The summer heat is already beginning to appear in the northern hemisphere and with it also appear the hours of free time that are crying out for a book a magazine or a Martini.
Books for you to learn Psychology in an entertaining way
Following in the wake of that article about books on psychology with which to accompany Christmas in Psychology and Mind We are aware of this and that is why we want to propose some recommendations to cover the first of these needs: books with which to accompany stretched out moments in the shade. Here you have five titles that will delight anyone interested in psychology.
Good reading!
1. Why We Lie… Especially to Ourselves, by Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely He is known for explaining lines of research in psychology as if they were narratives, and this book perfectly follows that norm. Entertainment and scientific dissemination go hand in hand in this interesting text.
Here you will find a compendium of chapters in which Ariely dismantles the idea that people lie responding to purely rational criteria, seeking material benefits at the expense of the ignorance of others, and provides some evidence on the relationship between lying and our way of perceiving ourselves. to ourselves.
And all this without leaving the sense of humor that characterizes him. A light and entertaining read about one of the most uncomfortable topics: dishonesty.
More information about the book, here.
2. What makes us human?, by Michael Gazzaniga
Our way of thinking and feeling does not exist in a vacuum. It has its reason for being in the biological processes that run through our body and brain and shape what we understand as “our mind.”
The famous Californian neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga In this book, he explains the biological foundations of human thought and behavior and some of their similarities and differences with what other animals do and feel.
It also does so through clear explanations that reflect the fascination with which the author addresses the big questions facing society. neuroscience
You can learn more about this book by clicking here.
3. From animals to gods, by Yuval Harari
Many psychological processes are shaped by culture, and this in turn cannot be understood apart from History: the line in which human beings have been developing life, with its advances and regressions, represent the basis of culture which emerges from all these variables.
From animals to gods It is the perfect union between a compressed narrative of the history of humanity, the cultural drifts that have occurred in it and the ways of thinking that have been shaped. A true gem for its specificity and for explaining difficult things in a clear and entertaining way.
In this book you will not find a cold analysis of what humanity is and has been but an interpretation of our journey as a species based on material evidence and inspiring reflections behind it.
Consult more information by clicking on this link.
4. The deceptions of the mind, by SL Macknik and S. Martúnez-Conde
The human mind is not only discovered through its capabilities; its operation can also be seen from their failures
The deceptions of the mind It is a book in which the Blind spots of our ways of thinking and understanding reality and these are exposed for everyone to see, almost to our shame. To do this, these authors tell anecdotes set in the kind of situations in which our brain is most likely to be exposed: in front of a magician’s stage.
Here you can read the explanations to the most Martian magic tricks and the psychological processes that explain why they are able to deceive to all members of the public.
Find out about this book here.
5. The Lucifer Effect: the reason for evil, by Philip Zimbardo
One of the most renowned psychologists speaking about one of the best known experiments in the world : The Stanford Prison Case.
The result, of course, is one of the books on psychology par excellence about morality and its relationship with the circumstances in which we find ourselves. The importance of context in our personality and how we behave is greater than we might assume.
In this extensive work you will find both the narration of the Stanford experience and the reflections it produced in Philip Zimbardo and its relationship with other cases of moral corruption based on the context, such as what happened in Abu Ghraib during the Iraq war.
