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Star Trek Psychology

By: Travis Langley - editor, Chris Gore - foreword
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer, Natasha Soudek
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Publisher's summary

The next entry in Sterling's Popular Culture Psychology series features 20 chapters and exclusive interviews with cast members and Rod Roddenberry.

In a fun and accessible way, Star Trek Psychology delves deep into the psyches of the show's well-known and beloved characters. The trailblazing franchise spans five TV series, 13 films, and countless novelizations. It celebrated, as no other form of entertainment had before, a world filled with space-traveling dreams and human diversity. In the process, it became one of the oldest and most popular sci-fi franchises of all time.

Star Trek Psychology uses academic and scientific theories to analyze and answer such questions as why Trek's aliens look so human and how the starship's holodeck can be used for therapy. This compilation examines alien neurobiology, discusses identity formation for shapeshifters, explores the importance of emotion for artificial intelligence, and much more.

©2017 Travis Langley (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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A bit text book. A bit entertainment.

I’ve read a few of Langley’s books and if you liked them, you’ll like this. It’s not for everyone. It is for me.

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A Pleasant Pop-Psych Listen

A good comparison of Trek characters’ relationships to popular psychology tropes. It’s a pleasant book. It’s not earthshaking, but a nice listen if you enjoy Trek.

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fascinating

a very nice psychological reading of the strong star trek relationships as compared with present day relationships, a must read for fans of Star trek and beyond

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Great Star Trek Story Examples

I enjoyed the use of stories and characters to make points and demonstrate concepts.
I felt the narrators spoke too slowly. I sped up quite a bit and it sounded fine.
I love the fact that the stories, characters and plots of Star Trek are so well written and deep that they can be used in a book of this nature!

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Aspies must listen to this good audiobook

This audiobook extols the virtues of Aspies, those people diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (Autistic Spectrum People)

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