Investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. This title examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders.
Keith Oatley, a distinguished psychologist and prize-winning novelist, writes with concision and great brio in this wonderful introduction to psychology. The coverage of current research is just right, with simple and practical illustrations of a sort that only an expert can provide. It is a book that should attract smart school kids to study psychology--and help undergraduates find their way through the maze of modern cognitive science.--Philip Johnson- Laird, author of How We Reason
The Theoretical Bases of Brain Research and Psychology
The study critiques the theoretical approaches to psychological and neurophysiological mechanisms prevalent in 1978, highlighting their inadequacies. Keith Oatley effectively demonstrates these shortcomings by comparing the challenges faced by brain researchers to the simpler task of understanding a computer, emphasizing the inefficiency of existing methods in grasping the complexities of the human brain.
Young Englishwoman Emily Vincent arrives in Vienna at the turn of the century. An independent woman and classic translator, she harbors repressed fears and dark secrets that renowned Sigmund Freud seeks to uncover, diagnosing her with hysteria. Meanwhile, detectives Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a missing diplomat, leading them to Vienna and connecting them with Freud and Emily.