uncertain times are hard enough for adults to navigate. For all too many young people-even many who appear to possess good coping skills-the challenges may seem overwhelming. More and more, resilience stands as an integral component in prevention programs geared to children and adolescents, whether at risk or not.Resilience Interventions for Youth in Diverse Populations det...
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    194,42 €

  • Empirical Views on European Gambling Law and Addiction
    Simon Planzer
    This book analyses the voluminous and meandering case law on gambling of the Court of Justice from an empirical perspective. It offers a comprehensive overview of the legal situation of gambling services in the EU Single Market. Additionally, the book presents the current state of research on gambling addiction. It then seeks to answer the central research question as to what e...
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    136,49 €

  • Advances in Physiological Computing
    This edited collection will provide an overview of the field of physiological computing, i.e. the use of physiological signals as input for computer control. It will cover a breadth of current research, from brain-computer interfaces to telemedicine. ...
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    66,45 €

  • Negotiating multiple identities
    Kiyoko Sueda
    This book uses a post-modern approach to explore how Japanese returnee students (kikokushijo) and former returnees who work in Japanese industry, negotiate multiple identities. Methodological triangulation is used to study inner perception of face, emotional state and the dynamics of negotiating multiple-layering of identities. The work considers the relationship between face a...
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    66,68 €

  • Systems Engineering, Systems Thinking, and Learning
    Hubert Anton Moser
    This book focuses on systems engineering, systems thinking, and how that thinking can be learned in practice. It describes a novel analytical framework based on activity theory for understanding how systems thinking evolves and how it can be improved to support multidisciplinary teamwork in the context of system development and systems engineering. This method, developed using ...
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    210,24 €

  • Moral Contract Theory and Social Cognition
    Peter Timmerman
    This interdisciplinary work draws on research from psychology and behavioral economics to evaluate the plausibility of moral contract theory. In a compelling manner with implications for moral theory more broadly, the author’s novel approach resolves a number of key contingencies in contractarianism and contractualism.Acting in accordance with principles that we could all agree...
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    66,52 €

  • Innovations in HIV Prevention Research and Practice through Community Engagement
    Scott D. Rhodes
    HIV continues to be a profound challenge facing communities nationally and internationally. Until a vaccine or a cure is found, prevention remains a most crucial line of defense. However, the successes made to reduce exposure and transmission have not benefited all communities equally. HIV continues to affect vulnerable communities, and HIV-related health disparities are growin...
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    133,95 €

  • Disaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective
    Barbara Lucini
    Natural disasters traumatize individuals, disrupt families, and destabilize communities.Surviving these harrowing events calls for courage, tenacity, and resilience. Professional planning requires specific types of knowledge of how people meet and cope with extreme challenges.Disaster Resilience from a Sociological Perspective examines three major earthquakes occurring in Italy...
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    134,04 €

  • Analysis of Neural Data
    Emery N. Brown / Robert E. Kass / Uri T. Eden
    Continual improvements in data collection and processing have had a huge impact on brain research, producing data sets that are often large and complicated. By emphasizing a few fundamental principles, and a handful of ubiquitous techniques, Analysis of Neural Data provides a unified treatment of analytical methods that have become essential for contemporary researchers. Throug...
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    223,62 €

  • Genes and the Motivation to Use Substances
    Scott F. Stoltenberg
    Human beings have been using intoxicating substances for millennia. But while most people have used psychoactive substances without becoming dependent on them, a significant minority develop substance use disorders. The question remains: why does addiction occur in some and not others? The 61st installment of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Genes and the Motivation to Use...
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    135,81 €

  • Towards a Psychosomatic Conception of Hypochondria
    Martine Derzelle
    A rigorous and groundbreaking study. Martine Derzelle is the first researcher to approach hypochondria as a relational pathology. Martine Derzelle is the first researcher to approach hypochondria as a relational pathology.The author tackles a subject that has puzzled care professionals for decades: hypochondria. Martine Derzelle confronts all specialists (psychotherapists, psyc...
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    67,02 €

  • Soft Computing Techniques in Engineering Applications
    The Soft Computing techniques, which are based on the information processing of biological systems are now massively used in the area of pattern recognition, making prediction & planning, as well as acting on the environment. Ideally speaking, soft computing is not a subject of homogeneous concepts and techniques; rather, it is an amalgamation of distinct methods that confirms ...
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    136,01 €


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