5 Books To Give To A Psychologist For Christmas

Yes, we know. It is more than studied and documented. The holidays are getting dangerously close and, as the days go by, consumerist cravings (or the social pressure that induces us to buy gifts) grow like a soufflé.

When it comes to gifting books, most people will be able to satisfy their purchasing needs with one or another best seller, a light novel or perhaps a recipe manual. However, other types of people will have it much more complicated.

Books on psychology to give and take at Christmas

These people are the ones They consider giving a book to a psychologist

But there is nothing to fear. Following in the wake of the successful first edition of 5 books to give to a psychologist at Christmas, it arrives now the second part of the list of recommended readings most used by friends, colleagues and family of human behavior researchers.

Also, as last time, remember that you can always suggest new titles in the comments section.

And now, to read!

1. The man who mistook his wife for a hatby Oliver Sacks

In this year, 2015, one of the best popularizers in the world has left us: the neurologist Oliver Sacks This Christmas may be a good time to start getting familiar with his work, which is characterized by being extremely interesting from a scientific point of view and also surprisingly delicate while dealing with the most human themes that permeate his work

Because, at the end of the day, Sacks writes about humanity: about how it develops when certain parts of its nervous system prevent it from perceiving reality like the rest and, of course, about how it deals with the disease in its most serious aspect. intimate: your own mind.

2. The factory of illusionsby Ignacio Morgado

An incredibly entertaining book on psychology and neuroscience, made up of many short texts, each of which deals with a specific topic about our mind.

Furthermore, it is divided into thematic blocks that cover many aspects of our daily lives: decision making, sexuality, etc. It is the ideal book to read in short free moments, trips on public transport and moments of waiting.

3. Ghosts in the brainby V. S Ramachandran and S. Blakeslee

This is possibly one of the best books to learn the basic fundamentals of logic through which the human mind works from the point of view of neurosciences.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, a neurologist well known for his research on phantom limbs, approaches here the big questions about how we think and feel through the study of the specific structures of the brain, thus going from pure scientific dissemination to philosophical and existential aspects. The way in which both the explanations and the unknowns raised are presented is clear and direct, and hThere is a lot of ingenuity behind the way in which the relationships between certain themes are hinted at which apparently have nothing to do with each other.

4. Psychology Dictionary (AKAL)

Yeah, a specialized dictionary An option as boring as it is necessary in a world that is constantly generating new terms.

Having this psychology dictionary is more important if we take into account that Psychology aims to study something as changing as human behavior and the processes of the nervous system using, in part, words.

5. The king’s brainby Nolasc Acarín

The neurologist Nolasc Acarín built in this book one of the best examples of to what extent it is possible to condense many of the basic aspects of psychology and the study of behavior, associate them with what we know about human evolution and biology and resulting in a book that is not very long, although it is very ambitious.

That is why this book is ideal for those people, whether or not dedicated to the world of psychology, who want to have a global image about our propensities, our style of behavior and our way of feeling.