Intelligence 101

Why do some blameless kids grow up to become cold-blooded serial killers? Is bad biology partly to blame? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has been researching the biological roots of violence and establishing neuro criminology, a new field that applies neuroscience techniques to investigate the causes and cures of crime. In The Anatomy of Violence, Raine dissects the criminal mind with a captivating, readable, and far-reaching scientific journey into the body of evidence that reveals the brain to be a key culprit in crime causation. Raine documents from genetic research that the seeds of sin are sown early in life, giving rise to abnormal physiological functioning that cultivates crime. Drawing on classical case studies of well-known killers in history - including Richard Speck, Ted Kaczynski, and Henry Lee Lucas - Raine illustrates how impairments to brain areas controlling our ability to experience fear, make good decisions and feel guilt predispose us to violence. He claims that killers can be coldhearted: something as simple as a low resting heart rate can give rise to violence. But arguing that biology is not destiny, he also sketches out provocative new biosocial treatment strategies that can change the brain and control violence.

Many of us have heard the stories of people recovering long-buried memories of traumatic experiences, only to be struck by a vivid flashback triggered by a sound, smell or sight. But is this phenomenon truly grounded in science? In "The Myth of Repressed Memory," esteemed psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Loftus delves deep into this controversial topic to uncover the truth. Despite decades of research, there is little to no scientific support for the idea that memories of trauma are regularly pushed into the unconscious mind and then reliably recovered later in life. Loftus exposes the lack of controlled scientific evidence that underpins the notion of repressed memories, and the resulting impact on both the therapeutic and legal systems. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the psychology of memory, legal proceedings or social justice. By dismantling the myth of repressed memory, Dr. Loftus sheds light on a potentially dangerous fad that has caused untold harm. Get your copy of "The Myth of Repressed Memory" today and join the conversation.

In the famous tradition of eye-opening bestselling books like The Tipping Point, Freakonomics, and Super Crunchers, this fascinating book from well-known statistician and blogger Kaiser Fung takes you inside the secret world of facts and figures that affect you every day, in every way. These are the statistics that rule your life, your job, your commute, your vacation, your food, your health, your money, and your success. This is how engineers estimate your quality of living, how corporations determine your needs, and how politicians evaluate your opinions. These are the numbers you never think about-even though they play a huge role in every single aspect of your life. What you learn may shock you, amuse you, or even enrage you. But there's one thing you won't be capable to deny: Numbers Rule Your World…

We gravitate toward people like us; it’s human nature. Race, class, and gender shape our social identities, and thus who we perceive as “like us” or “not like us”. But one overlooked factor can be even more powerful: the way we speak. As the pioneering psychologist Katherine Kinzler reveals in How You Say It, the way we talk is central to our social identity because our speech largely reflects the voices we heard as children. We can change how we speak to some extent, whether by “code-switching” between dialects or learning a new language; over time, your speech even changes to reflect your evolving social identity and aspirations. But for the most part, we are forever marked by our native tongue—and are hardwired to prejudge others by theirs, often with serious consequences. Your accent alone can determine the economic opportunity or discrimination you encounter in life, making speech one of the most urgent social-justice issues of our day. Our linguistic differences present challenges, Kinzler shows, but they also can be a force for good. Humans can benefit from being exposed to multiple languages —a paradox that should inspire us to master this ancient source of tribalism, and rethink the role that speech plays in our society.

Educating the Human Brain is the development of a quarter century of research. This book provides an empirical account of the early development of awareness and self regulation in infants and young children. It examines the brain areas involved in regulatory networks, their connectivity, and how their development is influenced by genes and experience. Relying on the latest techniques in cognitive and temperament measurement, neuroimaging, and molecular genetics, the book combines research on neural networks common to all of us with studies of individual differences. In this book, the authors explain where, when, and how the brain functions functions that are necessary for learning. Such functions include attending to information; controlling attention through effort; regulating the interplay of emotion with cognition and coding, organizing, and retrieving information. The writers suggest how these parts of brain development can support school readiness, literacy, numeracy, and expertise. The audience for this book includes neuroscientists as well as developmental and educational psychologists who have interest in the latest brain research. of testing setups, and graphs and tables displaying key data - also give this book request for graduate students.