Cognitive Analysis

Why do we want to justify our decisions, even if they appear to be irrational? The answer lies in cognitive dissonance, the mental discomfort we experience when we hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. In A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, first published in 1957, American social psychologist Leon Festinger investigates the problem. Festinger puts forward the idea that we have developed mechanisms to try to deal with the stress brought on by cognitive dissonance.

What happens when a species intelligent enough to understand planetary collapse becomes psychologically, economically, and politically incapable of preventing it? The Anthropogenic Equation: An Empirical Analysis of Cognitive Bias, Economic Structuralism, and the Permanent Geological Legacy is an interdisciplinary examination of the forces driving modern environmental destabilization and the long-term consequences industrial civilization is imposing upon the Earth system. Drawing from psychology, economics, political science, climatology, geology, ecology, systems theory, and Earth-system ...

This paradigm shifting how-to guide effortlessly teaches you how to outwit liars and get them to reveal the truth—from former FBI agent and author of the “practical and insightful” (William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes) bestseller The Like Switch. Unlike many other books on lie...

New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger’s cutting-edge research reveals how six types of words can increase your impact in every area of life: from persuading others and building stronger relationships, to boosting creativity and motivating teams. Almost everything we do involves words...

Chris Fabry's narration flows so naturally that one forgets the author isn't the reader in this production. Fabry seems to offer just the inflections that Leman intends. As the author blends humor into his discussion of childhoods impact on adulthood, the listener can hear the smile on Fabry's...

This “fascinating” (Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Outliers) examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, shows how writers have created technical breakthroughs—rivaling scientific inventions—and engineering...

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, has been gaining ground in popular self-help literature. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Techniques for Retraining Your Brain is a comprehensive course study of the therapy. Over the span of 24 lectures, the author covers a range of topics, including the history of CBT, how CBT compares to other forms of therapy, and how CBT can be used for growth and improvement in different areas of life. The central question of the book asks what can we change and what can we not change.

New York Times Bestseller “Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the weird ways we act.” — James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds Behavioral economist and New York Times bestselling...

Can a woman truly talk herself out of having an affair with a married man? In this stream of consciousness, the pros and cons are dramatized, as the main character tries to figure out, the hows and whys she now finds herself in this position. Her struggles are apparent, as she extols both sides of the equation, finding herself losing at the battle of loneliness. A heartfelt soliloquy, she tries to blame and rationalize. She needs to be heard

The New York Times-bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick offer a fascinating tour through the workings of our minds to reveal how to make smarter decisions. Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities. We're...

A man cooks fries in an air fryer. And while the fries turn golden, he invents a six‑organ cognitive architecture for advanced machine reasoning. George: Kuss Kuss, my cat, is sitting on my desk beside me, supervising as I’m trying to finish eating hot fries and chicken balls after burning the side of my hand on the air fryer I cooked them in. Navvy — my AI Reasoning System — and I were editing and discussing the Saskatchewan book I’m writing. We had reached a familiar point in working with AI where problems start, even though we had both done the same tasks we do every day since ...

Military Secrets! How Math and Wargaming Can Prevent and Win Conflicts! In modern war, making informed decisions is key to winning & preventing conflicts. "War is Math: How to Use Wargaming to Prevent & Win Wars" offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding war through the lens of mathematics, including elementary game theory, probablity, and statistics. Wargaming enables policymakers and military strategists to develop effective strategies for preventing and resolving conflicts and winning wars. You'll get a comprehensive guide to using math in wargames, exploring its applications, ...

Unravel the mysteries of the human mind and explore the depths of human behavior with "Experimental Psychology: Unveiling the Science of Human Behavior" by Ali Muattar. In this eagerly anticipated second edition, Ali expertly navigates readers through the captivating world of psychological experiments, offering a comprehensive guide to the principles, methods, and applications of experimental psychology. From delving into the theoretical frameworks that underpin our understanding of cognition and emotion to providing practical strategies for designing and conducting experiments, this book ...

Transform information overload into a strategic advantage by mastering the cognitive psychology of decision-making. Whether you are strategizing in the boardroom or seeking an insightful mental upgrade during your morning commute, this empowering audio experience provides instant clarity. It...

From the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By, an exploration of the quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and the ways in which they still differ from human minds. Everyone has a basic understanding of...

By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future. Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to...

"Look for a man between thirty and forty, lives alone, works with his hands." In the movies, that line closes the case. In real investigations, it is where cases go wrong. The Profiler's Manual teaches the part the screen never shows: how to reason about criminal behavior in a way that can be checked. No gut feelings. No personality sketches of people you have never met. A method. Six steps, from raw information to an assessment you can defend line by line: Observe, Organize, Interpret, Verify, Assess, Revise. You will learn how to: Separate facts, statements, inferences, hypotheses and ...

Stop praying to the interface. It is time to execute the code. For four hundred years, the Enochian system developed by Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley has been buried under velvet robes, religious terror, and theatrical mysticism. They believed they were speaking to literal angels. They were wrong. They had accidentally brute-forced a backdoor into the human central nervous system. They built the first graphical user interface (GUI) for the brain, and modern psychology is only just catching up. The Grimoire of the Sovereign Mind strips away the 16th-century theology and the 20th-century New...

Dialectic behavior therapy, applied behavior analysis, cognitive behavior therapy, and self-esteem building through affirmation and mediation. This is the conglomeration of three different guides relating to three different types of interventions. This is the ultimate self-help book.

Think Better. Decide Smarter. Solve Problems That Actually Matter. You're drowning in information but starving for clarity. Every day brings a flood of claims, arguments, opinions, and "expert" advice—much of it designed to manipulate rather than inform. Meanwhile, you're making decisions that genuinely matter: career moves, financial choices, relationships, health, priorities. The stakes are real, but the path forward is rarely obvious. The problem isn't lack of information. It's lack of systematic thinking. Understanding Critical Thinking delivers the complete framework for analyzing ...